On the event rate and luminosity function of superluminous supernovae

Wen-Chang Zhao, Xiao-Xin Xue, Xiao-Feng Cao

We calculate the rate per unit volume of hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) based on the 17 events discovered with the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (PS1 MDS). Two f…