ATCA Observations of the Remnant of Supernova 1987A
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A 12mm (18.5 GHz) observation of
SN 1987A made with the Compact Array on July 31, 2003 (Manchester
et al., 2005). The radio emission is due to synchrotron radiation
from shock-accelerated electrons spiralling in the remnant's
magnetic field. The cross marks the location of the supernova
explosion.
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Current team members
Lewis Ball (ATNF),
Bryan Gaensler (Harvard),
Michael Kesteven (ATNF),
Dick Manchester (ATNF),
Lister Staveley-Smith (ATNF, PI),
Tasso Tzioumis (ATNF)
Selected ATCA Publications
- Manchester R. N., Gaensler, B. M., Staveley-Smith, L., Kesteven,
M. J. Tzioumis A. K. 2005, "Imaging of the radio remnant of SN 1987A at 12
mm wavelength", ApJ Lett., in press (astro-ph/0506475)
- Manchester R. N., Gaensler B. M., Wheaton V. C., Staveley-Smith
L., Tzioumis A. K., Bizunok N. S., Kesteven M. J. & Reynolds J. E. 2002,
"Evolution of the Radio Remnant of SN 1987A: 1990-2001", PASA, 19, 2007.
- Gaensler B. M., Manchester R. N., Staveley-Smith L., Tzioumis
A. K., Reynolds J. E., Kesteven M. J. 1997, "The Asymmetric Radio Remnant
of SN 1987A", ApJ, 479, 845.
- Staveley-Smith L., Briggs D. S., Rowe A. C. H., Manchester
R. N., Reynolds J. E., Tzioumis A. K., Kesteven M. J. 1993,
"Structure of the Radio Remnant of Supernova 1987A", Nature, 366, 136.
- Staveley-Smith L., Manchester R. N., Kesteven M. J., Reynolds
J. E., Tzioumis A. K., Killeen N. E. B., Jauncey D. L.,
Campbell-Wilson D., Crawford D. F., Turtle A. J. 1992, "Birth of a radio
supernova remnant in supernova 1987A", Nature, 355, 147.
- Other publications (ADS).
ATCA data
Flux densities for SNR 1987A
measured at the ATCA since July 1990 are listed below. Each file contains
the day number since the SN explosion (MJD - 46849.3), the central observing
frequency in MHz, the integrated flux density of SNR 1987A in mJy and its
estimated uncertainty in mJy, and the integrated flux density of J0536-6918 in
mJy and its estimated uncertainty in mJy.
Data Reduction (only relevant for team members)
