1100 days in the life of the supernova 2018ibb -- The best pair-instability supernova candidate, to date

Steve Schulze, Claes Fransson, Alexandra Kozyreva +63

Abridged - Stars with ZAMS masses between 140 and $260M_{\odot }$ are thought to explode as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe). During their thermonuclear runaway, PISNe can produce…