Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Abstract
R. Sunyaev and the Kvant Team (Space Research Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik and Astronomisches Institut of the University of Tubingen) report: "The hard x-ray experiment HEXE on board the Kvant module of the MIR space station detected a continuous decrease of the x-ray flux from SN 1987A in the energy range 20-120 MeV from April to November. The flux in September and October was three times weaker than that observed in January, when it was at maximum. In November and December HEXE detected a further decrease of the hard x-ray flux, which is now approximately six times weaker than in January."
- Publication:
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International Astronomical Union Circular
- Pub Date:
- December 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988IAUC.4691....2S