Study of core-collapse supernovae with the upcoming 4m international liquid mirror telescope at Devasthal, Nainital

Brajesh Kumar1,2,3*, Jean Surdej3, Paul Hickson4, E. F. Borra5, François Finet6, J. P. Swings3, Serge Habraken3 and S. B. Pandey2
1Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India
2Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Manora Peak, Nainital 263 002, India
3Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 17, Bât B5C, 4000 Liège, Belgium
4 Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
5 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Lasers Département de Physique, Université Laval, Canada
6 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 650 N. A’ohoku Place, Hilo, 96720 HI, USA

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Abstract

We present an overview and status of the upcoming 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope facility at Devasthal, Nainital and its uses for the study of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe).

 


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Keywords : Supernovae: general – supernovae, Instrumentation: miscellaneous, Telescopes