The rise and fall of the Type Ib supernova iPTF13bvn - Not a massive Wolf-Rayet star

C. Fremling, J. Sollerman, F. Taddia +9

We investigate iPTF13bvn, a core-collapse (CC) supernova (SN) in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 5806. This object was discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory very so…