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Light Echoes of Historic Transients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2014

Armin Rest ,
B. Sinnott ,
D. L. Welch ,
J. L. Prieto  and
F. Bianco
Armin Rest
Affiliation:
STScI, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: [email protected]
B. Sinnott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
D. L. Welch
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
J. L. Prieto
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
F. Bianco
Affiliation:
Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Abstract

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Light echoes, light from a variable source scattered off dust, have been observed for over a century. The recent discovery of light echoes around centuries-old supernovae in the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud have allowed the spectroscopic characterization of these events, even without contemporaneous photometry and spectroscopy using modern instrumentation. Here we review the recent scientific advances using light echoes of ancient and historic transients, and focus on our latest work on SN 1987A's and Eta Carinae's light echoes.

Keywords

reflection nebulaesupernovae: generalsupernovae: individual (SN 1987A)stars: individual (η Car)stars: variables: other
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S296: Supernova Environmental Impacts , January 2013 , pp. 126 - 134
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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