Matsuura, M;
Dwek, E;
Meixner, M;
Otsuka, M;
Babler, B;
Barlow, MJ;
Roman-Duval, J;
... Sauvage, M; + view all
(2011)
Herschel Detects a Massive Dust Reservoir in Supernova 1987A.
Science
, 333
(6047)
pp. 1258-1261.
10.1126/science.1205983.
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Abstract
We report far-infrared and submillimeter observations of supernova 1987A, the star whose explosion was observed on 23 February 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy located 160,000 light years away. The observations reveal the presence of a population of cold dust grains radiating with a temperature of about 17 to 23 kelvin at a rate of about 220 times the luminosity of the Sun. The intensity and spectral energy distribution of the emission suggest a dust mass of about 0.4 to 0.7 times the mass of the Sun. The radiation must originate from the supernova ejecta and requires the efficient precipitation of all refractory material into dust. Our observations imply that supernovae can produce the large dust masses detected in young galaxies at very high redshifts.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Herschel Detects a Massive Dust Reservoir in Supernova 1987A |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1205983 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1205983 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095287 |
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