SN 1987A : an overview.
Abstract
The results of observational and theoretical studies of SN 1987A are reviewed. Consideration is given to the implications of observations of SN 1987A for stellar evolution theory and the importance of neutrino detection. The evolution of the fireball is examined, focusing on the processes observed in the four evolutionary phases: the adiabatic phase, the hydrogen recombination wave, the core diffusion epoch, and the nebular phase. In addition, X-ray and gamma-ray emission from SN 1987A, instabilities in the supernova ejecta, and observations of the circumstellar matter are discussed.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1323358000022451
- Bibcode:
- 1988PASA....7..344D
- Keywords:
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- B Stars;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Stellar Models;
- Stellar Radiation;
- Supernova 1987a;
- Blue Stars;
- Stellar Composition;
- Stellar Envelopes;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Astrophysics