Intensive Monitoring Survey of Nearby Galaxies (IMSNG)

Intensive Monitoring Survey of Nearby Galaxies (IMSNG) is a high cadence observation program monitoring nearby galaxies with high probabilities of hosting supernovae (SNe). IMSNG aims to constrain the SN explosion mechanism by inferring sizes of SN progenitor systems through the detection of the sho...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2019-01
Main Authors: Im, Myungshin, Choi, Changsu, Hwang, Sungyong, Lim, Gu, Kim, Joonho, Kim, Sophia, Paek, Gregory S H, Sang-Yun, Lee, Sung-Chul Yoon, Jung, Hyunjin, Hyun-Il Sung, Jeon, Yeong-beom, Ehgamberdiev, Shuhrat, Burhonov, Otabek, Milzaqulov, Davron, Parmonov, Omon, Lee, Sang Gak, Kang, Wonseok, Kim, Taewoo, Sun-gill, Kwon, Pak, Soojong, Tae-Geun Ji, Lee, Hye-In, Park, Woojin, Ahn, Hojae, Byeon, Seoyeon, Han, Jimin, Coyne Gibson, Wheeler, J Craig, Kuehne, John, Johns-Krull, Chris, Marshall, Jennifer, Hyun, Minhee, Lee, Seong-Kook J, Kim, Yongjung, Yoon, Yongmin, Paek, Insu, Shin, Suhyun, Yoon Chan Taak, Kang, Juhyung, Choi, Seoyeon, Jeong, Mankeun, Moo-Keon Jung, Kim, Hwara, Kim, Jisu, Lee, Dayae, Park, Bomi, Park, Keunwoo, Seong, A O
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Language:English
Subjects:
Emission
Galaxies
Light curve
Monitoring
Stars & galaxies
Supernovae
Telescopes
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Summary:Intensive Monitoring Survey of Nearby Galaxies (IMSNG) is a high cadence observation program monitoring nearby galaxies with high probabilities of hosting supernovae (SNe). IMSNG aims to constrain the SN explosion mechanism by inferring sizes of SN progenitor systems through the detection of the shock-heated emission that lasts less than a few days after the SN explosion. To catch the signal, IMSNG utilizes a network of 0.5-m to 1-m class telescopes around the world and monitors the images of 60 nearby galaxies at distances D < 50 Mpc to a cadence as short as a few hours. The target galaxies are bright in near-ultraviolet (NUV) with M_NUV < -18.4 AB mag and have high probabilities of hosting SNe (0.06 SN/yr per galaxy). With this strategy, we expect to detect the early light curves of 3.4 SNe per year to a depth of R ~ 19.5 mag, enabling us to detect the shock-heated emission from a progenitor star with a radius as small as 0.1 R_sun. The accumulated data will be also useful for studying faint features around the target galaxies and other science projects. So far, 18 SNe have occurred in our target fields (16 in IMSNG galaxies) over 5 years, confirming our SN rate estimate of 0.06 SN/yr per galaxy.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1901.11353