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Finding the First Cosmic Explosions I: Pair-Instability Supernovae
Daniel J. Whalen, Wesley Even, Lucille H. Frey +9
The first stars are the key to the formation of primitive galaxies, early cosmological reionization and chemical enrichment, and the origin of supermassive black holes. Unfortunate…
Supermassive Population III Supernovae and the Birth of the First Quasars
Daniel J. Whalen, Wesley Even, Joseph Smidt +6
The existence of supermassive black holes as early as z ~ 7 is one of the great unsolved problems in cosmological structure formation. One leading theory argues that they are born…
The Long-Lived UV "Plateau" of SN 2012aw
Amanda J. Bayless, Tyler Pritchard, Peter W. A. Roming +9
Observations with the Swift UVOT have unambiguously uncovered for the first time a long-lived, UV "plateau" in a Type II-P supernova (SN). Although this flattening in slope is hint…
Seeing the First Supernovae at the Edge of the Universe with JWST
Daniel J. Whalen, Chris L. Fryer, Daniel E. Holz +5
The first stars ended the cosmic Dark Ages and created the first heavy elements necessary for the formation of planets and life. The properties of these stars remain uncertain, and…
Do R Coronae Borealis Stars Form from Double White Dwarf Mergers?
Jan. E. Staff, Athira Menon, Falk Herwig +7
A leading formation scenario for R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars invokes the merger of degenerate He and CO white dwarfs (WD) in a binary. The observed ratio of 16O/18O for RCB star…
The Los Alamos Supernova Light Curve Project: Computational Methods
Lucille H. Frey, Wesley Even, Daniel J. Whalen +4
We have entered the era of explosive transient astronomy, in which upcoming real-time surveys like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) a…