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    VERITAS and Fermi-LAT Constraints on the Gamma-Ray Emission from Superluminous Supernovae SN2015bn and SN2017egm
    (IOP, 2023) Acharyya, A.; Adams, C. B.; Bangale, P.; Benbow, W.; Buckley, J. H.; Capasso, M.; Dwarkadas, V. V.; Errando, M.; Falcone, A.; Feng, Q.; Finley, J. P.; Foote, G. M.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Gallagher, G.; Gent, A.; Hanlon, W. F.; Hervet, O.; Holder, J.; Humensky, T. B.; Jin, W.; Kaaret, P.; Kertzman, M.; Kherlakian, M.; Kieda, D.; Kleiner, T. K.; Kumar, S.; Lang, M. J.; Lundy, M.; Maier, G.; McGrath, C. E.; Millis, J.; Moriarty, P.; Mukherjee, R.; Nievas-Rosillo, M.; O'Brien, S.; Ong, R. A.; Patel, S. R.; Pfrang, K.; Pohl, M.; Pueschel, E.; Quinn, J.; Ragan, K.; Reynolds, P. T.; Ribeiro, D.; Roache, E.; Ryan, J. L.; Sadeh, I.; Santander, M.; Sembroski, G. H.; Shang, R.; Splettstoesser, M.; Tak, D.; Tucci, J. V.; Weinstein, A.; Williams, D. A.; VERITAS collaboration; Metzger, B. D.; Nicholl, M.; Vurm, I.; Physics, School of Science
    Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are a rare class of stellar explosions with luminosities ∼ 10–100 times greater than ordinary core-collapse supernovae. One popular model to explain the enhanced optical output of hydrogen-poor (Type I) SLSNe invokes energy injection from a rapidly spinning magnetar. A prediction in this case is that high-energy gamma-rays, generated in the wind nebula of the magnetar, could escape through the expanding supernova ejecta at late times (months or more after optical peak). This paper presents a search for gamma-ray emission in the broad energy band from 100 MeV to 30 TeV from two Type I SLSNe, SN2015bn, and SN2017egm, using observations from Fermi-LAT and VERITAS. Although no gamma-ray emission was detected from either source, the derived upper limits approach the putative magnetar's spin-down luminosity. Prospects are explored for detecting very-high-energy (VHE; 100 GeV–100 TeV) emission from SLSNe-I with existing and planned facilities such as VERITAS and CTA.