Issue |
A&A
Volume 408, Number 1, September II 2003
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Page(s) | 79 - 94 | |
Section | Extragalactic astronomy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030767 | |
Published online | 17 November 2003 |
The formation of broad emission line regions in supernova-QSO wind interactions
II. 2D calculations
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
2
Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Corresponding author: J. M. Pittard, jmp@ast.leeds.ac.uk
Received:
13
March
2003
Accepted:
20
May
2003
One aspect of supernova remnant evolution that is relatively unstudied is the influence of an AGN environment. A high density ambient medium and a nearby powerful continuum source will assist the cooling of shocked ejecta and swept-up gas. Motion of the surrounding medium relative to the remnant will also affect the remnant morphology. In an extension to previous work we have performed 2D hydrodynamical calculations of SNR evolution in an AGN environment, and have determined the evolutionary behaviour of cold gas in the remnant. The cold gas will contribute to the observed broad line emission in AGNs, and we present preliminary theoretical line profiles from our calculations. A more detailed comparison with observations will be performed in future work. The SNR-AGN interaction may be also useful as a diagnostic of AGN winds.
Key words: hydrodynamics / shock waves / stars: mass-loss / ISM: bubbles / galaxies: active
© ESO, 2003
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