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Iron whiskers in supernova SN 1987A

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The far-infrared flux measurements for supernova SN 1987A are modelled in terms of length distributions of iron whiskers. The excess emission detected at ⋋ ≡ 1.3µm can be explained on the basis of such a model.

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  1. N. C. Wickramasinghe

    Present address: School of Mathematics, University of Wales College of Cardiff, CF2 4AG, Cardiff, UK

  2. S. Ramadurai

    Present address: Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bombay, India

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  1. Department of Physics, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, WI, Jamaica

    N. C. Wickramasinghe

  2. NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    S. Ramadurai

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Wickramasinghe, N.C., Ramadurai, S. Iron whiskers in supernova SN 1987A. Astrophys Space Sci 225, 157–160 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657853

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