End in fire : the supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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End in fire : the supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Cambridge University Press, 1990
Available at 10 libraries
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Bibliography: p. [238]-242
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An examination of the spectacular end to the life of an ordinary star in our neighbour galaxy which exploded as a supernova in 1987. This was the first supernova to be visible to the eye for 400 years, and it was the nearest star-death to be studied by modern scientific equipment.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The first two days: discovery - and prediscovery 3. The astronomers react 4. The star that exploded 5. The life of a supernova progenitor 6. The explosion of a supernova 7. Neutrinos from the inferno: the core collapse of SN 1987A 8. The neutrino observatories and the supernova neutrinos 9. The supernova expands 10. Creation of the elements 11. The neighbourhood of a supernova 12. Neutron star or black hole 13. A beacon across space 14. SN 1987A and our next supernova. Appendix: calendar for the supernova.
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