ELT Contributions to The First Explosions
Abstract
We describe the potential for using Type Ia supernovae, pair instability supernovae, superluminous supernovae, and gamma-ray bursts to probe the first explosions and hence first stars in the Universe with a US-ELT System.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.01569
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c...3W
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- A Whitepaper Submitted to the Astro 2020 Decadal Survey Committee