Molecular Environments of SNRs
arXiv:1304.5367 · doi:10.1017/S1743921313009423
Abstract
There are about 70 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) that are now confirmed or suggested to be in physical contact with molecular clouds (MCs) with six kinds of evidence of multiwavelength observations. Recent detailed CO-line spectroscopic mappings of a series of SNRs reveal them to be in cavities of molecular gas, implying the roles the progenitors may have played. We predict a linear correlation between the wind bubble sizes of main-sequence OB stars in a molecular environment and the stellar masses and discuss its implication for supernova progenitors. The molecular environments of SNRs can serve as a good probe for the gamma-rays arising from the hadronic interaction of the accelerated protons, and this paper also discusses the gamma-ray emission from MCs illuminated by diffusive protons that escape from SNR shocks.
8 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Invited talk at the IAU Symposium 296: Supernova environmental impacts, Raichak-on-Ganges, India, Jan. 7-11 2013. Eds.: A. Ray and D. McCray
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