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PS1-10afx at z=1.388: Pan-STARRS1 Discovery of a New Type of Superluminous Supernova

Ryan Chornock, E. Berger, A. Rest +32

We present the Pan-STARRS1 discovery of PS1-10afx, a unique hydrogen-deficient superluminous supernova (SLSN) at z=1.388. The light curve peaked at z_P1=21.7 mag, making PS1-10afx…