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		| Paper: | Supernova 2023ixf: a Short Introduction |  
		| Volume: | 536, The Twelfth Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics |  
		| Page: | 47 |  
		| Authors: | Yoon, S.-C. |  
		| Abstract: | The supernova (SN) 2023ixf is a Type IIL supernova occurred in the Pin-wheel Galaxy (M101). This SN has garnered significant interest within the supernova research community because it is the nearest observed supernova in the past ten years. Here, I provide a brief overview of recent advancements in both observational and theoretical investigations of this SN regarding photometric and spectroscopic observations during early-times, SN light curve models, identification of its progenitor, observations of pre-SN activities of the progenitor candidate and initiatives aimed at radio detection. The importance of tight observational constraints on the initial and final masses of the progenitor is emphasized. |  
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