Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova Using Light Echoes in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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A. Rest et al. 2008 ApJ 680 1137 doi:10.1086/587158

Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova Using Light Echoes in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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A. Rest^1,2,3, T. Matheson⁴, S. Blondin⁵, M. Bergmann⁶, D. L. Welch⁷, N. B. Suntzeff⁸, R. C. Smith¹, K. Olsen¹, J. L. Prieto⁹, A. Garg², P. Challis⁵, C. Stubbs^2,5, M. Hicken⁵, M. Modjaz⁵, W. M. Wood-Vasey⁵, A. Zenteno¹, G. Damke¹, A. Newman¹⁰, M. Huber¹¹, K. H. Cook¹¹, S. Nikolaev¹¹, A. C. Becker¹², A. Miceli¹², R. Covarrubias^12,13, L. Morelli¹⁴, G. Pignata^14,15, A. Clocchiatti¹⁴, D. Minniti¹⁴ and R. J. Foley¹⁶

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¹ Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Colina el Pino S/N, La Serena, Chile
² Physics Department, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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