Massive-star supernovae as major dust factories

Ben E K Sugerman; Barbara Ercolano; M. J. Barlow; A. G G M Tielens; Geoffrey C. Clayton; Albert A. Zijlstra; Margaret Meixner; Angela Speck; Tim M. Gledhill; Nino Panagia; Martin Cohen; Karl D. Gordon; Martin Meyer; Joanna Fabbri; Janet E. Bowey; Douglas L. Welch; Michael W. Regan; Robert C. Kennicutt

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Massive-star supernovae as major dust factories

Ben E K Sugerman, Barbara Ercolano, M. J. Barlow, A. G G M Tielens, Geoffrey C. Clayton, Albert A. Zijlstra, Margaret Meixner, Angela Speck, Tim M. Gledhill, Nino Panagia, Martin Cohen, Karl D. Gordon, Martin Meyer, Joanna Fabbri, Janet E. Bowey, Douglas L. Welch, Michael W. Regan, Robert C. Kennicutt

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We present late-time optical and mid-infrared observations of the Type II supernova 2003gd in the galaxy NGC 628. Mid-infrared excesses consistent with cooling dust in the ejecta are observed 499 to 678 days after outburst and are accompanied by increasing optical extinction and growing asymmetries in the emission-line profiles. Radiative-transfer models show that up to 0.02 solar masses of dust has formed within the ejecta, beginning as early as 250 days after outburst. These observations show that dust formation in supernova ejecta can be efficient and that massive-star supernovae could have been major dust producers throughout the history of the universe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	196-200
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	313
Issue number	5784
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128131
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2006

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Sugerman, B. E. K., Ercolano, B., Barlow, M. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Clayton, G. C., Zijlstra, A. A., Meixner, M., Speck, A., Gledhill, T. M., Panagia, N., Cohen, M., Gordon, K. D., Meyer, M., Fabbri, J., Bowey, J. E., Welch, D. L., Regan, M. W., & Kennicutt, R. C. (2006). Massive-star supernovae as major dust factories. Science, 313(5784), 196-200. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128131

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Massive-star supernovae as major dust factories

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