Browsing by Author "Morrell, N."

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    • Carnegie Supernova Project II: The Slowest Rising Type Ia Supernova LSQ14fmg and Clues to the Origin of ... 
      Hsiao, E. Y.; Hoeflich, P.; Ashall, C.; Lu, J.; Contreras, C.; Burns, C. R.; Phillips, M. M.; Galbany, L.; Anderson, J. P.; Baltay, C.; Baron, E.; Castellón, S.; Davis, S.; Freedman, Wendy L.; Gall, C.; González, C.; Graham, M. L.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Holoien, T. W.-S.; Karamehmetoglu, E.; Krisciunas, K.; Kumar, S.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Morrell, N.; Moriya, T. J.; Nugent, P. E.; Perlmutter, S.; Persson, S. E.; Piro, A. L.; Rabinowitz, D.; Roth, M.; Shahbandeh, M.; Shappee, B. J.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Suntzeff, N. B.; Taddia, F.; Uddin, S. A. (IOP Publishing, 2020)
      The Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) LSQ14fmg exhibits exaggerated properties that may help to reveal the origin of the "super-Chandrasekhar" (or 03fg-like) group. The optical spectrum is typical of a 03fg-like SN Ia, but the ...
    • Carnegie supernova project-II: The near-infrared spectroscopy program 
      Hsiao, E. Y.; Phillips, M. M.; Marion, G. H.; Kirshner, R. P.; Morrell, N.; Sand, D. J.; Burns, C. R.; Contreras, C.; Hoeflich, P.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Valenti, S.; Anderson, J. P.; Ashall, C.; Baltay, C.; Baron, E.; Banerjee, D. P.K.; Davis, S.; Diamond, T. R.; Folatelli, Gastón (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2019)
      Shifting the focus of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) cosmology to the near infrared (NIR) is a promising way to significantly reduce the systematic errors, as the strategy minimizes our reliance on the empirical width-luminosity ...
    • Carnegie Supernova Project: Observations of Type IIn supernovae 
      Taddia, F.; Stritzinger, M.; Sollerman, J.; Phillips, M. M.; Anderson, J. P.; Boldt, L.; Campillay, A.; Castellón, S.; Contreras, C.; Folatelli, Gastón; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Heinrich-Josties, E.; Krzeminski, W.; Morrell, N.; Burns, C.; Freedman, W.; Madore, B.; Persson, S.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B. (EDP Sciences, 2013-04-10)
      Aims. The observational diversity displayed by various Type IIn supernovae (SNe IIn) is explored and quantified. In doing so, a more coherent picture ascribing the variety of observed SNe IIn types to particular progenitor ...
    • Comprehensive observations of the bright and energetic Type lax SN 2012Z: Interpretation as a Chandrasekhar ... 
      Stritzinger, M.; Valenti, S.; Hoeflich, P.; Baron, E.; Phillips, M.; Taddia, F.; Foley, R.; Hsiao, Eric; Jha, S.; McCully, C.; Pandya, V.; Simon, J.; Benetti, S.; Brown, P.; Burns, C.; Campillay, A.; Contreras, C.; Förster Burón, Francisco; Holmbo, S.; Marion, G.; Morrell, N.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano (EDP Sciences, 2015)
      We present ultraviolet through near-infrared (NIR) broadband photometry, and visual-wavelength and NIR spectroscopy of the Type lax supernova (SN) 2012Z. The data set consists of both early- and late-time observations, ...
    • A hubble diagram from TYPE II supernovae based solely on photometry: the photometric color method 
      De Jaeger, Thomas; González Gaitán, Sebastián; Anderson, J. P.; Galbany, Lluis; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Phillips, M. M.; Stritzinger, M.; Gutiérrez, C.; Bolt, L.; Burns, C.; Campillay, A.; Castellón, S.; Contreras, C.; Folatelli, Gastón; Freedman, W. L.; Hsiao, Eric; Krisciunas, K.; Krzeminski, W.; Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; Morrell, N.; Olivares, F.; Persson, S.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B. (The American Astronomical Society, 2015-12-20)
      We present a Hubble diagram of SNe II using corrected magnitudes derived only from photometry, with no input of spectral information. We use a data set from the Carnegie Supernovae Project I for which optical and ...
    • Hunting for the nature of the enigmatic narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 2004-447 
      Berton, M.; Peluso, G.; Marziani, P.; Komossa, S.; Foschini, L.; Ciroi, S.; Chen, S.; Congiu, E.; Gallo, L. C.; Bjorklund, I.; Crepaldi, L.; Di Mille, F.; Jaervelae, E.; Kotilainen, J.; Kreikenbohm, A.; Morrell, N.; Romano, P.; Sani, E.; Terreran, G.; Tornikoski, M.; Vercellone, S.; Vietri, A. (EDP Sciences, 2021)
      Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are a class of active galactic nuclei (AGN) that, in some cases, can harbor powerful relativistic jets. One of them, PKS 2004-447, shows gamma-ray emission, and underwent its first ...
    • Observed type II supernova colours from the carnegie supernova project-I 
      De Jaeger, Thomas; Anderson, J. P.; Galbany, Lluis; González Gaitán, Santiago; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Phillips, M. M.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Contreras, C.; Folatelli, Gastón; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Morrell, N.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Dessart, L.; Filippenko, A. V. (Oxford University Press, 2018-06)
      We present a study of observed Type II supernova (SN II) colours using optical/near-infrared photometric data from the Carnegie Supernovae Project-I. We analyse four colours (B - V, u - g, g - r, and g - Y) and find that ...
    • Optical and near-IR observations of the faint and fast 2008ha-like supernova 2010ae 
      Stritzinger, M. D.; Hsiao, Eric; Valenti, S.; Taddia, F.; Rivera Thorsen, T. J.; Leloudas, G.; Maeda, K.; Pastorello, A.; Phillips, M. M.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Baron, E.; Burns, C. R.; Contreras, C.; Folatelli, Gastón; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Höflich, P.; Morrell, N.; Prieto, J. L.; Benetti, S.; Campillay, A.; Haislip, Joshua B.; LaClutze, A. P.; Moore, J. P.; Reichart, D. E. (ESO, 2014)
      A comprehensive set of optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy is presented for the faint and fast 2008halike supernova (SN) 2010ae. Contingent on the adopted value of host extinction, SN 2010ae reached ...
    • SN 2009N: linking normal and subluminous Type II-P SNe 
      Takats, K.; Pumo, M. L.; Elías-Rosa, N.; Pastorello, A.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Paillas, E.; Zampieri, L.; Anderson, J. P.; Vinko, J.; Benetti, S.; Botticella, María Teresa; Bufano, Filomena; Campillay, A.; Cartier Ugarte, Regis; Ergon, M.; Folatelli, Gastón; Foley, R. J.; Forster, Francisco; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Hentunen, V.-P.; Kankare, E.; Leloudas, G.; Morrell, N.; Nissinen, M.; Phillips, M. M.; Smartt, S. J.; Stritzinger, M.; Taubenberger, S.; Valenti, S.; Van Dyk, S. D.; Haislip, Joshua B.; LaCluyze, Aaron P.; Moore, J. P.; Reichart, D. (Royal Astronomical Society, 2014-02-11)
      We present ultraviolet, optical, near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of SN 2009N in NGC 4487. This object is a Type II-P supernova with spectra resembling those of subluminous II-P supernovae, while its bolometric ...
    • SN 2011A: A Low-Luminosity Interacting Transient With A Double Plateau And Strong Sodium Absorption 
      De Jaeger, Thomas; Anderson, J. P.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Kankare, E.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Benetti, S.; Bufano, Filomena; Elias-Rosa, Nancy; Folatelli, Gastón; Forster, Francisco; González Gaitán, Santiago; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Inserra, C.; Kotak, R.; Lira Teillery, Paulina; Morrell, N.; Taddia, F.; Tomasella, L. (IOP Publisihing, 2015)
      We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the optical transient SN 2011A. Our data span 140 days after discovery including BVRI u'g'r'i'z' photometry and 11 epochs of optical spectroscopy. Originally classified as ...
    • SN 2011hs: a fast and faint Type IIb supernova from a supergiant progenitor 
      Bufano, Filomena; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Bersten, M.; Mazzali, Paolo; Ryder, S. D.; Margutti, R.; Milisavljevic, D.; Morelli, L.; Benetti, S.; Cappellaro, E.; González Gaitán, E.; Romero Canizales, C.; Stritzinger, M.; Walker, E. S.; Anderson, J. P.; Contreras, C.; De Jaeger, Thomas; Forster, Francisco; Gutiérrez, Claudia P.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Hsiao, Eric; Morrell, N.; Olivares, F.; Paillas, E.; Parker, S.; Pian, E.; Pickering, T. E.; Sanders, N.; Stockdale, C.; Turatto, M.; Valenti, S.; Fesen, R. A.; Maza Sancho, José; Nomoto, K.; Phillips, M. M.; Soderberg, A. (Royal Astronomical Society, 2014)
      Observations spanning a large wavelength range, from X-ray to radio, of the Type IIb supernova (SN) 2011hs are presented, covering its evolution during the first year after explosion. The optical light curve presents a ...
    • A statistical analysis of circumstellar material in Type Ia supernovae 
      Maguire, K.; Sullivan, M.; Patat, F.; Gal-Yam, A.; Hook, I. M.; Dhawan, S.; Howell, D. A.; Mazzali, P.; Nugent, P. E.; Pan, Y. C.; Podsiadlowski, P.; Simon, J. D.; Sternberg, A.; Valenti, S.; Baltay, C.; Bersier, D.; Blagorodnova, N.; Chen, T. W.; Ellman, N.; Feindt, U.; Förster, Francisco; Fraser, M.; González Gaitán, Santiago; Graham, M. L.; Gutiérrez, C.; Hachinger, S.; Hadjiyska, E.; Inserra, C.; Knapic, C.; Laher, R. R.; Leloudas, G.; Margheim, S.; McKinnon, R.; Molinaro, M.; Morrell, N.; Ofek, E. O.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rest, A.; Sand, D.; Smareglia, R.; Smartt, S. J.; Taddia, F.; Walker, E. S.; Walton, N. A.; Young, D. R. (Oxford University Press, Royal Astronomical Society, 2013)
      A key tracer of the elusive progenitor systems of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is the detection of narrow blueshifted time-varying Na I D absorption lines, interpreted as evidence of circumstellar material surrounding the ...
    • Strong near-infrared carbon in the Type Ia supernova iPTF13ebh 
      Hsiao, Eric; Burns, C. R.; Contreras, C.; Höflich, P.; Sand, D.; Marion, G. H.; Phillips, M. M.; Stritzinger, M.; González Gaitán, Francisco; Mason, R. E.; Folatelli, Gastón; Parent, E.; Gall, C.; Amanullah, R.; Anupama, G. C.; Arcavi, I.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Beletsky, Y.; Blanc Mendiberri, Guillermo; Bloom, J. S.; Brown, P. J.; Campillay, A.; Cao, Y.; De Cia, A.; Diamond, T.; Freedman, W. L.; González, C.; Goobar, A.; Holmbo, S.; Howell, D. A.; Johansson, J.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Kirshner, R. P.; Krisciunas, K.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Maguire, K.; Milne, P. A.; Morrell, N.; Nugent, P. E.; Ofek, E. O.; Osip, D.; Palunas, P.; Perley, D. A.; Persson, S. E.; Piro, A. L.; Rabus, M.; Roth, M.; Schiefelbein, J. M.; Srivastav, S.; Sullivan, M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Surace, J.; Woźniak, P. R.; Yaron, O. (EDP Sciencies, 2015-03-03)
      We present near-infrared (NIR) time-series spectroscopy, as well as complementary ultraviolet (UV), optical, and NIR data, of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) iPTF13ebh, which was discovered within two days from the estimated ...
    • Strong near-infrared carbon in the Type Ia supernova iPTF13ebh 
      Hsiao, Eric; Burns, C.R.; Contreras, C.; Höflich, P.; Sand, D.; Marion, G.H.; Phillips, M. M.; Stritzinger, M.; González Gaitán, Santiago; Mason, R. E.; Folatelli, Gastón; Parent, E.; Gall, C.; Amanullah, R.; Anupama, G. C.; Arcavi, I.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Beletsky, Y.; Blanc Mendiberri, Guillermo; Bloom, J. S.; Brown, P. J.; Campillay, A.; Cao, Y.; Cia, A. de; Diamond, T.; Freedman, W. L.; González, C.; Goobar, A.; Holmbo, S.; Howell, D. A.; Johansson, J.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Kirshner, R. P.; Krisciunas, K.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Maguire, K.; Milne, P. A.; Morrell, N.; Nugent, P. E.; Ofek, E. O.; Osip, D.; Palunas, P.; Perley, D. A.; Persson, S. E.; Piro, A. L.; Rabus, M.; Roth, M.; Schiefelbein, J. M.; Srivastav, S.; Sullivan, M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Surace, J.; Wózniak, P. R.; Yaron, O. (ESO, 2015)
      We present near-infrared (NIR) time-series spectroscopy, as well as complementary ultraviolet (UV), optical, and NIR data, of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) iPTF13ebh, which was discovered within two days from the estimated ...
    • Supernova 2008J: early time observations of a heavily reddened SN 2002ic-like transient 
      Taddia, F.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Phillips, M. M.; Burns, C. R.; Heinrich Josties, E.; Morrell, N.; Sollerman, J.; Valenti, S.; Anderson, J. P.; Boldt, L.; Campillay, A.; Castellón, S.; Contreras, C.; Folatelli, Gastón; Freedman, W. L.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Krzeminski, W.; Leloudas, G.; Maeda, K.; Persson, S. E.; Roth, M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B. (2012)
      Aims. We provide additional observational evidence that some Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) show signatures of circumstellar interaction (CSI) with hydrogen-rich material. Methods. Early phase optical and near-infrared (NIR) ...
    • The Type II supernovae 2006V and 2006au: two SN 1987A-like events 
      Taddia, F.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Sollerman, J.; Phillips, M. M.; Anderson, Joseph P.; Ergon, M.; Folatelli, Gastón; Fransson, C.; Freedman, W.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Morrell, N.; Pastorello, A.; Persson, S. E.; González, S. (EDP SCIENCES S A, 2012-01)
      Context. Supernova 1987A revealed that a blue supergiant (BSG) star can end its life as a core-collapse supernova (SN). SN 1987A and other similar objects exhibit properties that distinguish them from ordinary Type II ...
    • Type II Plateau supernovae as metallicity probes of the Universe 
      Dessart, L.; Gutiérrez, Claudia P.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Hillier, D. J.; Lanz, T.; Anderson, J. P.; Folatelli, Gastón; Freedman, W. L.; Ley, F.; Morrell, N.; Persson, S. E.; Phillips, M. M.; Stritzinger, M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B. (2014-05-11)
      We explore a method for metallicity determinations based on quantitative spectroscopy of Type II-Plateau supernovae (SNe II-P). For consistency, we first evolve a set of 15 M main-sequence stars at 0.1, 0.4, 1, and 2 ...
    • Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I I. Bolometric light curves of 74 SNe II using ... 
      Martínez, L.; Bersten, M. C.; Anderson, J. P.; Hamuy, M.; González Gaitán, S.; Stritzinger, M.; Phillips, M. M.; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Burns, C.; Contreras, C.; De Jaeger, T.; Ertini, K.; Folatelli, G.; Forster Burón, Francisco; Galbany, L.; Hoeflich, P.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Morrell, N.; Orellana, M.; Pessi, P. J.; Suntzeff, N. B. (EDP Sciences, 2022)
      The present study is the first of a series of three papers where we characterise the type II supernovae (SNe II) from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I to understand their diversity in terms of progenitor and explosion ...
    • Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I II. Physical parameter distributions from ... 
      Martínez, L.; Bersten, M. C.; Anderson, J. P.; Hamuy, M.; González Gaitán, S.; Forster Burón, Francisco; Orellana, M.; Stritzinger, M.; Phillips, M. M.; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Burns, C.; Contreras, C.; De Jaeger, T.; Ertini, K.; Folatelli, G.; Galbany, L.; Hoeflich, P.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Morrell, N.; Pessi, P. J.; Suntzeff, N. B. (EDP, 2022)
      Linking supernovae to their progenitors is a powerful method for furthering our understanding of the physical origin of their observed differences while at the same time testing stellar evolution theory. In this second ...
    • Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I III. Understanding SN II diversity through ... 
      Martínez, L.; Anderson, J. P.; Bersten, M. C.; Hamuy, M.; González Gaitán, S.; Orellana, M.; Stritzinger, M.; Phillips, M. M.; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Burns, C.; De Jaeger, T.; Ertini, K.; Folatelli, G.; Forster Burón, Francisco; Galbany, L.; Hoeflich, P.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Morrell, N.; Pessi, P. J.; Suntzeff, N. B. (EDP, 2022)
      Type II supernovae (SNe II) show great photometric and spectroscopic diversity which is attributed to the varied physical characteristics of their progenitor and explosion properties. In this study, the third of a series ...