Hydrodynamic Simulations of the SS433-W50 Complex
Abstract
The compelling evidence for a connection between the microquasar SS433 and W50 the supernova remnant (SNR) has provoked much imagination for decades. There are still many unanswered questions: What was the nature of the progenitor of the black hole in SS433? What causes the evident re-collimation in SS433's jets? How recent is SS433's current precession state? What mass and energy contributions from a possible supernova explosion are required to produce W50? Here we present some of the results of our hydrodynamical simulations of the SS433-W50 system featuring: (i) the SNR evolution alone, and (ii) the SNR combined with interacting jets.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #213
- Pub Date:
- January 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009AAS...21334107G