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Statistical studies of SNRs: Selection effects

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The selection effects applicable to the identification of Galactic SNRs are discussed, with particular reference to the limitations that they impose upon statistical studies of SNRs, including the ∑ - D and N(< D) - D relations.

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Green, D.A. (1988). Statistical studies of SNRs: Selection effects. In: Kundt, W. (eds) Supernova Shells and Their Birth Events. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 316. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50435-4_5

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