Observational properties of extreme supernovae

C Inserra - Nature Astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
The past ten years have opened up a new parameter space in time-domain astronomy with
the discovery of transients defying our understanding of how stars explode. These extremes …

An embedded X-ray source shines through the aspherical AT 2018cow: revealing the inner workings of the most luminous fast-evolving optical transients

R Margutti, BD Metzger, R Chornock… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first extensive radio to γ-ray observations of a fast-rising blue optical
transient, AT 2018cow, over its first∼ 100 days. AT 2018cow rose over a few days to a peak …

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 …

Bumpy declining light curves are common in hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae

G Hosseinzadeh, E Berger, BD Metzger… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent work has revealed that the light curves of hydrogen-poor (Type I) superluminous
supernovae (SLSNe), thought to be powered by magnetar central engines, do not always …

From core collapse to superluminous: the rates of massive stellar explosions from the Palomar Transient Factory

C Frohmaier, CR Angus, M Vincenzi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present measurements of the local core-collapse supernova (CCSN) rate using SN
discoveries from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). We use a Monte Carlo simulation 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 …

[PDF][PDF] Superluminous supernovae: an explosive decade

M Nicholl - arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.08697, 2021 - arxiv.org
arXiv:2109.08697v1 [astro-ph.HE] 17 Sep 2021 Page 1 MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2021) Preprint
21 September 2021 Compiled using MNRAS LATEX style file v3.0 Superluminous …

Luminous radio emission from the superluminous supernova 2017ens at 3.3 yr after explosion

R Margutti, JS Bright, DJ Matthews… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results from a multiyear radio campaign of the superluminous supernova
(SLSN) SN 2017ens, which yielded the earliest radio detection of an SLSN to date at the …

Toward nebular spectral modeling of magnetar-powered supernovae

CMB Omand, A Jerkstrand - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Many energetic supernovae (SNe) are thought to be powered by the rotational
energy of a highly magnetized, rapidly rotating neutron star. The emission from the …

Gamma-Ray Thermalization and Leakage from Millisecond Magnetar Nebulae: Toward a Self-consistent Model for Superluminous Supernovae

I Vurm, BD Metzger - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are massive star explosions that are too luminous to
be powered by traditional energy sources, such as the radioactive decay of 56 Ni. Instead …