An outburst from a massive star 40 days before a supernova explosion

E. O. Ofek (), M. Sullivan, S. B. Cenko, M. M. Kasliwal, A. Gal-Yam, S. R. Kulkarni, I. Arcavi, L. Bildsten, J. S. Bloom, A. Horesh, D. A. Howell, A. V. Filippenko, R. Laher, D. Murray, E. Nakar, P. E. Nugent, J. M. Silverman, N. J. Shaviv, J. Surace and O. Yaron
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E. O. Ofek: Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
M. Sullivan: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
S. B. Cenko: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
M. M. Kasliwal: Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street
A. Gal-Yam: Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
S. R. Kulkarni: Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
I. Arcavi: Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
L. Bildsten: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kohn Hall, University of California
J. S. Bloom: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
A. Horesh: Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
D. A. Howell: Broida Hall, University of California
A. V. Filippenko: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
R. Laher: Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, M/S 314-6, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
D. Murray: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
E. Nakar: School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel
P. E. Nugent: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
J. M. Silverman: University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA
N. J. Shaviv: Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
J. Surace: Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, M/S 314-6, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
O. Yaron: Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

Nature, 2013, vol. 494, issue 7435, 65-67

Abstract: A mass-loss event 40 days before the explosion of the type IIn supernova SN 2010mc has been detected; the outburst indicates that there is a causal relation between explosive mass-loss events seen in some massive stars before their explosion and the onset of the supernova explosion.

Date: 2013
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