Superluminous Supernova SN 2015bn in the Nebular Phase: Evidence for the Engine-powered Explosion of a Stripped Massive Star

Year-Month2016-09
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal Letters
AuthorNicholl, M., Berger, E., 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.
Bibcode2016ApJ...828L..18N
TelescopeGN
InstrumentGMOS-N
ParticipantFT/US
First author participant affiliationUSA
Any author participant affiliationsUSA/University of Hawaiʻi
Program IDGN-2016A-FT-19

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