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A young stellar environment for the superluminous supernova PTF12dam

A young stellar environment for the superluminous supernova PTF12dam

Abstract The progenitors of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are still a mystery. Hydrogen-poor SLSN hosts are young, highly star-forming dwarf galaxies and the majority belongs to the class of ‘extreme emission line galaxies’. Here we present a resolved long-slit study of the host of the hydrogen-poor SLSN PTF12dam probing the kiloparsec …