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Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star

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  • Iair Arcavi

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California
    University of California)

  • D. Andrew Howell

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    University of California)

  • Daniel Kasen

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    University of California
    University of California)

  • Lars Bildsten

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

  • Griffin Hosseinzadeh

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    University of California)

  • Curtis McCully

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    University of California)

  • Zheng Chuen Wong

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    University of California)

  • Sarah Rebekah Katz

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    University of California)

  • Avishay Gal-Yam

    (The Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Jesper Sollerman

    (The Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University)

  • Francesco Taddia

    (The Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University)

  • Giorgos Leloudas

    (The Weizmann Institute of Science
    Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

  • Christoffer Fremling

    (The Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University)

  • Peter E. Nugent

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Assaf Horesh

    (The Weizmann Institute of Science
    Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

  • Kunal Mooley

    (Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building)

  • Clare Rumsey

    (Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory)

  • S. Bradley Cenko

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661
    Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland)

  • Melissa L. Graham

    (University of California
    University of Washington)

  • Daniel A. Perley

    (Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park)

  • Ehud Nakar

    (The Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University)

  • Nir J. Shaviv

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

  • Omer Bromberg

    (The Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University)

  • Ken J. Shen

    (University of California)

  • Eran O. Ofek

    (The Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Yi Cao

    (University of Washington
    eScience Institute, University of Washington)

  • Xiaofeng Wang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Fang Huang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Liming Rui

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Tianmeng Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenxiong Li

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Zhitong Li

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Jujia Zhang

    (Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Phoenix Mountain, East District)

  • Stefano Valenti

    (University of California)

  • David Guevel

    (Las Cumbres Observatory
    University of California)

  • Benjamin Shappee

    (Carnegie Observatories)

  • Christopher S. Kochanek

    (The Ohio State University
    Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University)

  • Thomas W.-S. Holoien

    (The Ohio State University
    Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University)

  • Alexei V. Filippenko

    (University of California
    Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California)

  • Rob Fender

    (Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building)

  • Anders Nyholm

    (The Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University)

  • Ofer Yaron

    (The Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Mansi M. Kasliwal

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Mark Sullivan

    (University of Southampton)

  • Nadja Blagorodnova

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Richard S. Walters

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Ragnhild Lunnan

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • Danny Khazov

    (The Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Igor Andreoni

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    Australian Astronomical Observatory)

  • Russ R. Laher

    (Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology)

  • Nick Konidaris

    (Carnegie Observatories)

  • Przemek Wozniak

    (Space and Atmospheric Sciences Group, Mail Stop D466, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • Brian Bue

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)

Abstract

Observations of an event (several energetic eruptions leading to a terminal explosion that is surprisingly hydrogen-rich) with the spectrum of a supernova do not match with other observations of supernovae.

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  • Iair Arcavi & D. Andrew Howell & Daniel Kasen & Lars Bildsten & Griffin Hosseinzadeh & Curtis McCully & Zheng Chuen Wong & Sarah Rebekah Katz & Avishay Gal-Yam & Jesper Sollerman & Francesco Taddia & , 2017. "Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star," Nature, Nature, vol. 551(7679), pages 210-213, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:551:y:2017:i:7679:d:10.1038_nature24030
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24030
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