Author:
Sood R.K.,Thomas J.A.,Waldron L.,Manchanda R.K.,Rochester G.K.,Sumner T.J.,Frye G.,Jenkins T.,Koga R.,Ubertini P.,Bazzano A.,La Padula C.,Staubert R.,Kendziorra E.
Abstract
AbstractSN 1987A has been observed with a combined high energy γ-ray (50-500 MeV) and hard X-ray (15-150 keV) payload during a balloon flight on 5 April 1988 from Alice Springs, Australia. The γ-ray observations, along with our earlier ones on 19 April 1987 are the only such observations of the supernova to date. The γ-ray detector characteristics are described. The preliminary results of the recent flight and their implications in terms of the known supernova parameters are discussed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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