Conveners
SN 1987A: R. Kirshner, "SINS and SAINTS: 1987A and other Blasts"
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SN 1987A: P. Lundqvist, "Circumstellar gas around SN 1987A"
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SN 1987A
- Bruno Leibundgut (ESO, Garching)
Prof.
Robert Kirshner
(Harvard University)
12/08/2011, 10:30
The Hubble Space Telescope programs dubbed SINS and SAINTS have been
underway since the launch of HST. The angular resolution of HST allows us to image
the many different parts of the supernova as it becomes a remnant, and the spectra,
especially in the UV, have helped us understand its chemistry and physics. SN
1987A was the best-observed supernova and is now becoming the...
Prof.
Peter Lundqvist
(Dept. of Astronomy, OKC, Stockholm)
12/08/2011, 11:00
The structure of the circumstellar medium around SN 1987A
poses a challenge to our
understanding of mass loss from massive stars. I will review
what is known about the
three rings around the supernova, as well as other gas close
to it. I will also
discuss how the rings have been excited, and what we can
learn from them about the
supernova shock breakout and the ejecta/ring interaction....
