Core-collapse Supernovae and Gamma-ray Bursts in TMT Era

TL;DR

This paper discusses how upcoming giant telescopes like the Thirty Meter Telescope will advance the study of energetic cosmic explosions such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, addressing current knowledge gaps.

Contribution

It outlines potential research directions using the TMT and advanced instruments to improve understanding of supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and their progenitors.

Findings

Enhanced capability to study high-redshift universe.

Improved understanding of explosion mechanisms.

Better insights into massive star evolution.

Abstract

Study of energetic cosmic explosions as a part of time domain astronomy is one of the key areas that could be pursued with upcoming Giant segmented optical-IR telescopes with a very large photon collecting area applying cutting edge technology. Existing 8-10m class telescopes have been helpful to improve our knowledge about Core-Collapse Supernovae, Gamma-ray Bursts and nature of their progenitors and explosion mechanisms. However, many aspects about these energetic cosmic explosions are still not well-understood and require much bigger telescopes and back-end instruments with high precision to address the evolution of massive stars and high-redshift Universe in more detail. In this presentation, possible thrust research areas towards Core-Collapse Supernovae and Gamma-ray Bursts with the Thirty Meter Telescope and back-end instruments are presented.