5 papers
JWST Spectra Indicate a Large Mass of Postshock Dust Formed by SN 2010jl
Nathan Smith, Melissa Shahbandeh, Ori D. Fox +22
The paper reports JWST mid‑infrared spectra of the Type IIn supernova SN 2010jl 13 years after explosion, revealing a large (~0.2 M☉) mass of warm dust formed in the post‑shock reg…
Fading Echoes of Interaction: Probing Centuries of Preexplosion Mass-Loss in Four Type IIn Supernovae
Elizabeth Hillenkamp, Raphael Baer-Way, Poonam Chandra +6
Supernovae characterized by enduring narrow optical hydrogen emission lines (SNe IIn) are believed to result primarily from the core-collapse of massive stars undergoing sustained…
The Age of the R127 & R128 Clusters: Implications for the LBV
Mojgan Aghakhanloo, Jeremiah W. Murphy, Nathan Smith +1
We infer the age of the R127 and R128 clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using Strömgren photometry from the literature and the age-dating algorithm, Stellar Ages. Analy…
A Multiwavelength Autopsy of the Interacting IIn Supernova 2020ywx: Tracing its Progenitor Mass-Loss History for 100 Years before Death
Raphael Baer-Way, Poonam Chandra, Maryam Modjaz +31
While the subclass of interacting supernovae with narrow hydrogen emission lines (SNe IIn) consists of some of the longest-lasting and brightest SNe ever discovered, their progenit…
Simulating Chemical Abundances in the Circumstellar Nebula of the Late Stage Binary RY Scuti
Sarah H. Taft, Robert D. Gehrz, Charles E. Woodward +3
RY Scuti, thought to be a Wolf-Rayet (WR) progenitor, is a massive, post-main-sequence, binary star system undergoing Roche lobe overflow (RLOF). SOFIA (+FORCAST) spectroscopy of t…