Observation of a neutrino burst from the supernova SN1987A

K. Hirata; T. Kajita; M. Koshiba; M. Nakahata; Y. Oyama; N. Sato; A. Suzuki; M. Takita; Y. Totsuka; T. Kifune; T. Suda; K. Takahashi; T. Tanimori; K. Miyano; M. Yamada; E. W. Beier; L. R. Feldscher; S. B. Kim; A. K. Mann; F. M. Newcomer; R. Van; W. Zhang; B. G. Cortez

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1490

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Observation of a neutrino burst from the supernova SN1987A

K. Hirata, T. Kajita, M. Koshiba, M. Nakahata, Y. Oyama, N. Sato, A. Suzuki, M. Takita, Y. Totsuka, T. Kifune, T. Suda, K. Takahashi, T. Tanimori, K. Miyano, M. Yamada, E. W. Beier, L. R. Feldscher, S. B. Kim, A. K. Mann, F. M. Newcomer, R. Van, W. Zhang, and B. G. Cortez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1490 – Published 6 April 1987

An article within the collection: Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective

Abstract

A neutrino burst was observed in the Kamiokande II detector on 23 February, 7:35:35 UT (±1 min) during a time interval of 13 sec. The signal consisted of 11 electron events of energy 7.5 to 36 MeV, of which the first two point back to the Large Magellanic Cloud with angles 18°±18° and 15°±27°.

Received 10 March 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1490

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2008 marked PRL’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.