A hot and luminous source at the site of the fast transient AT2018cow at 2-3 yr after its explosion

We report the discovery of a luminous late-time source at the position of the fast blue optical transient AT2018cow on images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope at 714 d and 1136 d after its explosion. This source is detected at both UV and optical wavelengths and has prominent Hα emission. It has...

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Main Authors: Crowther, P.A (Author), Liu, L.-D (Author), Maund, J.R (Author), Sun, N.-C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2022
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