Radio supernova 1987A at 843 MHz

Citation
L. Ball et al., Radio supernova 1987A at 843 MHz, ASTROPHYS J, 549(1), 2001, pp. 599-607
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0004637X → ACNP
Volume
549
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Part
1
Pages
599 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(20010301)549:1<599:RS1A8M>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We report here the flux densities of the evolving radio source SN 1987A at 843 MHz measured from observations made with the Molonglo Observatory Synth esis Telescope between 1994 September and 2000 May. The radio light curve s hows that the rate of increase of the flux density jumped markedly around d ays 2800-3000 (i.e., in the first half of 1995) and that since then the rad io evolution has been remarkably well fitted by a simple linear increase of 62.7 +/- 0.5 mu Jy day(-1). We discuss in detail the relationship between the radio light curve and the recent brightening of the system at optical w avelengths.