Superluminous supernova progenitors have a half-solar metallicity threshold
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1428
Abstract: Host galaxy properties provide strong constraints on the stellar progenitors of superluminous supernovae. By comparing a sample of 19 low-redshift (z < 0.3) superluminous supernova hosts to galaxy populations in the local Universe, we show… read more here.
Keywords: supernova progenitors; superluminous supernova; star formation; host ... See more keywords