Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe

Weidong Li (), Joshua S. Bloom, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Adam A. Miller, S. Bradley Cenko, Saurabh W. Jha, Mark Sullivan, D. Andrew Howell, Peter E. Nugent, Nathaniel R. Butler, Eran O. Ofek, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Joseph W. Richards, Alan Stockton, Hsin-Yi Shih, Lars Bildsten, Michael M. Shara, Joanne Bibby, Alexei V. Filippenko, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Jeffrey M. Silverman, S. R. Kulkarni, Nicholas M. Law, Dovi Poznanski, Robert M. Quimby, Curtis McCully, Brandon Patel, Kate Maguire and Ken J. Shen
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Weidong Li: University of California
Joshua S. Bloom: University of California
Philipp Podsiadlowski: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Adam A. Miller: University of California
S. Bradley Cenko: University of California
Saurabh W. Jha: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark Sullivan: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
D. Andrew Howell: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Peter E. Nugent: University of California
Nathaniel R. Butler: Arizona State University
Eran O. Ofek: Cahill Center for Astrophysics 249-17, California Institute of Technology
Mansi M. Kasliwal: Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street
Joseph W. Richards: University of California
Alan Stockton: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Hsin-Yi Shih: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Lars Bildsten: University of California
Michael M. Shara: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA
Joanne Bibby: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA
Alexei V. Filippenko: University of California
Mohan Ganeshalingam: University of California
Jeffrey M. Silverman: University of California
S. R. Kulkarni: Cahill Center for Astrophysics 249-17, California Institute of Technology
Nicholas M. Law: Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto M5S 3H4, Ontario, Canada
Dovi Poznanski: School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
Robert M. Quimby: IPMU, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
Curtis McCully: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brandon Patel: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kate Maguire: University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Ken J. Shen: University of California

Nature, 2011, vol. 480, issue 7377, 348-350

Abstract: Archival images of the progenitor system of supernova SN 2011fe are so sensitive that the presence of luminous red giants or most helium stars is directly ruled out.

Date: 2011
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