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SNR 1987A: the Birth of a Supernova Remnant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Richard McCray
Richard McCray*
Affiliation:
JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, USA

Abstract

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In 1996, the blast wave from Supernova 1987A began to strike the inner circumstellar ring, causing the appearance of “hot spots” on the ring. This event marks the birth of the supernova remnant, SNR1987A, defined as the epoch when the light of the event is dominated by interaction of the expanding debris of the supernova with its circumstellar matter.

Type
Part 4 Supernovae and Supernova Remnants
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 214: High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics , 2003 , pp. 121 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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