An extremely energetic supernova from a very massive star in a dense medium
An extremely energetic supernova from a very massive star in a dense medium
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Nicholl, Matt , Blanchard, Peter K. , Berger, Edo , Chornock, Ryan , Margutti, Raffaella , Gomez, Sebastian , Lunnan, Ragnhild , Miller, Adam A. , Fong, Wen-fai , Terreran, Giacomo , Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro , Bhirombhakdi, Kornpob , Bieryla, Allyson , Challis, Pete , Laher, Russ R. , Masci, Frank J. and Paterson, Kerry
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The interaction of a supernova with a circumstellar medium (CSM) can dramatically increase the emitted luminosity by converting kinetic energy to thermal energy. In ‘superluminous’ supernovae of type IIn—named for narrow hydrogen lines
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in their spectra—the integrated emission can reach
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~10
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erg, attainable by ther...
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An extremely energetic supernova from a very massive star in a dense medium
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_181857
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2397-3366
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2397-3366
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10.1038/s41550-020-1066-7
