The Effect of Mixing of the Ejecta on the Hard X-Ray Emissions from SN 1987A
Abstract
We have calculated the X-ray and gamma-ray emissions expected from SN 1987A taking into account mixing of material in the ejecta. Nuclear gamma rays emitted by ^56^Co are scattered down to the hard X-ray band by multiple Compton scatterings. We have used Nomoto's 11E1Y6 model for the ejecta of SN 1987A. X-ray light curves in the 10-30 keV band and spectra above 20 keV calculated with an inner mixed region of 5+/-1 M_sun_ are consistent with the observations performed with the Ginga satellite and the KVANT/ROENTGEN mission. On the basis of this comparison, we discuss further evolutions of the hard X-ray, gamma-ray, and optical/infrared emissions.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1086/185128
- Bibcode:
- 1988ApJ...327L...5E
- Keywords:
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- Ejecta;
- Gamma Rays;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Supernova 1987a;
- X Ray Spectra;
- Cobalt Isotopes;
- Compton Effect;
- Gamma Ray Spectra;
- Light Curve;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Astrophysics;
- GAMMA RAYS: GENERAL;
- STARS: SUPERNOVAE;
- X-RAYS: SPECTRA