A Superluminous Supernova in High Surface Density Molecular Gas within the Bar of a Metal-rich Galaxy
A Superluminous Supernova in High Surface Density Molecular Gas within the Bar of a Metal-rich Galaxy
We report the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of the metal-rich host galaxy of superluminous supernova (SLSN) PTF10tpz, a barred spiral galaxy at z = 0.03994. We find the CO(1–0) emission to be confined within the bar of the galaxy. The distribution and kinematics of molecular gas in the host …