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Finding the First Cosmic Explosions. III. Pulsational Pair-Instability Supernovae
Daniel J. Whalen, Joseph Smidt, Wesley Even +4
Population III supernovae have been the focus of growing attention because of their potential to directly probe the properties of the first stars, particularly the most energetic e…
Pair-Instability Supernovae in the Local Universe
Daniel J. Whalen, Wesley Even, Joseph Smidt +7
The discovery of 150 - 300 M stars in the Local Group and pair-instability supernova candidates at low redshifts has excited interest in this exotic explosion mechanism.…
The Biggest Explosions in the Universe. II
Daniel J. Whalen, Jarrett L. Johnson, Joseph Smidt +3
One of the leading contenders for the origin of supermassive black holes at 7 is catastrophic baryon collapse in atomically-cooled halos at 15. In this scenari…
SN 2010jl: Optical to hard X-ray observations reveal an explosion embedded in a ten solar mass cocoon
E. O. Ofek, A. Zoglauer, S. E. Boggs +24
(Abridged) Some supernovae (SNe) may be powered by the interaction of the SN ejecta with a large amount of circumstellar matter (CSM). Here we outline a method to measure the mass…
The Supernova that Destroyed a Protogalaxy: Prompt Chemical Enrichment and Supermassive Black Hole Growth
Daniel J. Whalen, Jarrett J. Johnson, Joseph Smidt +4
The first primitive galaxies formed from accretion and mergers by z ~ 15, and were primarily responsible for cosmological reionization and the chemical enrichment of the early cosm…
The Biggest Explosions in the Universe
Jarrett L. Johnson, Daniel J. Whalen, Wesley Even +4
Supermassive primordial stars are expected to form in a small fraction of massive protogalaxies in the early universe, and are generally conceived of as the progenitors of the seed…