Early spectroscopy and dense circumstellar medium interaction in SN 2023ixf

KA Bostroem, J Pearson, M Shrestha… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the optical spectroscopic evolution of SN 2023ixf seen in subnight cadence
spectra from 1.18 to 15 days after explosion. We identify high-ionization emission features …

High-resolution spectroscopy of SN 2023ixf's first week: engulfing the asymmetric circumstellar material

N Smith, J Pearson, DJ Sand, I Ilyin… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a series of high-resolution echelle spectra of SN 2023ixf in M101, obtained
nightly during the first week or so after discovery using PEPSI on the Large Binocular …

The complex circumstellar environment of supernova 2023ixf

EA Zimmerman, I Irani, P Chen, A Gal-Yam, S Schulze… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The early evolution of a supernova (SN) can reveal information about the environment and
the progenitor star. When a star explodes in vacuum, the first photons to escape from its …

The SN 2023ixf progenitor in M101. I. Infrared variability

MD Soraisam, T Szalai, SD Van Dyk… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Observational evidence points to a red supergiant (RSG) progenitor for SN 2023ixf. The
progenitor candidate has been detected in archival images at wavelengths (≥ 0.6 μm) …

A comprehensive optical search for pre-explosion outbursts from the quiescent progenitor of SN 2023ixf

Y Dong, DJ Sand, S Valenti, KA Bostroem… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a comprehensive search for optical precursor emission at the position of SN
2023ixf using data from the DLT40, ZTF, and ATLAS surveys. By comparing the current data …

Extended Shock Breakout and Early Circumstellar Interaction in SN 2024ggi

M Shrestha, KA Bostroem, DJ Sand… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-cadence photometric and spectroscopic observations of supernova (SN)
2024ggi, a Type II SN with flash spectroscopy features, which exploded in the nearby galaxy …

ULTRASAT: A wide-field time-domain UV space telescope

Y Shvartzvald, E Waxman, A Gal-Yam… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) is scheduled to be
launched to geostationary orbit in 2027. It will carry a telescope with an unprecedentedly …

A shock flash breaking out of a dusty red supergiant

G Li, M Hu, W Li, Y Yang, X Wang, S Yan, L Hu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Shock-breakout emission is light that arises when a shockwave, generated by the core-
collapse explosion of a massive star, passes through its outer envelope. Hitherto, the …

The zwicky transient facility bright transient survey. III. BTSbot: automated identification and follow-up of bright transients with deep learning

N Rehemtulla, AA Miller, TJ Du Laz… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Bright Transient Survey (BTS) aims to obtain a classification spectrum for all
bright (m peak≤ 18.5 mag) extragalactic transients found in the Zwicky Transient Facility …

Constraining MeV-scale axionlike particles with Fermi-LAT observations of SN 2023ixf

E Ravensburg, P Carenza, C Eckner, A Goobar - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The Fermi-LAT observations of SN 2023ixf, a type II supernova in the nearby Pinwheel
Galaxy, Messier 101 (M101), presents us with an excellent opportunity to constrain MeV …