The evolution of CNO elements in galaxies

D Romano - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2022 - Springer
After hydrogen and helium, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—hereinafter, the CNO elements—
are the most abundant species in the universe. They are observed in all kinds of …

From discovery to the first month of the type II supernova 2023ixf: high and variable mass loss in the final year before explosion

D Hiramatsu, D Tsuna, E Berger, K Itagaki… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of the Type II supernova SN 2023ixf in M101 and follow-up
photometric and spectroscopic observations, respectively, in the first month and week of its …

SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: photo-ionization of dense, close-in circumstellar material in a nearby type II supernova

WV Jacobson-Galán, L Dessart… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present UV and/or optical observations and models of SN 2023ixf, a type II supernova
(SN) located in Messier 101 at 6.9 Mpc. Early time (flash) spectroscopy of SN 2023ixf …

Final moments. I. Precursor emission, envelope inflation, and enhanced mass loss preceding the luminous Type II supernova 2020tlf

WV Jacobson-Galán, L Dessart, DO Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present panchromatic observations and modeling of supernova (SN) 2020tlf, the first
normal Type II-P/L SN with confirmed precursor emission, as detected by the Young …

Low-energy supernovae severely constrain radiative particle decays

A Caputo, HT Janka, G Raffelt, E Vitagliano - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
The hot and dense core formed in the collapse of a massive star is a powerful source of
hypothetical feebly interacting particles such as sterile neutrinos, dark photons, axionlike …

Extended Shock Breakout and Early Circumstellar Interaction in SN 2024ggi

M Shrestha, KA Bostroem, DJ Sand… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-cadence photometric and spectroscopic observations of supernova (SN)
2024ggi, a Type II SN with flash spectroscopy features, which exploded in the nearby galaxy …

Nuclear weak rates and nuclear weak processes in stars

T Suzuki - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear weak rates in stellar environments are obtained by taking into account recent
advances in shell-model studies of spin-dependent excitation modes in nuclei including …

Type II-P supernova progenitor star initial masses and SN 2020jfo: direct detection, light-curve properties, nebular spectroscopy, and local environment

CD Kilpatrick, L Izzo, RO Bentley… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present optical, ultraviolet, and infrared data of the type II supernova (SN II) 2020jfo at
14.5 Mpc. This wealth of multiwavelength data allows us to compare different metrics …

Circumstellar Interaction in the Ultraviolet Spectra of SN 2023ixf 14–66 Days After Explosion

KA Bostroem, DJ Sand, L Dessart… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
SN 2023ixf was discovered in M101 within a day of the explosion and rapidly classified as a
Type II supernova with flash features. Here we present ultraviolet (UV) spectra obtained with …

The Diverse Properties of Type Icn Supernovae Point to Multiple Progenitor Channels

C Pellegrino, DA Howell, G Terreran… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a sample of Type Icn supernovae (SNe Icn), a newly discovered class of
transients characterized by their interaction with H-and He-poor circumstellar material …