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Light echoes of SNe in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Armin Rest ,
Nicholas B. Suntzeff ,
R. Chris Smith ,
Knut Olsen ,
Alfredo Zenteno ,
Guillermo J. Damke ,
Jose L. Prieto ,
Christopher Stubbs ,
Arti Garg  and
Peter Challis
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Armin Rest
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), La Serena, Chile email: arest@ctio.noao.edu
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A & M University, 4242 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 USA
R. Chris Smith
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), La Serena, Chile email: arest@ctio.noao.edu
Knut Olsen
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), La Serena, Chile email: arest@ctio.noao.edu
Alfredo Zenteno
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), La Serena, Chile email: arest@ctio.noao.edu
Guillermo J. Damke
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), La Serena, Chile email: arest@ctio.noao.edu
Jose L. Prieto
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), La Serena, Chile email: arest@ctio.noao.edu
Christopher Stubbs
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Arti Garg
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Peter Challis
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A & M University, 4242 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 USA
Andrew C. Becker
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Gajus A. Miknaitis
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Antonino Miceli
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Douglss L. Welch
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
Alejandro Clocchiatti
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile
Dante Minniti
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile
Lorenzo Morelli
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile
Kem H. Cook
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Sergei Nikolaev
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Mark E. Huber
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Andrew Newman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Abstract

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The SuperMACHO project has discovered light echoes from 3 ancient SNe in the LMC. These SNRs are three of the six youngest in the LMC, and are classified as likely SN Ia based on X-ray data.

Keywords

stars: supernovae: generalISM: supernova remnantsISM: reflection nebulae
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Highlights of Astronomy 14: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2006 , pp. 313
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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