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Superluminous supernovae at redshifts of 2.05 and 3.90

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  • Jeff Cooke

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, H30, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia)

  • Mark Sullivan

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

  • Avishay Gal-Yam

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

  • Elizabeth J. Barton

    (Center for Cosmology, University of California)

  • Raymond G. Carlberg

    (University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada)

  • Emma V. Ryan-Weber

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, H30, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia)

  • Chuck Horst

    (San Diego State University)

  • Yuuki Omori

    (McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H2A 2T8, Canada)

  • C. Gonzalo Díaz

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, H30, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia)

Abstract

The identification of two superluminous supernovae at redshifts of 2.05 and 3.90 extends the present technological redshift limit on supernova detection and presents the possibility of studying the deaths of the first stars to form after the Big Bang.

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  • Jeff Cooke & Mark Sullivan & Avishay Gal-Yam & Elizabeth J. Barton & Raymond G. Carlberg & Emma V. Ryan-Weber & Chuck Horst & Yuuki Omori & C. Gonzalo Díaz, 2012. "Superluminous supernovae at redshifts of 2.05 and 3.90," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7423), pages 228-231, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7423:d:10.1038_nature11521
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11521
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