GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF SN1987A

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FIGUEIREDO, N [1 ]
VILLELA, T [1 ]
JAYANTHI, UB [1 ]
WUENSCHE, CA [1 ]
NERI, JACF [1 ]
CESTA, RC [1 ]
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[1] ESCOLA FED ENGN ITAJUBA,DEPT FIS & QUIM,BR-37500 ITAJUBA,MG,BRAZIL
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GAMMA-RAY; STARS-SUPERNOVAE;
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We present gamma-ray observations of SN1987A in the energy range from 150 keV to 1 MeV carried out on June 19, 1988, on-board a stratospheric balloon with two NaI(T1) detectors (600 cm2 total area). The telescope incorporated a passive collimator and was mounted on a stabilized platform which allowed observations with a pointing accuracy of approximately 2-degrees in azimuth. The flight altitude was about 5.5 mb and the total observation time was 6 hours, divided between source and background. The 2 sigma upper limits for the continuum are 2.45 x 10(-5) and 5.42 x 10(-6) photons cm-2 s-1 keV-1 in the 0.5 to 0.30 MeV and 0.30 and 1.00 MeV energy bands, respectively.
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