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Light-Curve Structure and Halpha Line Formation in the Tidal Disruption Event AT 2019azh
Sara Faris, Iair Arcavi, Lydia Makrygianni +33
AT 2019azh is a H+He tidal disruption event (TDE) with one of the most extensive ultraviolet and optical data sets available to date. We present our photometric and spectroscopic o…
Newly Formed Dust within the Circumstellar Environment of SNIa-CSM 2018evt
Lingzhi Wang, Maokai Hu, Lifan Wang +44
Dust associated with various stellar sources in galaxies at all cosmic epochs remains a controversial topic, particularly whether supernovae (SNe) play an important role in dust pr…
SN 2020zbf: A fast-rising hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova with strong carbon lines
A. Gkini, R. Lunnan, S. Schulze +24
SN\,2020zbf is a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) at that shows conspicuous \ion{C}{II} features at early times, in contrast to the majority of H-poor SLSN…
Evidence of weak circumstellar medium interaction in the Type II SN 2023axu
Manisha Shrestha, Jeniveve Pearson, Samuel Wyatt +34
We present high-cadence photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN~2023axu, a classical Type II supernova with an absolute -band peak magnitude of mag. SN~…
From Discovery to the First Month of the Type II Supernova 2023ixf: High and Variable Mass Loss in the Final Year before Explosion
Daichi Hiramatsu, Daichi Tsuna, Edo Berger +22
We present the discovery of the Type II supernova SN 2023ixf in M101 and follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations, respectively, in the first month and week of its evol…
Roman CCS White Paper: Characterizing Superluminous Supernovae with Roman
Sebastian Gomez, Kate Alexander, Edo Berger +16
Type-I Superluminous Supernovae (SLSNe) are an exotic class of core-collapse SN (CCSN) that can be up to 100 times brighter and more slowly-evolving than normal CCSNe. SLSNe repres…
Millimeter Observations of the Type II SN2023ixf: Constraints on the Proximate Circumstellar Medium
Edo Berger, Garrett K. Keating, Raffaella Margutti +10
We present 1.3 mm (230 GHz) observations of the recent and nearby Type II supernova, SN2023ixf, obtained with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at 2.6-18.6 days after explosion. The ob…
Broad-emission-line dominated hydrogen-rich luminous supernovae
P. J. Pessi, J. P. Anderson, G. Folatelli +27
Hydrogen-rich Type II supernovae (SNe II) are the most frequently observed class of core-collapse SNe (CCSNe). However, most studies that analyse large samples of SNe II lack event…
Early Spectroscopy and Dense Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2023ixf
K. Azalee Bostroem, Jeniveve Pearson, Manisha Shrestha +53
We present the optical spectroscopic evolution of SN~2023ixf seen in sub-night cadence spectra from 1.18 to 14 days after explosion. We identify high-ionization emission features,…
Shock Cooling and Possible Precursor Emission in the Early Light Curve of the Type II SN 2023ixf
Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Joseph Farah, Manisha Shrestha +28
We present the densely sampled early light curve of the Type II supernova (SN) 2023ixf, first observed within hours of explosion in the nearby Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101; 6.7 Mpc…
Observational properties of a bright type Iax SN 2018cni and a faint type Iax SN 2020kyg
Mridweeka Singh, Devendra. K. Sahu, Raya Dastidar +29
We present the optical photometric and spectroscopic analysis of two type Iax SNe 2018cni and 2020kyg. SN 2018cni is a bright type Iax SN (M = 17.810.21 mag) whe…
Peculiar Spectral Evolution of the Type I Supernova 2019eix: A Possible Double Detonation from a Helium Shell on a Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass White Dwarf
E. Padilla Gonzalez, D. Andrew Howell, J. Burke +8
We present photometric and spectroscopic data for the nearby Type I supernova (SN Ia) 2019eix (originally classified as a SN Ic), from its discovery day up to 100 days after maximu…
A Low-Mass Helium Star Progenitor Model for the Type Ibn SN 2020nxt
Qinan Wang, Anika Goel, Luc Dessart +55
A growing number of supernovae (SNe) are now known to exhibit evidence for significant interaction with a dense, pre-existing, circumstellar medium (CSM). SNe Ibn comprise one such…
Multiple Peaks and a Long Precursor in the Type IIn Supernova 2021qqp: An Energetic Explosion in a Complex Circumstellar Environment
Daichi Hiramatsu, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Edo Berger +14
We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type IIn supernova (SN) 2021qqp. Its unusual light curve is marked by a long precursor for days, a rapid increase…
1100 days in the life of the supernova 2018ibb -- The best pair-instability supernova candidate, to date
Steve Schulze, Claes Fransson, Alexandra Kozyreva +63
Abridged - Stars with ZAMS masses between 140 and are thought to explode as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe). During their thermonuclear runaway, PISNe can produce…
Probing the Sub-Parsec Dust of a Supermassive Black Hole with the Tidal Disruption Event AT 2020mot
Megan Newsome, Iair Arcavi, D. A. Howell +9
AT 2020mot is a typical UV/optical tidal disruption event (TDE) with no radio or X-ray signatures in a quiescent host. We find an i-band excess and re-brightening along the decline…
The Early Light Curve of SN 2023bee: Constraining Type Ia Supernova Progenitors the Apian Way
Griffin Hosseinzadeh, David J. Sand, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary +39
We present very early photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2023bee, starting about 8 hr after the explosion, which reveal a strong excess in…
Photometric study of the late-time near-infrared plateau in Type Ia supernovae
M. Deckers, O. Graur, K. Maguire +23
We present an in-depth study of the late-time near-infrared plateau in Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), which occurs between 70-500 d. We double the existing sample of SNe Ia observed…
Limit on Supernova Emission in the Brightest Gamma-ray Burst, GRB 221009A
Manisha Shrestha, David J. Sand, Kate D. Alexander +30
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of the extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A in search of an associated supernova. Some past GRBs have shown bumps in th…
Resurrection of type IIL supernova 2018ivc: Implications for a binary evolution sequence connecting hydrogen-rich and -poor progenitors
Keiichi Maeda, Tomonari Michiyama, Poonam Chandra +4
Long-term observations of synchrotron emission from supernovae (SNe), covering more than a year after the explosion, provide a unique opportunity to study the poorly-understood evo…
SN 2020bio: A Double-peaked, H-poor Type IIb Supernova with Evidence of Circumstellar Interaction
C. Pellegrino, D. Hiramatsu, I. Arcavi +12
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2020bio, a double-peaked Type IIb supernova (SN) discovered within a day of explosion, primarily obtained by Las Cumbres…