An Introduction to Supernovae - LUTH

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$J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 (1999) - LUTH - Observatoire de Paris$

Cas A composite image: X-ray (Chandra, green-blue), optical (HST, yellow) & IR (SST, red)
• • <strong>Supernovae</strong> in the Milky Way during the last millenium • • date visible for distance observed in/by • 1006 some years 6 500 far east, Arabia, St.Gallen • 1054 about 2 years 7 100 far east, Arabia • 1181 6 months 26 000 China, Japan • ~1300 ? 650 ? (RX J0852-4642) • 1572 16 months 23 000 Tycho Brahe • 1604 about 1 year 32 000 Johannes Kepler • ~1680 ? 11 000 Flamsted ? (Cas A) • 23.2.1987 >18 years 160 000 Ian Shel<strong>to</strong>n • 1 • Number of observed extragalactic supernovae: > 3100 (since 1885)
Page 1 and 2: An Introduction to Supernovae Ewald
Page 3 and 4: A New Star, as bright and as red as
Page 5: C h a n d ra : X -ra y c o m p o s
Page 9 and 10: - Supernova 1987A environment & rin
Page 11 and 12: angular size: ~ 8 o (ie. ~16 x size
Page 13 and 14: credit: W.P.Blair (John Hopkins Uni
Page 15 and 16: ESO-VLT: NGC 6118 & SN2004dk ( d ~
Page 17 and 18: SN 1993J in M81 (d = 3.7 Mpc) Evolu
Page 19 and 20: Close-up of SN 1993J explosion site
Page 21 and 22: T y p e Ia s u p e rn o va a t z =
Page 23 and 24: Supernova light curves pronounced m
Page 25 and 26: Number of supernovae per year as fu
Page 27 and 28: • • energy sources for a supern
Page 29: • • • Importance of Supernova
Page 32 and 33: • • Observational evidence for
Page 34 and 35: Further evidence for non-spherical
Page 36 and 37: ● Looking into the heart of a cor
Page 38 and 39: ● Looking into the heart of a cor
Page 40 and 41: Gravitational radiation - leading-o

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