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Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...21110505y&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #105.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.929
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The goal of the ROTSE Supernova Verification Project is the discovery of nearby supernova shortly after shock breakout followed by multi-epoch spectral observations as the lightcurves evolve. The very early spectra effectively constrain the progenitor properties and explosion models, but only a few such observations exist for SN Ia. The sequence of spectral observations reveals deeper and deeper layers of the explosion over time that can be used to construct a detailed picture of the burning process. This program follows the concept of the Texas Supernova Search initiated and executed successfully by Robert Quimby using ROTSE-IIIb at McDonald Observatory.
To enlarge the discovery rate, we have developed image subtraction code to be installed on all four ROTSE-III telescopes. By monitoring selected fields nightly to a typical limiting magnitude of 18.5, ROTSE-III is able to discover a nearby supernova earlier than many similar searches. The expected discovery rate is 3 per month at one dedicated site. Since August 2007, our pipeline has been fully operational on ROTSE-IIIb and has discovered 5 supernovae, 3 of which we reported as ATELs and CBETs while the remaining two were found concurrently and reported by others. Among these, SN 2007if is a particularly interesting example of an apparent SN Ia involving the destruction of a super-Chandrasekhar mass system. Its spectrum closely matches that of SN 2003fg which was the first such case that has been observed. Our photometry data show a lightcurve that is a factor of 2 overluminous for a SN Ia, consistent with this interpretation.
This work has been supported by NASA grants NNG-04WC41G and NNX-07AF02G.
Akerlof Carl
Aretakis J.
McKay Tim
Miller John Mcl.
Quimby Robert
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