17 papers
A statistical study of the environmental age of core-collapse supernovae based on VLT/MUSE integral-field-unit spectroscopy
Qiang Xi, Ning-Chen Sun, Yihan Zhao +13
We aim to understand the progenitor channels of CCSNe via a statistical study of the ages of their environments. We compiled a large and minimally biased sample of 128 CCSNe discov…
SN 2023fyq: direct detection of a Type Ibn supernova progenitor and its multi-wavelength environmental constraints
Xinyi Hong, Ning-Chen Sun, Yali Shao +9
Context. Type Ibn supernovae (SNe) are characterized by narrow helium emission lines arising from ejecta-circumstellar medium interaction, yet their progenitors remain debated, wit…
Revealing the diversity of Type IIn supernova progenitors through their environments
Zexi Niu, Ning-Chen Sun, Emmanouil Zapartas +4
Type IIn supernovae (SNe IIn) are hydrogen-rich explosions embedded in dense circumstellar medium (CSM), which gives rise to their characteristic narrow hydrogen emission lines. Th…
Brightness, Colour, Polarisation: A Multi-Instrument Observation Campaign of the Gorizont-6 Satellite
Robert J. S Airey, Paul Chote, Klaas Wiersema +15
We present a coordinated multi-instrument photometric and polarimetric study of the defunct geosynchronous satellite, Gorizont-6. This observation campaign combined wide-field mult…
SN 2024abfl: A Low-Luminosity Type IIP Supernova in NGC 2146 from a Low-Mass Red Supergiant Progenitor
Xiaohan Chen, Ning-Chen Sun, Qiang Xi +44
Type IIP supernovae (SNe IIP) exhibit a significant diversity in their explosion properties, yet the physical mechanisms driving this diversity remain unknown. In this work, we pre…
Direct Detection of Type II-P Supernova Progenitors with the Euclid and CSST Surveys
Junjie Wu, Ning-Chen Sun, Zexi Niu +14
A central goal in supernova (SN) research is to identify and characterize their progenitors. However, this is very difficult due to the limited archival images with sufficient dept…