JWST Spectra Indicate a Large Mass of Postshock Dust Formed by SN 2010jl

arXiv:2607.27468 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-07-29 · Read on arXiv

Nathan Smith, Melissa Shahbandeh, Ori D. Fox, Thomas Moore, Jennifer E. Andrews, Thomas G. Brink, Eli Dwek, Michael Engesser, Alexei V. Filippenko, Bryony Nickson, Tea Temim, Yi Yang, WeiKang Zheng, Chris Ashall, Raphael Baer-Way, Geoffrey C. Clayton, Jacob E. Jencson, Joel Johansson, Zachary G. Lane, Dan Milisavljevic, Armin Rest, Arkaprabha Sarangi, Tamas Szalai, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Brian J. Williams

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-07-29

Comments: Accepted by ApJ

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

Terminology

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• Core — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 3× in this paper
• Metallicity — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Elias — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes — 1× in this paper

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• Multi-Epoch Spectropolarimetry for a Sample of Type IIn Supernovae: Persistent Asymmetry in Dusty Circumstellar Material
• Rapid Dust Formation in the Early Universe
• Mid-Infrared Dust Evolution and Late-time Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2017eaw
• The formation and cosmic evolution of dust in the early Universe. I. Dust sources
• JWST NIRSpec+MIRI Observations of the nearby Type IIP supernova 2022acko

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