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Fast and furious -- High-velocity features of Ca and Si in the spectra of Type Ia supernovae
Zsófia Bora, József Vinkó, J. Craig Wheeler +2
High velocity absorption lines of Ca II and Si II (high-velocity features, HVFs) are common in the early spectra of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), but their physical origin is still…
Luminous Type II Short-Plateau SN 2023ufx: Asymmetric Explosion of a Partially-Stripped Massive Progenitor
Aravind P. Ravi, Stefano Valenti, Yize Dong +34
We present supernova (SN) 2023ufx, a unique Type IIP SN with the shortest known plateau duration ( 47 days), a luminous V-band peak ( = 18.42 0…
Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae by the Carnegie Supernova Projects I and II
N. Morrell, M. M. Phillips, G. Folatelli +57
We present the second and final release of optical spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) obtained during the first and second phases of the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP-I…
SN 2022oqm: A Bright and Multi-peaked Calcium-rich Transient
S. Karthik Yadavalli, V. Ashley Villar, Luca Izzo +60
We present the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of SN 2022oqm, a nearby multi-peaked hydrogen- and helium-weak calcium-rich transient (CaRT). SN 2022oqm was detected 13.1 kp…
The Exotic Type Ic Broad-Lined Supernova SN 2018gep: Blurring the Line Between Supernovae and Fast Optical Transients
T. A. Pritchard, Katarzyna Bensch, Maryam Modjaz +28
In the last decade a number of rapidly evolving transients have been discovered that are not easily explained by traditional supernovae models. We present optical and UV data on on…
Optical Observations of the Young Type Ic Supernova SN 2014L in M99
Jujia Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, József Vinkó +22
We present optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of the nearby type Ic supernova (SN Ic) SN 2014L. This SN was discovered by the Tsinghua-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS)…
GW170817 Most Likely Made a Black Hole
David Pooley, Pawan Kumar, J. Craig Wheeler +1
There are two outstanding issues regarding the neutron-star merger event GW170817: the nature of the compact remnant and the interstellar shock. The mass of the remnant of GW170817…
Differentially Rotating White Dwarfs I: Regimes of Internal Rotation
Pranab Ghosh, J. Craig Wheeler
Most viable models of Type Ia supernovae (SN~Ia) require the thermonuclear explosion of a carbon/oxygen white dwarf that has evolved in a binary system. Rotation could be an import…
Extreme Supernova Models for the Superluminous Transient ASASSN-15lh
E. Chatzopoulos, J. C. Wheeler, J. Vinko +3
The recent discovery of the unprecedentedly superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh (or SN 2015L) with its UV-bright secondary peak challenges all the power-input models that have been…
Supernova 2013fc in a circumnuclear ring of a luminous infrared galaxy: the big brother of SN 1998S
T. Kangas, S. Mattila, E. Kankare +30
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2013fc, a bright type II supernova (SN) in a circumnuclear star-forming ring in the luminous infrared galaxy ESO 154-G01…
The Optical Luminosity Function of Gamma-ray Bursts deduced from ROTSE-III Observations
X. H. Cui, X. F. Wu, J. J. Wei +16
We present the optical luminosity function (LF) of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) estimated from a uniform sample of 58 GRBs from observations with the Robotic Optical Transient Search Ex…
The Unusually Luminous Extragalactic Nova SN 2010U
Ian Czekala, E. Berger, R. Chornock +10
We present observations of the unusual optical transient SN 2010U, including spectra taken 1.03 days to 15.3 days after maximum light that identify it as a fast and luminous Fe II…