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most citedDiscovery and Follow-up of ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx): The Lowest Redshift and Least Luminous Tidal Disruption Event To Date

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astro-ph.SR2026

Panchromatic JWST Observations and Models of the Dim Type Iax Supernova 2024vjm at 200 days

E Baron, J. M. DerKacy, C. Ashall +23

We report JWST spectra and photometry of the underluminous SN Iax 2024vjm obtained 202.8 restframe days post-explosion. The spectrum exhibits a rich set of forbidden lines from low…

astro-ph.HE2026

JWST Medium-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of SN 2022acko: Tracing Molecule Formation in the Nebular Phase

K. Medler, T. Mera, C. Ashall +28

The Type II supernova (SN II) SN 2022acko was the first to be spectroscopically observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (). Here, we analyze SN 2022acko's second…

astro-ph.GA2026

SIMPLIFI-Study of Interstellar Magnetic Polarization: A Legacy Investigation of Filaments. II. Enhancement of grain alignment near embedded protostars in the DR21 Ridge

S. Kumar, T. G. S. Pillai, G. V. Panopoulou +10

Thermal dust continuum polarimetry is a powerful indirect probe of magnetic field geometry in dense molecular clouds while at the same time providing information on the alignment o…

astro-ph.CO2025

Carnegie Supernova Project: Fast-Declining Type Ia Supernovae as Cosmological Distance Indicators

M. M. Phillips, Syed A. Uddin, Christopher R. Burns +16

In this paper, the suitability of fast-declining Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as cosmological standard candles is examined utilizing a Hubble Flow sample of 43 of these objects obse…

astro-ph.SR2025

JWST Observations of SN 2023ixf II: The Panchromatic Evolution Between 250 and 720 Days After the Explosion

K. Medler, C. Ashall, P. Hoeflich +60

We present the nebular phase spectroscopic and photometric observations of the nearby hydrogen-rich core-collapse supernova (CC-SN) 2023ixf, obtained through our JWST programs. The…

astro-ph.HE2025

JWST Observations of SN 2023ixf I: Completing the Early Multi-Wavelength Picture with Plateau-phase Spectroscopy

J. M. DerKacy, C. Ashall, E. Baron +46

We present and analyze panchromatic (0.35--14 m) spectroscopy of the Type II supernova 2023ixf, including near- and mid-infrared spectra obtained 33.6 days after explosion durin…

astro-ph.SR2025

JWST Observations of SN 2024ggi I: Interpretation and Model Comparison of the Type II Supernova 2024ggi at 55 days Past Explosion

E. Baron, C. Ashall, J. M. DerKacy +40

We present panchromatic 0.4-21 microns observations of the nearby (about 7.2 Mpc) Type II supernova 2024ggi, obtained during the plateau phase at about 55 d past explosion. Our dat…

astro-ph.IM2025

Comparative Analysis of Black Hole Mass Estimation in Type-2 AGNs: Classical vs. Quantum Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches

Sathwik Narkedimilli, Venkata Sriram Amballa, N V Saran Kumar +5

In the case of Type-2 AGNs, estimating the mass of the black hole is challenging. Understanding how galaxies form and evolve requires considerable insight into the mass of black ho…

astro-ph.SR2024

Using nebular near-IR spectroscopy to measure asymmetric chemical distributions in 2003fg-like thermonuclear supernovae

J. O'Hora, C. Ashall, M. Shahbandeh +10

We present an analysis of three near-infrared (NIR; 1.0-2.4 m) spectra of the SN 2003fg-like/"super-Chandrasekhar" type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) SN 2009dc, SN 2020hvf, and SN 2022…

astro-ph.HE2024

1991T-like Supernovae

M. M. Phillips, C. Ashall, Peter J. Brown +23

Understanding the nature of the luminous 1991T-like supernovae is of great importance to supernova cosmology as they are likely to have been more common in the early universe. In t…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

astro-ph.SR2024

Insights on the Optical and Infrared Nature of MAXI J0709-159: Implications for High-Mass X-ray Binaries

Suman Bhattacharyya, Blesson Mathew, Gourav Banerjee +4

In our previous study (Bhattacharyya et al., 2022), HD~54786, the optical counterpart of the MAXI J0709-159 system, was identified to be an evolved star, departing from the main se…

astro-ph.SR2024

A JWST Medium Resolution MIRI Spectrum and Models of the Type Ia supernova 2021aefx at +415 d

C. Ashall, P. Hoeflich, E. Baron +39

We present a JWST MIRI/MRS spectrum (5-27 m) of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), SN 2021aefx at days past -band maximum. The spectrum, which was obtained during t…

astro-ph.HE2024

JWST NIRSpec+MIRI Observations of the nearby Type IIP supernova 2022acko

M. Shahbandeh, C. Ashall, P. Hoeflich +65

We present JWST spectral and photometric observations of the Type IIP supernova (SN) 2022acko at ~50 days past explosion. These data are the first JWST spectral observations of a c…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 14 cited

Discovery and Follow-up of ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx): The Lowest Redshift and Least Luminous Tidal Disruption Event To Date

W. B. Hoogendam, J. T. Hinkle, B. J. Shappee +23

We report the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae discovery of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx) in NGC 3799, a LINER galaxy with no evidence of strong…

astro-ph.HE2023

JWST MIRI/MRS Observations and Spectral Models of the Under-luminous Type Ia Supernova 2022xkq

J. M. DerKacy, C. Ashall, P. Hoeflich +44

We present a JWST mid-infrared spectrum of the under-luminous Type Ia Supernova (SN Ia) 2022xkq, obtained with the medium-resolution spectrometer on the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MI…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 11 cited

Type Ia Supernova Progenitor Properties and Their Host Galaxies

Sudeshna Chakraborty, Benjamin Sadler, Peter Hoeflich +16

We present an eigenfunction method to analyze 161 visual light curves (LCs) of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) obtained by the Carnegie Supernova Project to characterize their diversit…

astro-ph.HE2023

SN 2021gno: a Calcium-rich transient with double-peaked light curves

K. Ertini, G. Folatelli, L. Martinez +52

We present extensive ultraviolet (UV) and optical photometric and optical spectroscopic follow-up of supernova (SN)~2021gno by the "Precision Observations of Infant Supernova Explo…