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Infrared Emission from Supernova Remnants: Formation and Destruction of Dust

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We review the observations of dust emission in supernova remnants (SNRs) and supernovae (SNe). Theoretical calculations suggest that SNe, particularly core-collapse, should make significant quantities of dust, perhaps as much as a solar mass. Observations of extragalactic SNe have yet to find anywhere near this amount, but this may be the result of observational limitations. SN 1987A, in the process of transitioning from a SN to an SNR, does show signs of a significant amount of dust forming in its ejecta, but whether this dust will survive the passage of the reverse shock to be injected into the ISM is unknown. IR observations of SNRs have not turned up significant quantities of dust, and the dust that is observed is generally swept up by the forward shock, rather than created in the ejecta. Because the shock waves also destroy dust in the ISM, we explore the question of whether SNe might be net destroyers, rather than net creators of dust in the universe.

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  1. CRESST/USRA and X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Brian J. Williams

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute, Instruments Division, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Tea Temim

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Williams, B.J., Temim, T. (2016). Infrared Emission from Supernova Remnants: Formation and Destruction of Dust. In: Alsabti, A., Murdin, P. (eds) Handbook of Supernovae. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20794-0_94-1

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