Call the turnaround

1 · Say what the relation predicted

Beginner

From the early chirp alone, what did the authors' relation predict?

Speeding up until the light faded out A sudden end to all the bumps A slowdown after about day 150

The authors simulated about 50,000 randomly noisy light curves. Fewer than 0.1% of them were as extreme as SN 2024afav.

Intermediate

At most, how many simulations is that?

5 50 500

Expert

Why is this prediction a real test, rather than just a good fit?

It uses none of the late bumps It is fitted to all twelve extrema It assumes one specific wobble mechanism

With the chirp and the antichirp together, the measured line has a slope of 11.6 ± 1.6.

Expert

What does that slope say about the disk around the magnetar?

It is a thin disk radiating its heat away Its core is a hot flow that keeps its heat There is no disk, only shells of gas

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