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  • Titel: The Search for Failed Supernovae with the Large Binocular Telescope: The Mid-infrared Counterpart to N6946-BH1
  • Beteiligte: Kochanek, Christopher S.; Neustadt, Jack M. M.; Stanek, Krzysztof Z.
  • Erschienen: American Astronomical Society, 2024
  • Erschienen in: The Astrophysical Journal, 962 (2024) 2, Seite 145
  • Sprache: Nicht zu entscheiden
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad18d7
  • ISSN: 0004-637X; 1538-4357
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  • Beschreibung: Abstract We present JWST MIRI 5.6, 10, and 21 μm observations of the candidate failed supernova N6946-BH1 along with Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC/IR 1.1 and 1.6 μm data and ongoing optical monitoring data with the Large Binocular Telescope. There is a very red, dusty source at the location of the candidate, which has only ∼10%–15% of the luminosity of the progenitor star. The source is very faint in the HST near-IR observations (∼103 L ⊙) and is not optically variable to a limit of ∼103 L ⊙ at the R band. The dust is likely silicate and probably has to be dominated by very large grains, as predicted for dust formed in a failed supernova. The required visual optical depths are modest, so it should begin to significantly brighten in the near-IR over the next few years.
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