Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

Peter E. Nugent (), Mark Sullivan, S. Bradley Cenko, Rollin C. Thomas, Daniel Kasen, D. Andrew Howell, David Bersier, Joshua S. Bloom, S. R. Kulkarni, Michael T. Kandrashoff, Alexei V. Filippenko, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Andrew W. Howard, Howard T. Isaacson, Kate Maguire, Nao Suzuki, James E. Tarlton, Yen-Chen Pan, Lars Bildsten, Benjamin J. Fulton, Jerod T. Parrent, David Sand, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Federica B. Bianco, Benjamin Dilday, Melissa L. Graham, Joe Lyman, Phil James, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Nicholas M. Law, Robert M. Quimby, Isobel M. Hook, Emma S. Walker, Paolo Mazzali, Elena Pian, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam and Dovi Poznanski
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Peter E. Nugent: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark Sullivan: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
S. Bradley Cenko: University of California
Rollin C. Thomas: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniel Kasen: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
D. Andrew Howell: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
David Bersier: Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, UK
Joshua S. Bloom: University of California
S. R. Kulkarni: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology
Michael T. Kandrashoff: University of California
Alexei V. Filippenko: University of California
Jeffrey M. Silverman: University of California
Geoffrey W. Marcy: University of California
Andrew W. Howard: University of California
Howard T. Isaacson: University of California
Kate Maguire: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Nao Suzuki: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James E. Tarlton: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Yen-Chen Pan: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Lars Bildsten: University of California
Benjamin J. Fulton: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Jerod T. Parrent: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
David Sand: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Philipp Podsiadlowski: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Federica B. Bianco: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Benjamin Dilday: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Melissa L. Graham: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Joe Lyman: Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, UK
Phil James: Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, UK
Mansi M. Kasliwal: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology
Nicholas M. Law: Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada
Robert M. Quimby: IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, 277-8583, Japan
Isobel M. Hook: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Emma S. Walker: Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Paolo Mazzali: INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy
Elena Pian: INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy
Eran O. Ofek: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology
Avishay Gal-Yam: Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Dovi Poznanski: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nature, 2011, vol. 480, issue 7377, 344-347

Abstract: Multi-instrument detection of a nearby type 1a supernova shows that the exploding star was probably a carbon–oxygen white dwarf star in a binary system with a main-sequence companion.

Date: 2011
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