English

SNIF: The SuperNova Interactive Fitter

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2019-09-20 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We present an online application, the SuperNova Interactive Fitter (SNIF), which can be used to interactively fit one-zone, analytical models to optical transient light curves powered by (1) the radioactive decay of 56Ni, (2) the spin-down of newly born magnetars, or (3) the interaction between supernova ejecta and pre-existing circumstellar material. This application utilizes the Open Astronomy Catalogs API to connect the user to thousands of publicly available transient light curves from the literature.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1909.09022,
  title  = {SNIF: The SuperNova Interactive Fitter},
  author = {Leilani Baker and Sophia Green and V. Ashley Villar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09022},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in RNAAS; feature suggestions welcome!; see http://snif.space

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