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An outburst from a massive star 40 days before a supernova explosion

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  • E. O. Ofek

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

  • M. Sullivan

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
    University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • S. B. Cenko

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA)

  • M. M. Kasliwal

    (Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street)

  • A. Gal-Yam

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

  • S. R. Kulkarni

    (Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology)

  • I. Arcavi

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

  • L. Bildsten

    (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kohn Hall, University of California
    Broida Hall, University of California)

  • J. S. Bloom

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road)

  • A. Horesh

    (Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology)

  • D. A. Howell

    (Broida Hall, University of California
    Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, California 93117, USA)

  • A. V. Filippenko

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA)

  • R. Laher

    (Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, M/S 314-6, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • D. Murray

    (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)

  • E. Nakar

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel)

  • P. E. Nugent

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road)

  • J. M. Silverman

    (University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
    University of Texas)

  • N. J. Shaviv

    (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel)

  • J. Surace

    (Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, M/S 314-6, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • O. Yaron

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

Abstract

A mass-loss event 40 days before the explosion of the type IIn supernova SN 2010mc has been detected; the outburst indicates that there is a causal relation between explosive mass-loss events seen in some massive stars before their explosion and the onset of the supernova explosion.

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  • E. O. Ofek & M. Sullivan & S. B. Cenko & M. M. Kasliwal & A. Gal-Yam & S. R. Kulkarni & I. Arcavi & L. Bildsten & J. S. Bloom & A. Horesh & D. A. Howell & A. V. Filippenko & R. Laher & D. Murray & E. , 2013. "An outburst from a massive star 40 days before a supernova explosion," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7435), pages 65-67, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:494:y:2013:i:7435:d:10.1038_nature11877
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11877
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