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We review ten years of radio continuum and X-ray monitoring of the Type IIb SN 1993J in M81. The supernova (SN) has been observed continuously, since only a few days after explosion, by our group with the Very Large Array at a number of radio frequencies, as well as by other groups. As a result, it is among the best-studied radio supernovae. The observed synchrotron radio emission is thought to arise from the interaction of the SN shock with the pre-SN wind-established circumstellar medium around the progenitor star. We describe the properties of the circumstellar interaction, based on the more fully-developed dataset, and compare this to our earlier characterization made in 1994. SN 1993J has also been a target of X-ray satellites, and we briefly discuss the nature of the X-ray emission and, together with the radio emission, describe the implications for the nature of the SN’s progenitor.
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Van Dyk, S.D. et al. (2005). A Decade of Radio and X-ray Observations of SN 1993J. In: Marcaide, JM., Weiler, K.W. (eds) Cosmic Explosions. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26633-X_1
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