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Home Astronomy research   Software Infrastructure:      MESA      FLASH      STARLIB      My codes   White dwarf supernova:      Remnant metallicities      Colliding white dwarfs      Merging white dwarfs      Ignition conditions      Metallicity effects      Central density effects      Detonation density effects      Tracer particle burning      Subsonic burning fronts      Supersonic burning fronts      W7 profiles   Massive star supernova:      Rotating progenitors      3D evolution      26Al & 60Fe      44Ti, 60Co & 56Ni      Yields of radionuclides      Effects of 12C +12C      SN 1987A light curve      Constraints on Ni/Fe ratios      An r-process      Compact object IMF   Stars:      Pop III JWST      Pre-SN variations      Monte Carlo white dwarfs      SAGB stars      Classical novae      He shell convection      Presolar grains      He burn on neutron stars      BBFH at 40 years   Chemical Evolution:      Hypatia catalog      Zone models H to Zn      Mixing ejecta      γ-rays within 100 Mpc   Thermodynamics & Networks      Stellar EOS      Reaction networks      Proton-rich NSE      Bayesian reaction rates   Verification Problems:      Validating an astro code      Su-Olson      Cog8      Mader      RMTV      Sedov      Noh Software instruments Presentations Illustrations Videos Bicycle adventures AAS Journals 2017 MESA Marketplace 2017 MESA Summer School 2017 ASU+EdX AST111x Teaching materials Education and Public Outreach Contact: F.X.Timmes my one page vitae, full vitae, research statement, and teaching statement.	The light curve of SN 1987A revisited: constraining production masses of radioactive nuclides - 2014 In this paper, We revisit the evidence for the contribution of the long-lived radioactive nuclides 44Ti, 55Fe, 56Co, 57Co, and 60Co to the UVOIR light curve of SN~1987A. We show that the V-band luminosity constitutes a roughly constant fraction of the bolometric luminosity between 900 and 1900 days, and we obtain an approximate bolometric light curve out to 4334 days by scaling the late time V-band data by a constant factor where no bolometric light curve data is available. Considering the five most relevant decay chains starting at 44Ti, 55Co, 56Ni, 57Ni, and 60Co, we perform a least squares fit to the constructed composite bolometric light curve. For the nickel isotopes, we obtain best fit values of M(56Ni) = (7.1 ± 0.3) × 102 M⊙ and M(57Ni) = (4.1 ± 1.8) × 10-3 M⊙. Our best fit 44Ti mass is M(44Ti) = (0.55 ± 0.17) × 10-4 M⊙. which is in disagreement with the much higher (3.1 ± 0.8) × 10-4 M⊙ recently derived from INTEGRAL observations. The half-lives of 60Co and 55Fe are quite similar, which introduces a degeneracy for the fitting algorithm. As a result, we can only give upper limits on the relevant production masses of M(55Co) < 7.2 × 10-3 M⊙ and M(60Co) < 1.7 × 10-4 M⊙. Furthermore, we find that the leptonic channels in the decay of 57Co (internal conversion and Auger electrons) are a significant contribution and constitute up to 15.5% of the total luminosity. Consideration of the kinetic energy of these electrons is essential in lowering our best fit nickel isotope production ratio to [57Ni/56Ni] = 2.5±1.1 which is still somewhat high but in agreement with gamma-ray observations and model predictions. [57Ni / 56Ni] after freeze-out UVOIR and V-band for SN 1987A Ejected 44Ti vs 56Ni For canonically accepted values Including freeze-out corrections Importance of 57Co Best fit