Supernovae and transients with circumstellar interaction. Issue 7 (8th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fraser, Morgan
• Is Part Of: Royal Society open science. Volume 7:Issue 7(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07-08
• Subjects: supernovae -- massive stars -- mass loss; Science -- Periodicals; 500
• DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200467
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2054-5703

Abstract

Abstract : It is 30 years since the characteristic signatures of interaction with circumstellar material (CSM) were first observed in a core-collapse supernova. Since then, CSM interaction has been observed and inferred across a range of transients, from the low-energy explosions of low-mass stars as likely electron-capture supernovae, through to the brightest superluminous supernovae. In this review, I present a brief overview of some of the interacting supernovae and transients that have been observed to date, and attempt to classify and group them together in a phenomenological framework.