Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-velocity Ly α and H α Emission from Supernova Remnant 1987A: the structure and development of the reverse shock.

Michael, EliMcCray, RichardChevalier, Roger AFilippenko, AlexeiLundqvist, PeterChallis, Peter MSugerman, BenLawrence, StephenPun, Chun J SGarnavich, Peter MKirshner, Robert PCrotts, A P SFransson, ClaesLi, WeidongPanagia, NinoPhillips, Matthew RSchmidt, BrianSonneborn, GeorgeSuntzeff, Nicholas BWang, LifanWheeler, J Craig2015-12-132015-12-130004-637Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/87958We present two-dimensional line profiles of high-velocity (∼±12,000 km s-1) Lyα and Hα emission from supernova remnant 1987A obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph between 1997 September and 2001 September (days 3869-5327 after the exThis research was supported by NASA through grants NAG 5-3313 and NTG 5-80 to the University of Colorado, and through grants GO-8243, GO-8648, and GO-9114 from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.© 2003. The American Astronomical Society.Keywords: Shock waves; Supernova remnants; Supernovae: individual (SN 1987A)Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-velocity Ly α and H α Emission from Supernova Remnant 1987A: the structure and development of the reverse shock.200310.1086/3767252015-12-12