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The First Results of Distributed Peer Review at ESO Show Promising Outcomes
Tereza Jerabkova, Ferdinando Patat, Francesca Primas +5
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) implemented a new paradigm called Distributed Peer Review (DPR) as part of its proposal evaluation process in Period 110. Under DPR, Princip…
Testing the magnetar scenario for superluminous supernovae with circular polarimetry
Aleksandar Cikota, Giorgos Leloudas, Mattia Bulla +15
Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are at least 5 times more luminous than common supernovae (SNe). Especially hydrogen-poor SLSN-I are difficult to explain with conventional p…
Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 2007sr Two Months After Maximum Light
P. Zelaya, J. R. Quinn, D. Baade +6
We present late time spectropolarimetric observations of SN 2007sr, obtained with the VLT telescope at ESO Paranal Observatory when the object was 63 days after maximum light. The…
X-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope
Joel Vernet, H. Dekker, S. D'Odorico +87
X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installe…
VLT Spectropolarimetry of the optical transient in NGC300. Evidence for asymmetry in the circumstellar dust
F. Patat, J. R. Maund, S. Benetti +4
AIMS: The main goal of this work is to study possible signs of asymmetry in the bright optical transient in NGC300, with the aim of getting independent information on the explosion…
SN 2008S: an electron capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor?
M. T. Botticella, A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt +31
We present comprehensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the faint transient SN 2008S discovered in NGC 6946. SN 2008S exhibited slow photometric evolution and almost…