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Transient Butterflies: Fast Blue Optical Transients can be powered by Jet-Shocked Cocoons

Transient Butterflies: Fast Blue Optical Transients can be powered by Jet-Shocked Cocoons

by Jason Hinkle | Jan 23, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

FBOTs or butterflies? Today’s paper presents a new model to describe the emission from fast blue optical transients.

A New Recipe for Neutron Star Magnetic Fields

A New Recipe for Neutron Star Magnetic Fields

by Ryan Golant | Nov 30, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

How do neutron stars acquire such strong magnetic fields? Why do these fields differ between pulsars and magnetars? Today’s paper suggests that *convective dynamos* may be at play.

A Fast Radio Burst in a Rather Peculiar Location

A Fast Radio Burst in a Rather Peculiar Location

by Alice Curtin | Aug 12, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s authors study an FRB in the M81 galaxy. Read on for what they find (spoiler: it’s not what we would expect!).

Not All is Lost: Failed Supernovae Shed Light on Massive Star Evolution

Not All is Lost: Failed Supernovae Shed Light on Massive Star Evolution

by Wynn Jacobson-Galan | Apr 24, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

SUPERnova fail!

Revealing Asymmetry in a Young Supernova Remnant

Revealing Asymmetry in a Young Supernova Remnant

by Wynn Jacobson-Galan | Dec 8, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

An asymmetric supernova shedding insight into the mystery of stellar death

Through Collision Comes Light: Powering Stellar Explosions Through Shock Cooling Emission

Through Collision Comes Light: Powering Stellar Explosions Through Shock Cooling Emission

by Wynn Jacobson-Galan | Aug 7, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

The missing link in powering supernovae? Have a read and find out!

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