Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7352, 2011, Pages 487-489

  Quimby, R M ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^a   Kasliwal, M M ^a   Gal Yam, A ^b   Arcavi, I ^c   Sullivan, M ^c   Nugent, P ^d   Thomas, R ^d   Howell, D A ^e,f   Nakar, E ^g   Bildsten, L ^e,h   Theissen, C ⁱ   Law, N M ^a,j   Dekany, R ^a   Rahmer, G ^a   Hale, D ^a   Smith, R ^a   Ofek, E O ^a   Zolkower, J ^a   Velur, V ^a   Walters, R ^a   Henning, J ^a   Bui, K ^a   McKenna, D ^a   Poznanski, D ^d,k   Cenko, S B ^k   Levitan, D ^l   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l California Institute of Technology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 79959568281     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10095     Document Type: Article

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