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Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

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  • Peter E. Nugent

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    University of California)

  • Mark Sullivan

    (University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • S. Bradley Cenko

    (University of California)

  • Rollin C. Thomas

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Daniel Kasen

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    University of California)

  • D. Andrew Howell

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • David Bersier

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, UK)

  • Joshua S. Bloom

    (University of California)

  • S. R. Kulkarni

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Michael T. Kandrashoff

    (University of California)

  • Alexei V. Filippenko

    (University of California)

  • Jeffrey M. Silverman

    (University of California)

  • Geoffrey W. Marcy

    (University of California)

  • Andrew W. Howard

    (University of California)

  • Howard T. Isaacson

    (University of California)

  • Kate Maguire

    (University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • Nao Suzuki

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • James E. Tarlton

    (University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • Yen-Chen Pan

    (University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • Lars Bildsten

    (University of California
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California)

  • Benjamin J. Fulton

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • Jerod T. Parrent

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    Dartmouth College)

  • David Sand

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • Philipp Podsiadlowski

    (University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • Federica B. Bianco

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • Benjamin Dilday

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • Melissa L. Graham

    (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • Joe Lyman

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, UK)

  • Phil James

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, UK)

  • Mansi M. Kasliwal

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Nicholas M. Law

    (Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada)

  • Robert M. Quimby

    (IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, 277-8583, Japan)

  • Isobel M. Hook

    (University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
    INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, via Frascati 33, 00040 Monteporzio (RM), Italy)

  • Emma S. Walker

    (Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy)

  • Paolo Mazzali

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy
    Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik Karl-Schwarzschildstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • Elena Pian

    (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy
    Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik Karl-Schwarzschildstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • Eran O. Ofek

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology
    Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel)

  • Avishay Gal-Yam

    (Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel)

  • Dovi Poznanski

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    University of California
    School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel)

Abstract

Multi-instrument detection of a nearby type 1a supernova shows that the exploding star was probably a carbon–oxygen white dwarf star in a binary system with a main-sequence companion.

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  • Peter E. Nugent & Mark Sullivan & S. Bradley Cenko & Rollin C. Thomas & Daniel Kasen & D. Andrew Howell & David Bersier & Joshua S. Bloom & S. R. Kulkarni & Michael T. Kandrashoff & Alexei V. Filippen, 2011. "Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star," Nature, Nature, vol. 480(7377), pages 344-347, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:480:y:2011:i:7377:d:10.1038_nature10644
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10644
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