Rest, A., Foley, R. J., Gezari, S., Narayan, G., Draine, B., Olsen, K., ...
We report the discovery of a supernova (SN) with the highest apparent energy output to date and conclude that it represents an extreme example of the Type IIn subclass. The SN, which was discovered...
The Early Asymmetries of Supernova 2008D / XRF 080109 (2009)
Maund, J. R., Wheeler, J. C., Baade, D., Patat, F., Hoflich, P. A., Wang, L., ...
Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ib SN 2008D, associated with the XRF 080109, at two separate epochs, are presented. The epochs of these observations correspond to V-band light curve maximum and 15...