5 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…
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…
Exclusion of a direct progenitor detection for the Type Ic SN 2017ein based on late-time observations
Yi-Han Zhao, Ning-Chen Sun, Junjie Wu +7
To date, SN 2017ein is the only Type Ic supernova with a directly identified progenitor candidate. This candidate points to a very massive (45 ) Wolf-Rayet progenitor,…
Constraining the progenitor of the nearby Type II-P SN 2024ggi with environmental analysis
Xinyi Hong, Ning-Chen Sun, Zexi Niu +3
The progenitors of Type II-P supernovae (SN) have been confirmed to be red supergiants. However, the upper mass limit of the directly probed progenitors is much lower than that pre…