Browsing by Author "Nicholl, Matthew"

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    • SN 2015bn: A Detailed Multi-wavelength View of a Nearby Superluminous Supernova 

      Nicholl, Matthew R.; Berger, Edo; Smartt, S. J.; Margutti, R.; Kamble, Atish; Alexander, Kate Denham; Chen, T.-W.; Inserra, C.; Arcavi, I.; Blanchard, Peter Kelly; Cartier, R.; Chambers, K. C.; Childress, M. J.; Chornock, R.; Cowperthwaite, Philip Steven; Drout, M.; Flewelling, H. A.; Fraser, M.; Gal-Yam, A.; Galbany, L.; Harmanen, J.; Holoien, T. W.-S.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Howell, D. A.; Huber, M. E.; Jerkstrand, A.; Kankare, E.; Kochanek, C. S.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Lunnan, R.; Magnier, E. A.; Maguire, K.; McCully, C.; McDonald, M.; Metzger, B. D.; Milisavljevic, D.; Mitra, A.; Reynolds, T.; Saario, J.; Shappee, B. J.; Smith, K. W.; Valenti, S.; Villar, V. A.; Waters, C.; Young, D. R. (American Astronomical Society, 2016)
      We present observations of SN 2015bn (=PS15ae = CSS141223-113342+004332 = MLS150211-113342+004333), a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift z = 0.1136. As well as being one of the closest SLSNe I yet discovered, ...

    • Superluminous Supernova Sn 2015bn in the Nebular Phase: Evidence for the Engine-Powered Explosion of a Stripped Massive Star 

      Nicholl, Matthew R.; Berger, Edo; Margutti, R.; Chornock, R.; Blanchard, P. K.; Jerkstrand, A.; Smartt, S. J.; Arcavi, I.; Challis, P.; Chambers, K. C.; Chen, T.-W.; Cowperthwaite, P. S.; Gal-Yam, A.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Howell, D. A.; Inserra, C.; Kankare, E.; Magnier, E. A.; Maguire, K.; Mazzali, P. A.; McCully, C.; Milisavljevic, D.; Smith, K. W.; Taubenberger, S.; Valenti, S.; Wainscoat, R. J.; Yaron, O.; Young, D. R. (American Astronomical Society, 2016)
      We present nebular-phase imaging and spectroscopy for the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) SN 2015bn, at redshift z = 0.1136, spanning +250–400 days after maximum light. The light curve exhibits a steepening ...

    • An Ultraviolet Excess in the Superluminous Supernova Gaia16apd Reveals a Powerful Central Engine 

      Nicholl, Matthew R.; Berger, Edo; Margutti, R; Blanchard, Peter Kelly; Milisavljevic, Danny; Challis, Peter M.; Metzger, B.D.; Chornock, R. (American Astronomical Society, 2017)
      Since the discovery of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) in the last decade, it has been known that these events exhibit bluer spectral energy distributions than other supernova subtypes, with significant output in the ...

    • X-Rays from the Location of the Double-humped Transient ASASSN-15lh 

      Margutti, R; Metzger, B. D.; Chornock, R; Milisavljevic, Danny; Berger, Edo; Blanchard, Peter Kelly; Guidorzi, C.; Migliori, G.; Kamble, Atish; Lunnan, R; Nicholl, Matthew R.; Coppejans, D. L.; Dall’Osso, S.; Drout, M. R.; Perna, R.; Sbarufatti, B. (American Astronomical Society, 2017)
      We present the detection of persistent soft X-ray radiation with ${L}_{x}\sim {10}^{41}$–1042 erg s–1 at the location of the extremely luminous, double-humped transient ASASSN-15lh as revealed by Chandra and Swift. We ...