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Spectral sequence of EP260321a/SN 2026gzf obtai...

Spectral sequence of EP260321a/SN 2026gzf obtained with SALT, HET, and DESI between 3.3 ...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Finding chart of EP260321a/SN 2026gzf using DEC...

Finding chart of EP260321a/SN 2026gzf using DECam imaging in the g and i filters. Archiv...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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A comparison of EP260321a/SN 2026gzf to other S...

A comparison of EP260321a/SN 2026gzf to other SNe Ic-BL, both associated with GRBs and i...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Multiband lightcurve (ugrizJK) of SN 2026gzf fr...

Multiband lightcurve (ugrizJK) of SN 2026gzf from FTW (filled circles), DECam (filled pe...

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Lightcurve shape relative to peak brightness fo...

Lightcurve shape relative to peak brightness for SN 2026gzf (black) versus GRB-SNe (SNe ...

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Evolution of the inferred photospheric radius, ...

Evolution of the inferred photospheric radius, temperature, and bolometric luminosity of...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Evolution of the DESI spectra (R ∼ 2000–5500) o...

Evolution of the DESI spectra (R ∼ 2000–5500) of SN 2026gzf obtained at 17.7, 32.6, and ...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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X-ray luminosity vs. peak absolute magnitude of...

X-ray luminosity vs. peak absolute magnitude of SN shock breakout candidates detected by...

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Spatially resolved [N II] BPT diagram from HET-...

Spatially resolved [N II] BPT diagram from HET-IFU spectroscopy. Each point represents a...

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X-ray lightcurves of shock breakout candidates ...

X-ray lightcurves of shock breakout candidates detected by Swift and EP. The EP events a...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Observer-frame X-ray afterglow (0.3–10 keV) lig...

Observer-frame X-ray afterglow (0.3–10 keV) lightcurves of GRBs and FXTs. The X-ray uppe...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Allowed parameter space (shaded regions) of ini...

Allowed parameter space (shaded regions) of initial Lorentz factor Γ0 at the jet’s core ...

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Velocity evolution of SNe Ic-BL (gray) and GRB-...

Velocity evolution of SNe Ic-BL (gray) and GRB-SN Ic-BL black) from G. Finneran et al. (...

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Evolution of the expansion velocity of differen...

Evolution of the expansion velocity of different absorption features identified in the s...

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Comparison between the radio upper limits for E...

Comparison between the radio upper limits for EP260321a (downward red triangles) versus ...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Comparison of the DESI spectra of SN 2026gzf ob...

Comparison of the DESI spectra of SN 2026gzf obtained at 17.7 days after discovery vs. o...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Cumulative distribution of oxygen abundances fo...

Cumulative distribution of oxygen abundances for low-redshift (z < 0.2) SNe Ic-BL withou...

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Allowed parameter space (shaded regions) for af...

Allowed parameter space (shaded regions) for afterglow nondetection, assuming a Gaussian...

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Archival DECam lightcurve of the pre-explosion ...

Archival DECam lightcurve of the pre-explosion source (Figure 1) at the location of EP26...

Brendan O’Connor et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Top panels: (a) snapshot of projected large-sca...

Top panels: (a) snapshot of projected large-scale 3D MHD simulated filament network. (b)...

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Top panel: composite large-scale image of the C...

Top panel: composite large-scale image of the Centaurus cluster. Chandra 0.5–7 keV image...

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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PV diagrams. (a) v50 map with slit positions an...

PV diagrams. (a) v50 map with slit positions and extraction directions (green circle mar...

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Eight snapshots of the 3D MHD simulated velocit...

Eight snapshots of the 3D MHD simulated velocity field within a JWST/NIRSpec IFU FOV, an...

Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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(a) The measured flux density of Stokes I, (b) ...

(a) The measured flux density of Stokes I, (b) the linear polarization flux density, and...

Collin T. Christy et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Multiwavelength radio to X-ray light curves at ...

Multiwavelength radio to X-ray light curves at ≈0.1–25 days (left), and spectral energy ...

Collin T. Christy et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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