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The 91T/99aa-like Type Ia Supernova 2019vrq, Part I: Photometry, Spectroscopy, and Spectropolarimetry of a Nearly Standard Candle
Yi Yang, Peter Hoeflich, J. Craig Wheeler +16
Among the various major subtypes of Type Ia supernovae (SNe), the luminous 1991T-like (Filippenko et al. 1992; Phillips et al. 1992) and 1999aa-like (Krisciunas et al. 2000; Garavi…
The 91T/99aa-like Type Ia Supernova 2019vrq, Part II: 3D, Non-LTE, Low-Amplitude, Pulsating Delayed-Detonation Models of a Promising Standard Candle
Peter Hoeflich, Yi Yang, J. Craig Wheeler +11
We analyze the overluminous, 91T/99aa-like Type~Ia SN 2019vrq, based on light curves(LCs) and spectropolarimetric time-series. We employ 3D-radiation-hydrodynamical, full non-LTE s…
SN2025aico: An Interesting Case Of Ni Mixing, Ejecta Asymmetries, and Dust Formation in a Type IIb Supernova
Grace Davis, Kyle Medler, Chris Ashall +8
Stripped-envelope supernovae provide a window into how massive stars lose their layers, mix radioactive material, produce dust, and explode asymmetrically. We present optical, near…
A Significant Dust Reservoir Uncovered with JWST in the Type Ic SN 1983V More Than 40 Years Post-Explosion
Sophia S. Kressy, Thomas Moore, Ori D. Fox +26
Searching for late-time emission from supernovae (SNe) is an active field. Infrared (IR) wavelengths are sensitive to thermal emission from dust, which can be used to probe SN cont…
Overmassive No More: The Case for Little Red Dots Hosting Black Hole Seeds as Massive as Single Supermassive Stars
Wendy Q. Sun, Rohan P. Naidu, Hanpu Liu +17
Little Red Dots (LRDs) display singular properties unlike any known class of AGN or galaxies, motivating novel mass estimators for their central engines. Inspired by their similari…
Abundance Stratification in Type Ia Supernovae -- VIII. The 03fg-like SN\,2012dn: a double-degenerate merger interpretation
Charles J. Aouad, Paolo A. Mazzali, Stephan Hachinger +1
A detailed study using abundance tomography of SN 2012dn, a peculiar Type Ia supernova, is presented. Despite exhibiting a normal peak luminosity, it retains early-phase super-Chan…
Can Little Red Dots Contribute To The Early Universe Cosmic Dust Budget?
Chris Ashall, Rohan P. Naidu, Alberto Torralba +11
The origin of dust in the early Universe remains uncertain. We explore whether Little Red Dots (LRDs) could provide a high-redshift dust-production channel. Motivated by an analogy…
Little Red Dots as Shock-Powered High-Energy Neutrino Sources
Tyco Mera, Chris Ashall, Shunsaku Horiuchi +3
Little Red Dots (LRDs) are compact, high-redshift sources whose physical nature remains uncertain. Their optical spectra bear many similarities to Type IIn supernovae (SNe IIn), mo…
The host galaxies of 2003fg-like type Ia supernovae
Lluís Galbany, Chris Ashall, Jing Lu +19
SN~2003fg-like events are a peculiar type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) subtype characterized by broader light curves, higher near-infrared luminosities, and stronger carbon absorptions at…
The Production of Electron-Capture Elements in Thermonuclear Supernovae: Theory vs. Observations
S. Shiber, P. Hoeflich, T. Mera +9
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) explosively destroy carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (WDs) in multiple stellar systems. They produce approximately 50% of the iron-group elements in the Unive…
ATLAS22kjn (AT 2022fpx): A Coronal Line Emitter with an Early Light Curve Bump and Mid-Infrared Dust Echo
Athena C. Engholm, Jason T. Hinkle, Benjamin J. Shappee +14
We present an analysis of ATLAS22kjn (AT 2022fpx), whose high-ionisation coronal lines (CLs) and pre-peak light curve bump provide distinctive opportunities to investigate the phys…
JWST Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernova 2025rbs from Maximum Light to the Nebular Phase
Lindsey A. Kwok, Stéphane Blondin, Adam A. Miller +53
We present JWST observations of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2025rbs (14.5 Mpc) at +1, +23, and +84 days after B-band maximum, spanning peak light through a wavelength-depende…
JWST Spectra Indicate a Large Mass of Postshock Dust Formed by SN 2010jl
Nathan Smith, Melissa Shahbandeh, Ori D. Fox +22
We present new JWST mid-IR spectra and ground-based optical spectra of the lingering source at the position of SN 2010jl, which was a relatively nearby superluminous Type IIn super…
Dust Without Na I D Trace: The Case of Highly Attenuated Type Ib SN 2024vjc
Javier Silva-Farfán, Keiichi Maeda, Andrea Pastorello +19
Understanding dust attenuation toward extragalactic transients is critical for recovering their intrinsic properties and probing the local environments of distant galaxies. A popul…
Little Red Dots as Intermediate Mass, Super-Eddington Engines: Insights from Type IIn Supernovae and The 1837-1856 Great Eruption of Carinae
Rohan P. Naidu, Jorryt Matthee, Anna de Graaff +20
JWST's Little Red Dots (LRDs) display a unique constellation of features that do not occur simultaneously in any other class of galaxies or AGN. Here we observe that many of these…
JWST observations of SN 2024abup: First Detection of CO in a broad-lined Type Ic Supernova and Constraints on r-process Nucleosynthesis
Manisha Shrestha, Lindsey A. Kwok, David J. Sand +42
SN 2024abup is a nearby broad-lined Type Ic supernova (SN Ic-bl) in NGC 0681 at a distance of 23.3 \pm 1.6 Mpc. As energetic explosions of massive stars, SNe Ic-bl are considered a…
The Peculiar Growth of Structure: Validating Measurements from TITAN Type Ia Supernovae and the Uchuu Simulations
Mitchell Dixon, David O. Jones, Nicole E. Drakos +11
The growth rate of cosmic structure, parameterized by , is a fundamental test of CDM and general relativity. Using Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) peculiar velocities in conjunc…
Decadal pre-explosion activity and circumstellar interaction in a supernova
Ting-Wan Chen, Amar Aryan, Sheng Yang +52
When a massive star explodes as a supernova, crucial information about its immediate environment is lost within hours. Here we report rapid optical observations from Lulin Observat…
The local ultraviolet signature of Type Ia supernova environments from HST and MUSE
Lluís Galbany, Cullen Abelson, Alaa Alburai +17
The local environment of a Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) traces the local stellar-population age (a statistical proxy for the progenitor age), star formation, dust, and chemical enrich…
Probing a new subclass of llGRB-SN transients: Insights from EP250304a and its associated supernova
L. Cotter, A. Martin-Carrillo, R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris +62
With the advent of the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, we are entering a new era in the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), enabling the detection of faint, low-luminosity transients th…
Probing the 3D Structures of Supernovae through IR Signatures of CO and SiO
T. Mera, P. Hoeflich, C. R. Burns +12
We present a new public-domain MOlecular Fitting Analysis Tool (MOFAT) designed to probe molecule-forming regions in supernovae (SNe) through analysis of molecular features in the…
SCAT Data Release 1: 1812 optical spectra of 1331 transients
Michael A. Tucker, Mark E. Huber, Benjamin J. Shappee +19
We present the first data release (DR1) of the Spectroscopic Classification of Astronomical Transients (SCAT) survey, covering the first years of observations (March 20…