On the origin of asymmetries in bilateral supernova remnants

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S. Orlando · National Institute for Astrophysics

F. Bocchino · Consorzio Catania Ricerche

O. Petruk · Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics

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Aims.We investigate whether the morphology of bilateral supernova remnants (BSNRs) observed in the radio band is determined mainly either by a non-uniform interstellar medium (ISM) or by a non-uniform ambient magnetic field.

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Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 470, Issue 3, pp. 927-939

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066045

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On the origin of asymmetries in bilateral supernova remnants

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