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Astronomers can use supernova remnants to learn about the environment in which they exist. Simple thermodynamics is first used to describe the evolution of supernova remnants from early to late times. A dynamical formalism is also presented. I then describe a method for calculating the cooling, and hence the luminosity, of the hot shocked gas. Possible complications to this simple picture are considered. The utilization of these theoretical models employing supernova remnants in nearby galaxies is discussed.
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Cioffi, D.F. (1990). Supernova Remnants as Probes of the Interstellar Medium. In: Brinkmann, W., Fabian, A.C., Giovannelli, F. (eds) Physical Processes in Hot Cosmic Plasmas. NATO ASI Series, vol 305. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0545-0_1
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