Optical surveys miss between 20% and 80% of core-collapse supernova
The fraction of core-collapse supernovae that remain undetected due to obscuration by dust reaches one in five for nearby galaxies and four in five for distant galaxies. The number of detected supernovae helps determine the cosmic star formation history
The fraction of core-collapse supernovae that remain undetected due to obscuration by dust reaches one in five for nearby galaxies and four in five for distant galaxies. The number of detected supernovae helps determine the cosmic star formation history
25/09/2012
Reference:
S. Mattila et al. Core-collapse supernovae missed by optical surveys. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/111.
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