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 nickel mass distribution of stripped-envelope supernovae: implications for additional power sources

N Afsariardchi, MR Drout, DK Khatami… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a systematic study of the 56 Ni mass (M Ni) of 27 stripped-envelope supernovae
(SESNe) by modeling their light-curve tails, highlighting that use of" Arnett's rule" …

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 …

Optical and near-infrared photometry of 94 type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project

JP Anderson, C Contreras, MD Stritzinger… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Type II supernovae (SNe II) mark the endpoint in the lives of hydrogen-rich massive
stars. Their large explosion energies and luminosities allow us to measure distances …

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 …

The iron yield of normal Type II supernovae

Ó Rodríguez, N Meza, J Pineda-García… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present 56Ni mass estimates for 110 normal Type II supernovae (SNe II), computed here
from their luminosity in the radioactive tail. This sample consists of SNe from the literature …

Are Stripped Envelope Supernovae Really Deficient in 56Ni?

R Ouchi, K Maeda, JP Anderson… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent works have indicated that the 56 Ni masses estimated for stripped envelope
supernovae (SESNe) are systematically higher than those estimated for SNe II. Although this …

Rapidly declining hostless type Ia supernova KSP-OT-201509b from the KMTNet Supernova Program: transitional nature and constraint on 56Ni distribution and …

DS Moon, YQ Ni, MR Drout… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the early discovery and multicolor (BVI) high-cadence light-curve analyses of the
rapidly declining sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia supernova KSP-OT-201509b (= AT 2015cx) …

Diversity in Hydrogen-rich Envelope Mass of Type II Supernovae. I. Plateau Phase Light-curve Modeling

Q Fang, K Maeda, H Ye, TJ Moriya… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a systematic study of Type II supernovae (SNe II) originating from progenitors
with effective temperatures (T eff) and luminosities closely resembling red supergiants …