Infant-phase reddening by surface Fe-peak elements in a normal type Ia supernova

YQ Ni, DS Moon, MR Drout, A Polin, DJ Sand… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Type Ia supernovae are thermonuclear explosions of white dwarf stars. They play a central
role in the chemical evolution of the Universe and are an important measure of cosmological …

The origin and evolution of the normal Type Ia SN 2018aoz with infant-phase reddening and excess emission

YQ Ni, DS Moon, MR Drout, A Polin… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
SN 2018aoz is a Type Ia SN with a B-band plateau and excess emission in infant-phase
light curves≲ 1 day after the first light, evidencing an over-density of surface iron-peak …

Origin of High-velocity Ejecta, Excess Emission, and Redward Color Evolution in the Infant Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx

YQ Ni, DS Moon, MR Drout, CD Matzner… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
SN 2021aefx is a normal Type Ia supernova (SN) showing excess emission and redward
color evolution over the first∼ 2 days. We present analyses of this SN using our high …

Dwarf galaxy discoveries from the KMTNet supernova programme–III. The Milky-Way analogue NGC 2997 group

TJ Fan, DS Moon, HS Park, D Zaritsky… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the discovery of 48 new and the analysis of 55, including seven previously
discovered dwarf galaxy candidates (DGCs) around the giant spiral galaxy NGC 2997 using …

Type Ia supernova progenitors: a contemporary view of a long-standing puzzle

AJ Ruiter, IR Seitenzahl - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.01766, 2024 - arxiv.org
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are runaway thermonuclear explosions in white dwarfs that
result in the disruption of the white dwarf star, and possibly its nearby stellar companion …

Helium-deficient ER UMa-type dwarf nova below the period minimum with a hot secondary

Y Lee, DS Moon, SC Kim, HS Park… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of a peculiar dwarf nova KSP-OT-201712a using high-cadence,
multicolor observations made with the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network. KSP-OT …

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Properties of the low-mass host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae in a volume-limited sample

U Burgaz, K Maguire, G Dimitriadis, M Smith… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - aanda.org
In this study, we explore the characteristics of 'low-mass'(log (M⋆/M⊙)≤ 8) and
'intermediate-mass'(8< log (M⋆/M⊙)≤ 10) host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) …

SN 2017fzw: A Fast-Expanding Type Ia Supernova with Transitional Features

J Huang, Y Li, X Zeng, S Zheng, SA Bird, J Zhang… - Universe, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we analyzed the optical observations of a subluminous Type Ia supernova (SN
Ia) 2017fzw, which exhibited high photospheric velocity (HV) at B-band maximum light. The …

Origin of high-velocity ejecta and early red excess emission in the infant Type Ia supernova 2021aefx

YQ Ni, DS Moon, MR Drout, CD Matzner… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
\object {SN 2021aefx} is a normal Type Ia Supernova (SN) with red excess emission over
the first $\sim $2 days. We present detailed analysis of this SN using our high-cadence …

Infant Type Ia Supernovae from the KMTNet I. Multi-Color Evolution and Populations

YQ Ni, DS Moon, MR Drout, Y Lee, P Sandoval… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We conduct a systematic analysis of the early multi-band light curves and colors of 19 Type
Ia Supernovae (SNe) from the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network SN Program …