ESO Expanding Horizons: Underluminous Thermonuclear Supernovae
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| author | Groot, Paul J. Scaringi, Simone Elias-Rosa, Nancy |
| author_facet | Groot, Paul J. Scaringi, Simone Elias-Rosa, Nancy |
| contents | Underluminous Thermonuclear Supernovae (uTSNe) are an emerging class of transient events that resemble classic Supernovae Type Ia, but peak at much lower luminosities. Suspected to be the deflagrations of white dwarfs, they directly link the final stages of low-mass binary star evolution to extragalactic studies that are critical for cosmology. The ability to detect and study uTSNe is limited by the lack of high spatial resolution (<0.1"), wide-field (>10'x10') imaging capabilities in the optical, as well as large-scale segmented-telescope spectroscopic abilities that allow highly dynamic time-critical spectroscopy of short-duration transient events. Neither capability is currently foreseen for the European Southern Observatory and is therefore an excellent candidate for the Expanding Horizons program. |
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| spellingShingle | ESO Expanding Horizons: Underluminous Thermonuclear Supernovae Groot, Paul J. Scaringi, Simone Elias-Rosa, Nancy Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Underluminous Thermonuclear Supernovae (uTSNe) are an emerging class of transient events that resemble classic Supernovae Type Ia, but peak at much lower luminosities. Suspected to be the deflagrations of white dwarfs, they directly link the final stages of low-mass binary star evolution to extragalactic studies that are critical for cosmology. The ability to detect and study uTSNe is limited by the lack of high spatial resolution (<0.1"), wide-field (>10'x10') imaging capabilities in the optical, as well as large-scale segmented-telescope spectroscopic abilities that allow highly dynamic time-critical spectroscopy of short-duration transient events. Neither capability is currently foreseen for the European Southern Observatory and is therefore an excellent candidate for the Expanding Horizons program. |
| title | ESO Expanding Horizons: Underluminous Thermonuclear Supernovae |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17404 |