A 12.4-day periodicity in a close binary system after a supernova

P Chen, A Gal-Yam, J Sollerman, S Schulze, RS Post… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes are the remnants of massive star explosions.
Most massive stars reside in close binary systems, and the interplay between the companion …

A generalized semi-analytic model for magnetar-driven supernovae

CMB Omand, N Sarin - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Several types of energetic supernovae, such as superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) and
broad-line Ic supernovae (Ic-BL SNe), could be powered by the spin-down of a rapidly …

The role of jets in exploding supernovae and in shaping their remnants

N Soker - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
I review studies of core collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and similar transient events that
attribute major roles to jets in powering most CCSNe and in shaping their ejecta. I start with …

The broad-lined Type-Ic supernova SN 2022xxf and its extraordinary two-humped light curves-I. Signatures of H/He-free interaction in the first four months

H Kuncarayakti, J Sollerman, L Izzo, K Maeda… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We report on our study of the supernova (SN) 2022xxf based on observations obtained
during the first four months of its evolution. The light curves (LCs) display two humps of …

The Type I superluminous supernova catalogue I: light-curve properties, models, and catalogue description

S Gomez, M Nicholl, E Berger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present the most comprehensive catalogue to date of Type I superluminous supernovae
(SLSNe), a class of stripped-envelope supernovae (SNe) characterized by exceptionally …

The hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Phase I Survey. II. Light-curve modeling and characterization of undulations

ZH Chen, L Yan, T Kangas, R Lunnan… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present analysis of the light curves (LCs) of 77 hydrogen-poor superluminous
supernovae (SLSNe I) discovered during the Zwicky Transient Facility Phase I operation. We …

A superluminous supernova lightened by collisions with pulsational pair-instability shells

W Lin, X Wang, L Yan, A Gal-Yam, J Mo, TG Brink… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Superluminous supernovae are among the most energetic stellar explosions in the
Universe, but their energy sources remain an open question. Here we present long-term …

The Zwicky Transient Facility phase I sample of hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae without strong narrow emission lines

T Kangas, L Yan, S Schulze, C Fransson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present a sample of 14 hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae (SLSNe II) from the
Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) between 2018 and 2020. We include all classified SLSNe …

First Impressions: Early-time Classification of Supernovae Using Host-galaxy Information and Shallow Learning

A Gagliano, G Contardo… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Substantial effort has been devoted to the characterization of transient phenomena from
photometric information. Automated approaches to this problem have taken advantage of …

Neutron stars colliding with binary companions: formation of hypervelocity stars, pulsar planets, bumpy superluminous supernovae and Thorne–Żytkow objects

R Hirai, P Podsiadlowski - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We perform three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamical simulations of new-born neutron stars
(NSs) colliding with main-sequence binary companions after a supernova explosion. Based …