{
  "id": "2101.12222",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2021-01-28T19:00:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2021-01-28T19:00:03.000Z",
  "title": "GN-z11-flash: A shock-breakout in a Population III supernova at Cosmic Dawn?",
  "authors": [
    "Hamsa Padmanabhan",
    "Abraham Loeb"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 1 figure",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA",
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "We discuss the possible interpretation of the recently observed transient, GN-z11-flash as originating from a shock-breakout in a Population III supernova occurring in the GN-z11 galaxy at $z \\sim 11$. We find that the parameters of the explosion are fully consistent with those expected from the shock breakout associated with a Type II supernova of a progenitor star of $\\sim 300$ solar masses in this galaxy, with of order unity such events expected over an observing timescale of a few years. We forecast the expected number of such transients from $z > 10$ galaxies as a function of their host stellar mass and star formation rate.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2021-01-28T19:00:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "cosmic dawn",
      "gn-z11-flash",
      "population",
      "shock-breakout",
      "host stellar mass"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}