A surge of light at the birth of a supernova

M. C. Bersten (), G. Folatelli (), F. García, S. D. Van Dyk, O. G. Benvenuto, M. Orellana, V. Buso, J. L. Sánchez, M. Tanaka, K. Maeda, A. V. Filippenko, W. Zheng, T. G. Brink, S. B. Cenko, T. de Jaeger, S. Kumar, T. J. Moriya, K. Nomoto, D. A. Perley, I. Shivvers and N. Smith
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M. C. Bersten: Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata (IALP)
G. Folatelli: Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata (IALP)
F. García: Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque
S. D. Van Dyk: Caltech/IPAC
O. G. Benvenuto: Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata (IALP)
M. Orellana: Sede Andina, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro
V. Buso: Observatorio Astronómico Busoniano
J. L. Sánchez: Observatorio Astronómico Geminis Austral
M. Tanaka: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
K. Maeda: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo
A. V. Filippenko: University of California
W. Zheng: University of California
T. G. Brink: University of California
S. B. Cenko: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
T. de Jaeger: University of California
S. Kumar: Florida State University
T. J. Moriya: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
K. Nomoto: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo
D. A. Perley: Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park
I. Shivvers: University of California
N. Smith: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

Nature, 2018, vol. 554, issue 7693, 497-499

Abstract: The discovery of a newly born type IIb supernova reveals a rapid brightening at optical wavelengths that corresponds to the shock-breakout phase of the explosion.

Date: 2018
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