From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Sun Oct 24 1999 - 04:02:39 MDT
Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net) Sat, 23 Oct 1999 writes:
>Robert, I was on a camping trip during the radioactivity-impact-
>>on-protoplasm-due-to-nearby-exploding-star discussion that went on the
>week >before Extro4. Ill hafta dig thru the archives
You may find this essay helpful:
Will a Nearby Supernova Endanger Life on Earth?
by Michael Richmond
http://stupendous.rit.edu/richmond/answers/snrisks.txt
His essay considers the following emission from a nearby supernova
1. optical and near-optical light
2. X-rays from the explosion itself
3. X-rays from the supernova remnant
4. gamma rays
5. neutrinos
6. energetic particles
Hope that helps,
Amara
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