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HST-COS Observations of Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon, and Nitrogen Emission from the SN 1987A Reverse Shock
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France, Kevin (author)
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McCray, Richard (author)
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Penton, Steven V. (author)
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Kirshner, Robert P. (author)
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Challis, Peter (author)
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Laming, J. Martin (author)
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Bouchet, Patrice (author)
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Chevalier, Roger (author)
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Garnavich, Peter M. (author)
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- Fransson, Claes (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för astronomi,Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)
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Heng, Kevin (author)
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- Larsson, Josefin (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för astronomi,Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)
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Lawrence, Stephen (author)
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- Lundqvist, Peter (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för astronomi,Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)
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Panagia, Nino (author)
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Pun, Chun S. J. (author)
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Smith, Nathan (author)
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- Sollerman, Jesper (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för astronomi,Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)
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Sonneborn, George (author)
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Sugerman, Ben (author)
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Wheeler, J. Craig (author)
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- 2011
- 2011
- English.
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In: Astrophysical Journal. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 743:2, s. 186-
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- We present the most sensitive ultraviolet observations of Supernova 1987A to date. Imaging spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope-Cosmic Origins Spectrograph shows many narrow (Δv ~ 300 km s-1) emission lines from the circumstellar ring, broad (Δv ~ 10-20 × 103 km s-1) emission lines from the reverse shock, and ultraviolet continuum emission. The high signal-to-noise ratio (>40 per resolution element) broad Lyα emission is excited by soft X-ray and EUV heating of mostly neutral gas in the circumstellar ring and outer supernova debris. The ultraviolet continuum at λ > 1350 Å can be explained by H I two-photon (2s 2 S 1/2-1s 2 S 1/2) emission from the same region. We confirm our earlier, tentative detection of N V λ1240 emission from the reverse shock and present the first detections of broad He II λ1640, C IV λ1550, and N IV] λ1486 emission lines from the reverse shock. The helium abundance in the high-velocity material is He/H = 0.14 ± 0.06. The N V/Hα line ratio requires partial ion-electron equilibration (Te /Tp ≈ 0.14-0.35). We find that the N/C abundance ratio in the gas crossing the reverse shock is significantly higher than that in the circumstellar ring, a result that may be attributed to chemical stratification in the outer envelope of the supernova progenitor. The N/C abundance may have been stratified prior to the ring expulsion, or this result may indicate continued CNO processing in the progenitor subsequent to the expulsion of the circumstellar ring. Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the data archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute. STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- circumstellar matter
- shock waves
- supernovae: individual SN 1987A
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Bouchet, Patrice
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Heng, Kevin
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Larsson, Josefin
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Lawrence, Stephe ...
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Lundqvist, Peter
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Panagia, Nino
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Pun, Chun S. J.
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