2 papers
astro-ph.SR2024
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…
astro-ph.HE2024
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,…