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First results from Project SUNBIRD: Supernovae UNmasked By Infra-Red Detection
Authors: Kool EC, Ryder SD, Kankare E, Mattila S
Editors: Eldridge JJ, Bray JC, McClelland LAS, Xiao L
Conference name: Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Book title : The Lives and Death-Throes of Massive Stars
Journal name in source: LIVES AND DEATH-THROES OF MASSIVE STARS
Journal acronym: IAU SYMP P SERIES
Volume: 12
Issue: S329
First page : 416
Last page: 416
Number of pages: 1
ISBN: 978-1-10717-006-3
ISSN: 1743-9213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317002824
Abstract
A substantial number of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are expected to be hosted by starbursting luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs). However, so far very few CCSNe have been discovered in LIRGs, most likely as a result of dust extinction and lack of contrast in their typically luminous and complex nuclear regions. We present the first results of Project SUNBIRD (Supernovae UNmasked By InfraRed Detection), where we aim to uncover dust-obscured nuclear supernovae by monitoring over 30 LIRGs, using near-infrared state-of-the-art Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGSAO) imaging on the Gemini South and Keck telescopes. Such discoveries are vital for determining the fraction of supernovae which will be missed as a result of dust obscuration by current and future optical surveys.
A substantial number of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are expected to be hosted by starbursting luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs). However, so far very few CCSNe have been discovered in LIRGs, most likely as a result of dust extinction and lack of contrast in their typically luminous and complex nuclear regions. We present the first results of Project SUNBIRD (Supernovae UNmasked By InfraRed Detection), where we aim to uncover dust-obscured nuclear supernovae by monitoring over 30 LIRGs, using near-infrared state-of-the-art Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGSAO) imaging on the Gemini South and Keck telescopes. Such discoveries are vital for determining the fraction of supernovae which will be missed as a result of dust obscuration by current and future optical surveys.
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