1109.4637 (Joseph J. Walmswell et al.)

Circumstellar dust as a solution to the red supergiant supernova progenitor problem    [PDF]

Joseph J. Walmswell, John J. Eldridge

Wherein extinction is discussed The problem's circumstellar dust Which shrouds the stars, obscuring light They consequently seem less bright When peering through this grain-filled gas One underestimates the mass Thus fooling those who lack our code That massive RSGs explode In some unknown exotic way Though what this is they cannot say Whereas in fact their end will be As SNe Type IIP

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