Minas Kafatos / Andrew G. Michalitsianos (eds.)

Supernova 1987a in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Proceedings of the Fourth George Mason Astrophysics Workshop Held at the George Mason University, Fairf
Herausgeber: Kafatos, Minas C.; Minas, Kafatos; Michalitsianos, Andrew G.

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of papers provide a fascinating summary of Supernova 1987A, the brightest supernova explosion since the invention of the telescope.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 508
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 867g
• ISBN-13: 9780521031615
• ISBN-10: 0521031613
• Artikelnr.: 21469871

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Workshop participants; 1. Images and
spectrograms of Sanduleak - 69º202, the SN 1987a progenitor N. R. Walborn;
2. The progenitor of SN 1987A G. Sonneborn; 3. Another supernova with a
blue progenitor C. M. Gaskell and W. C. Keel; 4. Optical and infrared
observations of SN 1987A from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory M. M.
Phillips; 5. SN 1987A: observational results obtained at ESO I. J.
Danziger, P. Bouchet, R. A. E. Fosbury, C. Gouiffes, L. B. Lucy, A. F. M.
Moorwood, E. Oliva and F. Rufener; 6. Observations of SN 1987A at the South
African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) M. W. Feast; 7. Observations of SN
1987A at the Anglo-Australian Telescope W. J. Couch; 8. Linear polarimetric
study of SN 1987A A. Clocchiatti, M. Méndez, O. Benvenuto, C. Feinstein, H.
Marraco, B. García and N. Morrell; 9. Infrared spectroscopy of SN 1987A
from the NASA Kuiper Airborne Observatory H. P. Larson, S. Drapatz, M. J.
Mumma and H. A. Weaver; 10. Radio observations of SN 1987A N. Bartel et
al.; 11. Ultraviolet observations of SN 1987A: clues to mass loss R. P.
Kirshner; 12. On the energetics of SN 1987A N. Panagia; 13. On the nature
and apparent uniqueness of SN 1987A A. V. Filippenko; 14. A comparison of
the SN 1987A light curve with other type II supernovae, and the
detectability of similar supernovae M. F. Schmitz and C. M. Gaskell; 15.
P-Cygni features and photospheric velocities L. Bildsten and J. C. L. Wang;
16. The Neutrino burst from SN 1987A detected in the Mont Blanc LSD
experiment M. Aglietta et al.; 17. Toward observational neutrino
astrophysics M. Koshiba; 18. The discovery of neutrinos from SN 1987A with
the IMB detector J. Matthews; 19. Peering into the abyss: the neutrinos
from SN 1987A A. Burrows; 20. Phenomenological analysis of neutrino
emission from SN 1987A J. N. Bahcall, D. N. Spergel and W. H. Press; 21.
Mass determination of neutrinos H. Y. Chiu; 22. Neutrino transport in a
type II supernova D. C. Ellison, P. M. Giovanoni and S. W. Bruenn; 23.
Neutrino masses from SN 1987A J. Franklin; 24. Supernova neutrinos and
their oscillations T. K. Kuo and J. T. Pantaleone; 25. Neutrinos from SN
1987A and cooling of the nascent neutron star D. Q. Lamb, F. Melia and T.
J. Loredo; 26. Neutrino Energetics of SN 1987A J. M. Lattimer and A. Yahil;
27. Neutrino emission from cooling neutron stars E. S. Myra, J. M. Lattimer
and A. Yahil; 28. Statistical analysis of the time structure of the
neutrinos from SN 1987A P. J. Schinder and S. A. Bludman; 29. Neutrino
properties from observations of SN 1987A A. Dar; 30. SN 1987A and companion
C. Papaliolios, M. Karovska, P. Nisenson, and C. Standley; 31. Supernovae
light echoes B. E. Schaefer; 32. A real light echo: Nova Persei 1901 J. E.
Felten; 33. IR speckle- interferometry of SN 1987A A. A. Chalabaev, C.
Perrier and J. M. Mariotti; 34. Infrared opportunities for Supernova 1987A
E. Dwek; 35. The UV interstellar spectrum and environment of SN 1987A F. C.
Bruhweiler; 36. The interstellar spectrum of SN 1987A in the ultraviolet J.
C. Blades, J. M. Wheatley, N. Panagia, M. Grewing, M. Pettini and W.
Wamsteker; 37. The structure and spectrum of SN 1987A J. C. Wheeler, R. P.
Harkness, and Z. Barkat; 38. Supernova 1987A: constraints on the
theoretical model K. Nomoto and T. Shigeyama; 39. Supernova 1987A: a model
and its predictions S. E. Woosley; 40. SN 1987A: circumstellar and
interstellar interaction R. A. Chevalier; 41. Theoretical models of
Supernova 1987A W. D. Arnett; 42. Evolution of the stellar progenitor of
Supernova 1987A J. W. Truran and A. Weiss; 43.Modelling the atmosphere of
SN 1987A L. B. Lucy; 44. SN 1987A: a stripped asymptotic- branch giant in a
binary system P. C. Joss, Ph. Podsiadlowski, J. J. L. Hsu and S. Rappaport;
45. Pulsar formation and the fall back mass fraction S. A. Colgate; 46. An
unusual hard X-ray source in the region of SN 19