Uncovering the enigmatic origins of the brightest supernovae

揭开最亮超新星的神秘起源

• 批准号: DE190100004
• 负责人: Dr Takashi Moriya
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2019-01-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE190100004
• 关键词: Uncovering; enigmatic; origins; brightest; supernovae

This project aims to uncover the origins of extremely bright supernovae called superluminous supernovae. How and why massive stars end their lives as superluminous supernovae is unknown. Based on their shapes and similarities to other peculiar supernovae, this project should clarify the mechanisms that lead massive stars to explode as superluminous supernovae. The project also aims to develop superluminous supernovae as a tool to investigate the distant universe. By observing superluminous supernovae in the distant universe, this project should address the properties of the first generation stars in the universe and advance our understanding of stellar evolution, supernovae, and the early universe.

该项目旨在揭开称为超亮超新星的极其明亮的超新星的起源。大质量恒星如何以及为何以超光度超新星的形式结束生命尚不清楚。基于它们的形状以及与其他奇特超新星的相似性，该项目应该阐明导致大质量恒星爆炸为超光度超新星的机制。该项目还旨在开发超光度超新星作为研究遥远宇宙的工具。通过观测遥远宇宙中的超光度超新星，该项目应该解决宇宙中第一代恒星的特性，并增进我们对恒星演化、超新星和早期宇宙的理解。