A NEW EVOLUTIONARY PHASE OF SUPERNOVA REMNANT 1987A

A NEW EVOLUTIONARY PHASE OF SUPERNOVA REMNANT 1987A

We have been monitoring the supernova remnant (SNR) 1987A with Chandra observations since 1999. Here we report on the latest change in the soft X-ray light curve of SNR 1987A. For the last ~1.5 yr (since day ~8000), the soft X-ray flux has significantly flattened, staying (within uncertainties) at f...

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Main Authors: Park, Sangwook, Zhekov, Svetozar A., Burrows, David N., Racusin, Judith L., Dewey, Dan, McCray, Richard
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95645

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