Hard-X-ray emission lines from the decay of 44 Ti in the remnant of supernova 1987A

Nature

Volumn 490, Issue 7420, 2012, Pages 373-375

  Grebenev, S A ^a   Lutovinov, A A ^a   Tsygankov, S S ^a,b,c,d   Winkler, C ^e  

^a RAS ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TITANIUM;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; MASS; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867655612     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11473     Document Type: Article

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