Romer, A K and The DES Collaboration, (2017) DES15E2mlf: a spectroscopically confirmed superluminous supernova that exploded 3.5 Gyr after the big bang. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470 (4). pp. 4241-4250. ISSN 0035-8711

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Abstract

We present the Dark Energy Survey (DES) discovery of DES15E2mlf, the most distant superluminous supernova (SLSN) spectroscopically confirmed to date. The light curves and Gemini spectroscopy of DES15E2mlf indicate that it is a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) at z = 1.861 (a lookback time of ∼10 Gyr) and peaking at MAB = −22.3 ± 0.1 mag. Given the high redshift, our data probe the rest-frame ultraviolet (1400–3500 Å) properties of the SN, finding velocity of the C III feature changes by ∼5600 km s−1 over 14 d around maximum light. We find the host galaxy of DES15E2mlf has a stellar mass of 3.5+3.6 −2.4 × 109 M, which is more massive than the typical SLSN-I host galaxy.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Astronomy Centre
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
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Depositing User:	Billy Wichaidit
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2017 09:23
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2017 09:26
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/69982

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