Superluminous Supernovae at High Redshift. (6th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abbott, Tim; Cooke, Jeff; Curtin, Chris; Joudaki, Shahab; Katsianis, Antonios; Koekemoer, Anton; Mould, Jeremy; Tescari, Edoardo; Uddin, Syed; Wang, Lifan
• Is Part Of: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. Volume 34(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-03-06
• Subjects: dark ages, -- reionization, -- first stars – galaxies: high-redshift – stars: luminosity function, -- mass function – supernovae: general; Astronomy -- Periodicals; Southern sky (Astronomy) -- Periodicals; Astrophysics -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1323-3580

Abstract

Abstract: Superluminous supernovae are beginning to be discovered at redshifts as early as the epoch of reionisation. A number of candidate mechanisms is reviewed, together with the discovery programmes.