SN 1987A: The Unusual Explosion of a Normal Type II Supernova

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2004-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410275v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

[8 pages, 6 figures] Invited talk presented at the International Conference "1604-2004 Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses"

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I review the unwrapping story the SN 1987A explosion event, and the main
discoveries associated with it. I will show that, although this supernova is
somewhat peculiar, the study of SN 1987A has clarified quite a number of
important aspects of the nature and the properties of supernovae in general.

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