Early Time Spectropolarimetry of the Aspherical Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf

Early Time Spectropolarimetry of the Aspherical Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf

We present six epochs of optical spectropolarimetry of the Type II supernova (SN) 2023ixf ranging from ∼2 to 15 days after the explosion. Polarimetry was obtained with the Kast double spectrograph on the Shane 3 m telescope at Lick Observatory, representing the earliest such observations ever captur...

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Main Authors: Sergiy S. Vasylyev, Yi Yang, Alexei V. Filippenko, Kishore C. Patra, Thomas G. Brink, Lifan Wang, Ryan Chornock, Raffaella Margutti, Elinor L. Gates, Adam J. Burgasser, Preethi R. Karpoor, Natalie LeBaron, Emma Softich, Christopher A. Theissen, Eli Wiston, WeiKang Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Spectropolarimetry
Core-collapse supernovae
Type II supernovae
Flash spectra
Circumstellar matter
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acf1a3

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