Emission lines due to ionizing radiation from a compact object in the remnant of Supernova 1987A

Fransson, Claes; J. Barlow, M.; Kavanagh, Patrick; Larsson, Josefin; Jones, Olivia; A. Sargent, B.; Meixner, M.; Bouchet, P.; Temim, Tea; Wright, Gillian; A. D. L. Blommaert, J.; Habel, Nolan; S. Hirschauer, Alec; Hjorth, J.; Lenkić, Laura; Tikkanen, Tuomo; Wesson, R.; Coulais, A.; D. Fox, Ori; Gastaud, R.; Glasse, Alistair; Jaspers, J.; Krause, O.; M. Lau, Ryan; Nayak, Omnarayani; Rest, A.; Colina, L.; F. van Dishoeck, E.; Güdel, M.; Henning, Th.; Lagage, Pierre-Olivier; Östlin, Göran; P. Ray, T.; Vandenbussche, B.

doi:10.1126/science.adj5796

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Emission lines due to ionizing radiation from a compact object in the remnant of Supernova 1987A

Published in Science • Feb 22, 2024

Authors:

Claes Fransson

M. J. Barlow

Patrick Kavanagh

Abstract

The nearby Supernova 1987A was accompanied by a burst of neutrino emission, which indicates that a compact object (a neutron star or black hole) was formed in the explosion. There has been no direct observation of this compact object. In this work, we observe the supernova remnant with JWST spectros...

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Physics

Neutron star

Astrophysics

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