The observation and interpretation of radio supernovae in nearby galaxies.
Abstract
Radio observations, which have not been a traditional part of the study of supernovae, have shown that some supernovae are powerful emitters which increase rapidly in radio brightness to luminosities which are hundreds to thousands of times brighter than even the brightest known supernova remnant, Cas A, and then fade over a period of weeks, months, or years. These RSNe have been found to provide important information about the nature of the progenitor stars, their mass loss rates, and the circumstellar material surrounding them.
- Publication:
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The Interpretation of Modern Synthesis Observations of Spiral Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991ASPC...18...91W
- Keywords:
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- Radio Stars;
- Spiral Galaxies;
- Supernovae;
- Radio Emission;
- Stellar Envelopes;
- Stellar Mass Ejection;
- Supernova Remnants;
- Very Large Array (Vla);
- Astrophysics;
- Supernovae: Radio Brightness;
- Supernovae: Nearby Galaxies;
- Supernova 1979c in M100;
- Supernova 1980k in NGC 6946;
- Supernova 1983n in M83;
- Supernova 1981k in NGC 4258;
- Supernova 1986J in NGC 891;
- Supernova 1987A in LMC