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Early 56Ni decay gamma rays from SN2014J suggest an unusual explosion

Overview of attention for article published in Science, July 2014
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Title
Early 56Ni decay gamma rays from SN2014J suggest an unusual explosion
Published in
Science, July 2014
DOI 10.1126/science.1254738
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Authors

Roland Diehl, Thomas Siegert, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Sergei A Grebenev, Jochen Greiner, Martin Krause, Markus Kromer, Keiichi Maeda, Friedrich Röpke, Stefan Taubenberger

Abstract

Type Ia supernovae result from binary systems that include a carbon-oxygen white dwarf, and these thermonuclear explosions typically produce 0.5 solar mass of radioactive (56)Ni. The (56)Ni is commonly believed to be buried deeply in the expanding supernova cloud. In SN2014J, we detected the lines at 158 and 812 kiloelectron volts from (56)Ni decay (time ~8.8 days) earlier than the expected several-week time scale, only ~20 days after the explosion and with flux levels corresponding to roughly 10% of the total expected amount of (56)Ni. Some mechanism must break the spherical symmetry of the supernova and at the same time create a major amount of (56)Ni at the outskirts. A plausible explanation is that a belt of helium from the companion star is accreted by the white dwarf, where this material explodes and then triggers the supernova event.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 5%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Unknown 40 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 35%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 28%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Other 2 5%
Other 5 12%
Unknown 5 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 25 58%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 8 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Psychology 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 6 14%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 64. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 November 2021.
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#685,750
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#6,257
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