Asymmetries in core-collapse supernovae from maps of radioactive 44Ti in Cassiopeia A

B. W. Grefenstette (), F. A. Harrison (), S. E. Boggs, S. P. Reynolds, C. L. Fryer, K. K. Madsen, D. R. Wik, A. Zoglauer, C. I. Ellinger, D. M. Alexander, H. An, D. Barret, F. E. Christensen, W. W. Craig, K. Forster, P. Giommi, C. J. Hailey, A. Hornstrup, V. M. Kaspi, T. Kitaguchi, J. E. Koglin, P. H. Mao, H. Miyasaka, K. Mori, M. Perri, M. J. Pivovaroff, S. Puccetti, V. Rana, D. Stern, N. J. Westergaard and W. W. Zhang
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B. W. Grefenstette: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
F. A. Harrison: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
S. E. Boggs: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California
S. P. Reynolds: North Carolina State University
C. L. Fryer: CCS-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory
K. K. Madsen: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
D. R. Wik: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Zoglauer: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California
C. I. Ellinger: University of Texas at Arlington
D. M. Alexander: Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
H. An: McGill University, Rutherford Physics Building, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
D. Barret: Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, 9 Avenue du Colonel Roche, BP 44346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
F. E. Christensen: DTU Space, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
W. W. Craig: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California
K. Forster: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
P. Giommi: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, Via del Politecnico snc, I-00133 Roma, Italy
C. J. Hailey: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
A. Hornstrup: DTU Space, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
V. M. Kaspi: McGill University, Rutherford Physics Building, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
T. Kitaguchi: RIKEN, Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
J. E. Koglin: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
P. H. Mao: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
H. Miyasaka: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
K. Mori: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
M. Perri: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, Via del Politecnico snc, I-00133 Roma, Italy
M. J. Pivovaroff: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S. Puccetti: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Science Data Center, Via del Politecnico snc, I-00133 Roma, Italy
V. Rana: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, 1216 East California Boulevard, California Institute of Technology
D. Stern: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
N. J. Westergaard: DTU Space, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
W. W. Zhang: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7488, 339-342

Abstract: The observation of non-uniformly distributed titanium emission in the interior of Cassiopeia A, a core-collapse supernova, is an indicator of asymmetries in the stellar explosion and provides strong evidence for the development of low-mode convective instabilities in such supernovae.

Date: 2014
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