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Distances of Galactic supernova remnants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2014

Hui Zhu
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing, China
Wenwu Tian
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing, China
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Abstract

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Supernova remnants (SNRs) play a key role in understanding supernovae explosion mechanisms, exploring the likely sources of Galactic cosmic rays and the chemical enrichment of interstellar medium (ISM). Reliable distance determinations to Galactic SNRs are key to obtain their basic parameters, such as size, age, explosion energy, which helps us to study their environment and interstellar medium. We review the methods to determine the distances to SNRs and highlight the kinematic distance measurement by Hi absorption and CO emission observations.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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