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

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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
    University of California)

  • Peter E. Nugent

    (University of California
    Computational Cosmology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

  • Nathaniel R. Butler

    (Arizona State University)

  • Eran O. Ofek

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics 249-17, California Institute of Technology
    Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel)

  • Mansi M. Kasliwal

    (Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street)

  • Joseph W. Richards

    (University of California
    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
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, 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)

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.

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  • 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 & Ma, 2011. "Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe," Nature, Nature, vol. 480(7377), pages 348-350, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:480:y:2011:i:7377:d:10.1038_nature10646
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10646
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