SN 1987A: A Complex Physical Laboratory

  • K. Kjær
  • B. Leibundgut
Conference paper
Part of the Eso Astrophysics Symposia European Southern Observatory book series (ESO)

Summary

SN 1987A is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud and thus close enough to study the very late time evolution of a supernova and its transition to a supernova remnant. After almost two decades the supernova ejecta have now reached the pre-explosion circumstellar ring and started to interact with it. The system presents a complex structure involving forward and reflected shocks with highly diferent physical conditions in close spatial proximity.

The supernova ring system is currently observed in X-rays (Park et al. 2004,2005), optical (Graves et al. 1996, Michael et al. 2003), mid-infrared (Bouchet et al. 2004) and radio (Manchester et al. 2005). The near-infrared data presented here complement all this.

Based on science verification observations with SINFONI we present the supernovaring interaction as it appears in the near-infrared. SINFONI’s adaptive optics supported integral field spectrograph spatially resolves the ring and the data thus provide new information and details for this unique object.

Keywords

Supernova Remnant Supernova Explosion Data Cube Large Magellanic Cloud Close Spatial Proximity 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • K. Kjær
    • 1
  • B. Leibundgut
    • 1
  1. 1.European Southern ObservatoryGermany

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