Effects of SN 1987A on the interstellar medium around it

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Jan 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989aj.....97..131b&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 97, Jan. 1989, p. 131-138.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Interstellar Matter, Magellanic Clouds, Supernova 1987A, Absorption Spectra, Carbon, Helium, Hydrogen, Iue, Nitrogen, Oxygen Spectra

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It is shown that the interstellar spectrum from SN 1987A in the LMC shows a rather strong component in C IV and Si IV, and possibly a weak component in N V, at a velocity of about 300 + or - 10 Km/s. In the spectra of the neighboring stars HD38268 and R123, a component at this velocity is only seen in low-ionization lines, not in the C IV, or N V lines. The possibility is studied that SN 1987A ionized a measurable fraction of this 300 Km/s cloud within less than one day since the Si IV, C IV, and possibly, N V interstellar lines are seen only about one day after the first light from the supernova explosion was detected. This may be the case, but only if the supernova temperature at outburst was larger than 50,000 K, depending on the density assumed for the interstellar cloud. Also, H and He must have been preionized once.

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