An HST Search for Supernovae Accompanying X-Ray Flashes

Soderberg, A M; Kulkarni, Shrinivas R; Fox, Derek B; Berger, Edo; Price, Paul Antony; Cenko, Stephen B; Howell, D A; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Leonard, D C; Frail, Dale A; Moon, D-S; Chevalier, Roger A; Hamuy, M; Hurley, K C; Kelson, Daniel D; Koviak, K; Krzeminski, W; Kumar, P; MacFadyen, A; McCarthy, P J; Park, H-S; Peterson, Bruce; Phillips, Mark M; Rauch, M; Roth, M; Shectman, Stephen

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An HST Search for Supernovae Accompanying X-Ray Flashes

Date

2005

Authors

Soderberg, A M

Kulkarni, Shrinivas R

Fox, Derek B

Berger, Edo

Price, Paul Antony

Cenko, Stephen B

Howell, D A

Gal-Yam, Avishay

Leonard, D C

Frail, Dale A

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present the results from a Hubble Space Telescope ACS search for supernovae associated with X-ray flashes 020903, 040701, 040812, and 040916. We find strong evidence that XRF 020903 (z = 0.25) was associated with a SN 1998bw-like supernova and confirm