Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SUPERS (Unmasking the Progenitors and Energy Sources of Superluminous Supernovae)

In the past decade, a population of supernovae with luminosities 10s-100x higher than those of ordinary core-collapse and Type Ia supernovae have been discovered. These so-called "superluminous" supernovae challenge our understanding of the physical mechanisms behind supernova...