ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova

S. Dong; B. Shappee; J. Prieto; S. Jha; K. Stanek; T. W. Holoien; C. Kochanek; T. A. Thompson; N. Morrell; I. Thompson; U. Basu; J. Beacom; D. Bersier; J. Brimacombe; J. Brown; F. Bufano; P. Chen; E. Conseil; A. B. Danilet; E. Falco; D. Grupe; S. Kiyota; G. Masi; B. Nicholls; F. Olivares E.; G. Pignata; G. Pojma'nski; G. Simonian; D. Szczygiel; P. R. Wo'zniak

DOI:10.1126/science.aac9613

Corpus ID: 31444274

ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova

@article{Dong2016ASASSN15lhAH,
  title={ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova},
  author={S. Dong and B. Shappee and J. Prieto and S. Jha and K. Stanek and T. W. Holoien and C. Kochanek and T. A. Thompson and N. Morrell and I. Thompson and U. Basu and J. Beacom and D. Bersier and J. Brimacombe and J. Brown and F. Bufano and P. Chen and E. Conseil and A. B. Danilet and E. Falco and D. Grupe and S. Kiyota and G. Masi and B. Nicholls and E. F.Olivares and G. Pignata and G. Pojma'nski and G. Simonian and D. Szczygiel and P. R. Wo'zniak},
  journal={Science},
  year={2016},
  volume={351},
  pages={257 - 260}
}

S. Dong, B. Shappee, +27 authors P. R. Wo'zniak

Published 2016

Physics, Medicine

Science

The most luminous supernova to date Supernovae are exploding stars at the end of their lives, providing an input of heavy elements and energy into galaxies. Some types have near-identical peak brightness, but in recent years a new class of superluminous supernovae has been found. Dong et al.y report the discovery of ASASSN-15lh (SN 2015L), the most luminous supernova yet found by some margin. It appears to originate in a large quiescent galaxy, in contrast to most super-luminous supernovae… CONTINUE READING

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