Burst of TeVγrays from SN 1987A: Cosmic storage rings?
- 4 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (10), 1035-1037
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.1035
Abstract
The JANZOS Collaboration has reported a 2-day burst of TeV γ rays from SN 1987 A 11 months after the explosion. At this supernova epoch TeV γ rays can only be produced by inelastic proton interactions and secondary decay. The proton luminosity during the burst has to be 2× ergs/s, in contradiction with the most recent estimates of the total power of an internal energy source. We suggest a burst model where the TeV γ-ray burst is produced by a previously accumulated proton beam, which is in agreement with the observed energetics of SN 1987A in all observation bands.
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