Published April 6, 1987
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Journal article
Observation of a neutrino burst in coincidence with supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- 1. The University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92717
Description
A burst of eight neutrino events preceding the optical detection of the supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud has been observed in a large underground water Cherenkov detector. The events span an interval of six seconds and have visible energies in the range 20--40 MeV
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 58
- Journal Issue
- 14
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1494-1496
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18063341
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHERENKOV COUNTERS; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; MEV RANGE 10-100; NEUTRINOS; SUPERNOVAE
- Descriptors DEC
- BINARY STARS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; FERMIONS; GALAXIES; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEV RANGE; RADIATION DETECTORS; STARS; VARIABLE STARS