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Optical Studies of the Supernova 1987A

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Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 155))

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Optical studies of SN 1987A have shown that the luminosity at maximum was unusually faint; that some time after maximum the luminosity started to decline exponentially in a way which was not very different from what would have been expected if 0.07 solar masses of Ni56 had been synthesized to subsequently decay into 56Co and 56Fe; and that the corresponding amount of 56Co appears actually to have been detected spectroscopically. The identification of other products of nucleogenesis is in progress.

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  1. European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-8046, Garching bei Munchen, Federal Republic of Germany

    L. Woltjer

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  1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bologna, Italy

    Michele Caffo

  2. Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy

    Roberto Fanti  & Alvio Renzini  & 

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bologna, Italy

    Giorgio Giacomelli

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Woltjer, L. (1989). Optical Studies of the Supernova 1987A. In: Caffo, M., Fanti, R., Giacomelli, G., Renzini, A. (eds) Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 155. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0965-6_23

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