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 …

A precursor plateau and pre-maximum [O ii] emission in the superluminous SN2019szu: a pulsational pair-instability candidate

A Aamer, M Nicholl, A Jerkstrand… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present a detailed study on SN2019szu, a Type I superluminous supernova at z= 0.213
that displayed unique photometric and spectroscopic properties. Pan-STARRS and ZTF …

Keck Infrared Transient Survey. I. Survey Description and Data Release 1

S Tinyanont, RJ Foley, K Taggart… - Publications of the …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present the Keck Infrared Transient Survey, a NASA Key Strategic Mission
Support program to obtain near-infrared (NIR) spectra of astrophysical transients of all types …

Heavy element nucleosynthesis associated with a gamma-ray burst

JH Gillanders, E Troja, CL Fryer, M Ristic… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Kilonovae are a novel class of astrophysical transients, and the only observationally-
confirmed site of rapid neutron capture nucleosynthesis (the r-process) in the Universe. To …

Supernovae in 2023 (review): breakthroughs by late observations

N Soker - arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17732, 2023 - arxiv.org
I present a review of how late observations of supernovae, of the nebular phase, and much
later of supernova remnants (SNRs), and their analysis in 2023 made progress towards …

SN 2020zbf: A fast-rising hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova with strong carbon lines

A Gkini, R Lunnan, S Schulze, L Dessart… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
SN 2020zbf is a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) at z= 0.1947 that shows
conspicuous C II features at early times, in contrast to the majority of H-poor SLSNe. Its peak …

Type W and Type 15bn Subgroups of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae: Premaximum Diversity, Postmaximum Homogeneity?

R Könyves-Tóth, B Seli - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we analyze the postmaximum spectra of a sample of 27 Type I superluminous
supernovae (SLSNe-I) in order to search for physical differences between the so-called …

Effects of nucleon–nucleon short-range correlation and symmetry energy on the evolution of newly born magnetars

CX Liu, TF Feng, JM Dong - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Millisecond magnetars are widely suggested as the central engines powering hydrogen-
poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe). These magnetars primarily lose huge rotational …

1100 days in the life of the supernova 2018ibb--The best pair-instability supernova candidate, to date

S Schulze, C Fransson, A Kozyreva, TW Chen… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Abridged-Stars with ZAMS masses between 140 and $260 M_\odot $ are thought to explode
as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe). During their thermonuclear runaway, PISNe can …

1100 days in the life of the supernova 2018ibb

CMB Omand, SJ Smartt, Y Yang, M Nicholl, N Sarin… - A&A, 2024 - digital.csic.es
Stars with zero-age main sequence masses between 140 and 260 M⊙ are thought to
explode as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe). During their thermonuclear runaway, PISNe …