ON THE PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II-PLATEAU SN 2008cn in NGC 4603
ON THE PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II-PLATEAU SN 2008cn in NGC 4603
A trend is emerging regarding the progenitor stars that give rise to the most common core-collapse supernovae (SNe), those of Type II-Plateau (II-P): they generally appear to be red supergiants with a limited range of initial masses, ∼8–16 M☉. Here, we consider another example, SN 2008cn, in the nearly face-on …