A Magnetar Engine and Circumstellar Medium Interaction: Synergistic Effects in Producing Superluminous Supernovae

arXiv:2607.08216 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-07-09 · Read on arXiv

Guang-Lei Wu, Yun-Wei Yu, Liang-Duan Liu

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-07-09

Comments: 18 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

Code: https://github.com/gmzsebastian/SLSNe

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 11× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Anti-correlation — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Momentum transfer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Evidence for GeV emission of the superluminous supernova SN 2017egm
• Formation of Fast-spinning Neutron Stars in Close Binaries and Magnetar-driven Stripped-envelope Supernovae
• Magnetar Engines in Broad-lined Type Ic Supernovae and a Unified Picture for Magnetar-powered Stripped-envelope Supernovae

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