Observation of a neutrino burst in coincidence with supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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R. M. Bionta

Geoffrey Blewitt

C. B. Bratton

D. Casper · AT&T (United States)

Abstract

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.

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Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Neutrino Physics Research Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 58, Issue 14, pp. 1494-1496

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.58.1494

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Observation of a neutrino burst in coincidence with supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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