Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7273, 2009, Pages 624-627

  Gal Yam, Avishay ^a   Mazzali, P ^b,c   Ofek, E O ^d   Nugent, P E ^e   Kulkarni, S R ^d   Kasliwal, M M ^d   Quimby, R M ^d   Filippenko, A V ^f   Cenko, S B ^f   Chornock, R ^f   Waldman, R ^g   Kasen, D ^h   Sullivan, M ⁱ   Beshore, E C ^j   Drake, A J ^d   Thomas, R C ^e   Bloom, J S ^f   Poznanski, D ^f   Miller, A A ^f   Foley, R J ^k   Silverman, J M ^f   Arcavi, I ^a   Ellis, R S ^d   Deng, J ^l   more..

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^l CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GRAVITY FIELD; IRON; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; EXPLOSION; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 71449123072     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08579     Document Type: Article

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