Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-10-15
New Astron.Rev. 46 (2002) 617-623
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, accepted for publication in New astronomy Reviews (Astronomy with Radioactivities III)
Scientific paper
The Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT) has been suggested to be the optimal next-generation instrument to study nuclear gamma-ray lines. In this work, we investigate the potential of three hypothetical designs of the ACT to perform SN science. We provide estimates of 1) the SN detection rate, 2) the SN Ia discrimination rate, and 3) which gamma-ray lines would be detected from specific supernova remnants. We find that the prompt emission from a SN Ia is such that it is unlikely that one would be within the range that an INTERMEDIATE ACT would be able to distinguish between explosion scenarios, although such an instrument would detect a handful of SNRs. We further find that the SUPERIOR ACT design would be a truly breakthrough instrument for SN science. By supplying these estimates, we intend to assist the gamma-ray astrophysics community in deciding the course of the next decade of gamma-ray SN science.
Kroeger Richard A.
Kurfess James D.
Milne Peter A.
The Lih Sin
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