- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/863/109
- Title:
- Follow-up optical observations of the SNIc SN2014L
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/863/109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of the nearby type Ic supernova (SN Ic) SN 2014L. This SN was discovered by the Tsinghua-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS) in the nearby type-Sc spiral galaxy M99 (NGC 4254). Fitting to the early-time light curve indicates that SN 2014L was detected at only a few hours after the shock breakout, and it reached a peak brightness of M_V_=-17.73+/-0.28mag (L=[2.06+/-0.50]x10^42^erg/s) approximately 13 days later. SN 2014L shows a close resemblance to SN 2007gr in the photometric evolution, while it shows stronger absorption features of intermediate-mass elements (especially CaII) in the early-time spectra. Based on simple modeling of the observed light curves, we derived the mass of synthesized ^56^Ni as M_Ni_=0.075+/-0.025M_{sun}_, and the mass and total energy of the ejecta as M_ej_=1.00+/-0.20M_{sun}_ and E_ej_=1.45+/-0.25 foe, respectively. Given these typical explosion parameters, the early detection, and the extensive observations, we suggest that SN 2014L could be a template sample for the investigation of SNe Ic.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/4307
- Title:
- From optical to infrared photometry of SN 2013dy
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/4307
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- SN 2013dy is a Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) for which we have compiled an extraordinary data set spanning from 0.1 to ~500d after explosion. We present 10 epochs of ultraviolet (UV) through near-infrared (NIR) spectra with Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, 47 epochs of optical spectra (15 of them having high resolution), and more than 500 photometric observations in the BVrRiIZYJH bands. SN 2013dy has a broad and slowly declining light curve ({Delta}m_15_(B)=0.92mag), shallow SiII {lambda}6355 absorption, and a low velocity gradient. We detect strong CII in our earliest spectra, probing unburned progenitor material in the outermost layers of the SN ejecta, but this feature fades within a few days. The UV continuum of SN 2013dy, which is strongly affected by the metal abundance of the progenitor star, suggests that SN 2013dy had a relatively high-metallicity progenitor. Examining one of the largest single set of high-resolution spectra for an SN Ia, we find no evidence of variable absorption from circumstellar material. Combining our UV spectra, NIR photometry, and high-cadence optical photometry, we construct a bolometric light curve, showing that SN 2013dy had a maximum luminosity of 10.0^+4.8^_-3.8_x10^42^erg/s. We compare the synthetic light curves and spectra of several models to SN 2013dy, finding that SN 2013dy is in good agreement with a solar-metallicity W7 model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/774/114
- Title:
- GRB 081007 and GRB 090424 light curves
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/774/114
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss the results of the analysis of multi-wavelength data for the afterglows of GRB 081007 and GRB 090424, two bursts detected by Swift. One of them, GRB 081007, also shows a spectroscopically confirmed supernova, SN 2008hw, which resembles SN 1998bw in its absorption features, while the maximum magnitude may be fainter, up to 0.7mag, than observed in SN 1998bw. Bright optical flashes have been detected in both events, which allows us to derive solid constraints on the circumburst-matter density profile. This is particularly interesting in the case of GRB 081007, whose afterglow is found to be propagating into a constant-density medium, yielding yet another example of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) clearly associated with a massive-star progenitor which did not sculpt the surroundings with its stellar wind. There is no supernova component detected in the afterglow of GRB 090424, likely due to the brightness of the host galaxy, comparable to the Milky Way. We show that the afterglow data are consistent with the presence of both forward- and reverse-shock emission powered by relativistic outflows expanding into the interstellar medium. The absence of optical peaks due to the forward shock strongly suggests that the reverse-shock regions should be mildly magnetized. The initial Lorentz factor of outflow of GRB 081007 is estimated to be {Gamma}~200, while for GRB 090424 a lower limit of {Gamma}>170 is derived. We also discuss the prompt emission of GRB 081007, which consists of just a single pulse. We argue that neither the external forward-shock model nor the shock-breakout model can account for the prompt emission data and suggest that the single-pulse-like prompt emission may be due to magnetic energy dissipation of a Poynting-flux-dominated outflow or to a dissipative photosphere.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/797/24
- Title:
- Imaging observations of iPTF 13ajg
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/797/24
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present imaging and spectroscopy of a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory, iPTF 13ajg. At a redshift of z=0.7403, derived from narrow absorption lines, iPTF 13ajg peaked at an absolute magnitude of M_u,AB_=-22.5, one of the most luminous supernovae to date. The observed bolometric peak luminosity of iPTF 13ajg is 3.2x10^44^ erg/s, while the estimated total radiated energy is 1.3x10^51^ erg. We detect narrow absorption lines of Mg I, Mg II, and Fe II, associated with the cold interstellar medium in the host galaxy, at two different epochs with X-shooter at the Very Large Telescope. From Voigt profile fitting, we derive the column densities log N(Mg I)=11.94+/-0.06, log N(Mg II)=14.7+/-0.3, and log N(Fe II)=14.25+/-0.10. These column densities, as well as the Mg I and Mg II equivalent widths of a sample of hydrogen-poor SLSNe taken from the literature, are at the low end of those derived for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) whose progenitors are also thought to be massive stars. This suggests that the environments of hydrogen-poor SLSNe and GRBs are different. From the nondetection of Fe II fine-structure absorption lines, we derive a lower limit on the distance between the supernova and the narrow-line absorbing gas of 50 pc. The neutral gas responsible for the absorption in iPTF 13ajg exhibits a single narrow component with a low velocity width, {Delta}V=76 km/s, indicating a low-mass host galaxy. No host galaxy emission lines are detected, leading to an upper limit on the unobscured star formation rate (SFR) of SFR_[OII]_<0.07 M_{sun}_/yr. Late-time imaging shows the iPTF 13ajg host galaxy to be faint, with g_AB_~27.0 and R_AB_>=26.0 mag, corresponding to M_B,Vega_>~-17.7 mag.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/686/749
- Title:
- Improved cosmological constraints from SNe
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/686/749
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new data set of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe, and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This "Union" compilation of 414 SNe Ia, which reduces to 307 SNe after selection cuts, includes the recent large samples of SNe Ia from the Supernova Legacy Survey and ESSENCE Survey, the older data sets, as well as the recently extended data set of distant supernovae observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A single, consistent, and blind analysis procedure is used for all the various SN Ia subsamples, and a new procedure is implemented that consistently weights the heterogeneous data sets and rejects outliers. We present the latest results from this Union compilation and discuss the cosmological constraints from this new compilation and its combination with other cosmological measurements (CMB and BAO).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/851/107
- Title:
- iPTF 16asu photometry follow-up
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/851/107
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Wide-field surveys are discovering a growing number of rare transients whose physical origin is not yet well understood. Here we present optical and UV data and analysis of intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) 16asu, a luminous, rapidly evolving, high-velocity, stripped-envelope supernova (SN). With a rest-frame rise time of just four days and a peak absolute magnitude of M_g_=-20.4mag, the light curve of iPTF 16asu is faster and more luminous than that of previous rapid transients. The spectra of iPTF 16asu show a featureless blue continuum near peak that develops into an SN Ic-BL spectrum on the decline. We show that while the late-time light curve could plausibly be powered by 56Ni decay, the early emission requires a different energy source. Nondetections in the X-ray and radio strongly constrain the energy coupled to relativistic ejecta to be at most comparable to the class of low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We suggest that the early emission may have been powered by either a rapidly spinning-down magnetar or by shock breakout in an extended envelope of a very energetic explosion. In either scenario a central engine is required, making iPTF 16asu an intriguing transition object between superluminous SNe, SNe Ic-BL, and low-luminosity GRBs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Sci/362.201
- Title:
- iPTF 14gqr (SN 2014ft) photometry
- Short Name:
- J/other/Sci/362.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Compact neutron star binary systems are produced from binary massive stars through stellar evolution involving up to two supernova explosions. The final stages in the formation of these systems have not been directly observed. We report the discovery of iPTF 14gqr (SN 2014ft), a type Ic supernova with a fast-evolving light curve indicating an extremely low ejecta mass (~=0.2 solar masses) and low kinetic energy (~=2x10^50^ergs). Early photometry and spectroscopy reveal evidence of shock cooling of an extended helium-rich envelope, likely ejected in an intense pre-explosion mass-loss episode of the progenitor. Taken together, we interpret iPTF 14gqr as evidence for ultra-stripped supernovae that form neutron stars in compact binary systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/819/35
- Title:
- Light curves of four transients from PTF & SNLS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/819/35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of four rapidly rising (t_rise_~10days) transients with peak luminosities between those of supernovae (SNe) and superluminous SNe (M_peak_~-20) --one discovered and followed by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and three by the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS). The light curves resemble those of SN 2011kl, recently shown to be associated with an ultra-long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB), though no GRB was seen to accompany our SNe. The rapid rise to a luminous peak places these events in a unique part of SN phase space, challenging standard SN emission mechanisms. Spectra of the PTF event formally classify it as an SN II due to broad H{alpha} emission, but an unusual absorption feature, which can be interpreted as either high velocity H{alpha} (though deeper than in previously known cases) or SiII (as seen in SNe Ia), is also observed. We find that existing models of white dwarf detonations, CSM interaction, shock breakout in a wind (or steeper CSM), and magnetar spin down cannot readily explain the observations. We consider the possibility that a "Type 1.5 SN" scenario could be the origin of our events.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/112/2408
- Title:
- Light Curves of 29 SNe
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/112/2408
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- BV(RI)_KC_ (see Bessel, 1990PASP..102.1181B) light curves are presented for 27 type Ia supernovae discovered during the course of the Calan/Tololo Survey and for two other SNe Ia observed during the same period. Estimates of the maximum light magnitudes in the B, V, and I bands and the initial decline rate parameter {Delta}m_15_(B) are also given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/700/331
- Title:
- Light curves of type Ia supernovae (CfA3)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/700/331
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present multiband photometry of 185 type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), with over 11500 observations. These were acquired between 2001 and 2008 at the F. L. Whipple Observatory of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). This sample contains the largest number of homogeneously observed and reduced nearby SNe Ia (z<~0.08) published to date. It more than doubles the nearby sample, bringing SN Ia cosmology to the point where systematic uncertainties dominate. Our natural system photometry has a precision of <~0.02mag in BVRIr'i' and <~0.04 mag in U for points brighter than 17.5mag. We also estimate a systematic uncertainty of 0.03mag in our SN Ia standard system BVRIr'i' photometry and 0.07mag for U. Comparisons of our standard system photometry with published SN Ia light curves and comparison stars, where available for the same SN, reveal agreement at the level of a few hundredths mag in most cases. We find that 1991bg-like SNe Ia are sufficiently distinct from other SNe Ia in their color and light-curve-shape/luminosity relation that they should be treated separately in light-curve/distance fitter training samples.
