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NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS
卷 92, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2020.101606
关键词
Supernovae; general-gamma rays; Novae; general-gamma rays
资金
- MINECO [AYA2015-63588P, PGC2018-095317-B-C21, ESP2017-82674-R]
- EU FEDER funds
- CERCA Programme of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- German Research Society, DFG-Forschungsstipedium [SI 2502/1-1]
- Russian Science Foundation [18-12-00522]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2014SGR1458]
Novae and supernovae are important in Astrophysics and Cosmology, but there is still lacking accurate description about their explosions. The explosions are main suppliers of newly synthesized chemical elements, and radioactive isotopes can be used as diagnostic tools. However, the poor sensitivity of detectors in MeV energy domain poses challenges in detection, emphasizing the need for new instruments with higher sensitivity.
Novae and supernovae play a key role in many fields of Astrophysics and Cosmology. Despite their importance, an accurate description of which objects explode and why and how they explode is still lacking. One of the main characteristics of such explosions is that they are the main suppliers of newly synthesized chemical elements in the Galaxy. Since some of these isotopes are radioactive, it is possible to use the corresponding gamma-rays as a diagnostic tool of the explosion thanks to their independence on the thermal state of the debris. The drawback is the poor sensitivity of detectors in the MeV energy domain. As a consequence, the radioactive lines have only been detected in one core collapse supernova (SN 1987A), one Type Ia supernova (SN 2014J), and one supernova remnant (Cas A). Nevertheless these observations have provided and are providing important information about the explosion mechanisms. Unfortunately, novae are still eluding detection. These results emphasize the necessity to place as soon as possible a new instrument in orbit with enough sensitivity to noticeably enlarge the sample of detected events.
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