- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/410/585
- Title:
- SN 2009dc BVRI light curves
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/410/585
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we present and analyse optical photometry and spectra of the extremely luminous and slowly evolving Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2009dc, and offer evidence that it is a super-Chandrasekhar mass (SC) SN Ia and thus has a SC white dwarf (WD) progenitor. Optical spectra of SN 2007if, a similar object, are also shown. SN 2009dc had one of the most slowly evolving light curves ever observed for a SN Ia, with a rise time of ~23d and {DELTA}m_15_(B)=0.72mag. We calculate a lower limit to the peak bolometric luminosity of ~2.4x10^43^erg/s, though the actual value is likely almost 40 per cent larger. Optical spectra of SN 2009dc and SN 2007if obtained near maximum brightness exhibit strong CII features (indicative of a significant amount of unburned material), and the post-maximum spectra are dominated by iron-group elements (IGEs). All of our spectra of SN 2009dc and SN 2007if also show low expansion velocities. However, we see no strong evidence in SN 2009dc for a velocity `plateau' near maximum light like the one seen in SN 2007if. The high luminosity and low expansion velocities of SN 2009dc lead us to derive a possible WD progenitor mass of more than 2M_{sun}_ and a 56Ni mass of about 1.4-1.7M_{sun}_.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/562/A17
- Title:
- SN 2011dh - The first 100 days
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/562/A17
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy of the Type IIb supernova (SN) 2011dh for the first 100 days. We complement our extensive dataset with Swift ultra-violet (UV) and Spitzer mid-infrared (MIR) data to build a UV to MIR bolometric lightcurve using both photometric and spectroscopic data. Hydrodynamical modelling of the SN based on this bolometric lightcurve have been presented in Bersten et al. (2012ApJ...757...31B).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/580/A142
- Title:
- SN 2011dh. The first two years
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/580/A142
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy as well as modelling of the lightcurves of the Type IIb supernova (SN) 2011dh. Our extensive dataset, for which we present the observations obtained after day 100, spans two years, and complemented with Spitzer mid-infrared (MIR) data, we use it to build an optical-to-MIR bolometric lightcurve between days 3 and 732.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/778/L19
- Title:
- SN 2011dh (type IIb) 3.6 and 4.5um light curves
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/778/L19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Spitzer observations at 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m of the supernova SN 2011dh (PTF 11eon) in M51 from 18 days to 625 days after explosion. The mid-infrared emission peaks at 24 days after explosion at a few x10^7^L _{sun}_, and decays more slowly than the visible-light bolometric luminosity. The infrared color temperature cools for the first 90 days and then is constant. Simple numerical models of a thermal echo can qualitatively reproduce the early behavior. At late times, the mid-IR light curve cannot be explained by a simple thermal echo model, suggesting additional dust heating or line emission mechanisms. We also propose that thermal echoes can serve as effective probes to uncover supernovae in heavily obscured environments, and speculate that under the right conditions, integrating the early epoch of the mid-infrared light curve may constrain the total energy in the shock breakout flash.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/PZ/28.8
- Title:
- SN 2004dj UBVRI light curves
- Short Name:
- J/other/PZ/28.8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- CCD UBVRI photometry is presented for type II SN 2004dj for about 1200 days, starting on day 2 past discovery. The photometric behaviour is typical of SNe II-P, although some minor peculiarities are noticed. We compare the photometric data for the host cluster S96 before and after the SN 2004dj outburst and do not find any significant changes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/689/377
- Title:
- SNe Ia as NIR standard candles from PAIRITEL
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/689/377
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained 1087 NIR (JHK_s_) measurements of 21 SNe Ia using PAIRITEL, nearly doubling the number of well-sampled NIR SN Ia light curves. These data strengthen the evidence that SNe Ia are excellent standard candles in the NIR, even without correction for optical light-curve shape. We construct fiducial NIR templates for normal SNe Ia from our sample, excluding only the three known peculiar SNe Ia: SN 2005bl, SN 2005hk, and SN 2005ke. The H-band absolute magnitudes in this sample of 18 SNe Ia have an intrinsic rms of only 0.15mag with no correction for light-curve shape. We found a relationship between the H-band extinction and optical color excess of A_H_=0.2E(B-V). This variation is as small as the scatter in distance modulus measurements currently used for cosmology based on optical light curves after corrections for light-curve shape. Combining the homogeneous PAIRITEL measurements with 23 SNe Ia from the literature, these 41 SNe Ia have standard H-band magnitudes with an rms scatter of 0.16mag. The good match of our sample with the literature sample suggests there are few systematic problems with the photometry.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/219/13
- Title:
- SNe Ia light curves for the LSQ-CSP sample
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/219/13
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The La Silla/QUEST Variability Survey (LSQ) and the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP II) are collaborating to discover and obtain photometric light curves for a large sample of low-redshift (z<0.1) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The supernovae are discovered in the LSQ survey using the 1m ESO Schmidt telescope at the La Silla Observatory with the 10 square degree QUEST camera. The follow-up photometric observations are carried out using the 1m Swope telescope and the 2.5m du Pont telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory. This paper describes the survey, discusses the methods of analyzing the data, and presents the light curves for the first 31 SNe Ia obtained in the survey. The SALT 2.4 supernova light-curve fitter was used to analyze the photometric data, and the Hubble diagram for this first sample is presented. The measurement errors for these supernovae averaged 4%, and their intrinsic spread was 14%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/651/A81
- Title:
- SNe Ic from (i)PTF light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/651/A81
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Type Ic supernovae represent the explosions of the most stripped massive stars, but their progenitors and explosion mechanisms remain unclear. Larger samples of observed supernovae can help characterize the population of these transients. We present an analysis of 44 spectroscopically normal Type Ic supernovae, with focus on the light curves. The photometric data were obtained over 7 years with the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and its continuation, the intermediate Palomar TransientFactory (iPTF). This is the first homogeneous and large sample of SNe Ic from an untargeted survey, and we aim to estimate explosion parameters for the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/233/6
- Title:
- SNe II light curves & spectra from the CfA
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/233/6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present multiband photometry of 60 spectroscopically confirmed supernovae (SNe): 39 SNe II/IIP, 19 IIn, 1 IIb, and 1 that was originally classified as a IIn but later as a Ibn. Of these, 46 have only optical photometry, 6 have only near-infrared (NIR) photometry, and 8 have both optical and NIR. The median redshift of the sample is 0.016. We also present 195 optical spectra for 48 of the 60 SN. There are 26 optical and 2 NIR light curves of SNe II/IIP with redshifts z>0.01, some of which may give rise to useful distances for cosmological applications. All photometry was obtained between 2000 and 2011 at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO), via the 1.2m and 1.3m PAIRITEL telescopes for the optical and NIR, respectively. Each SN was observed in a subset of the u'UBVRIr'i'JHK_s_ bands. There are a total of 2932 optical and 816 NIR light curve points. Optical spectra were obtained using the FLWO 1.5m Tillinghast telescope with the FAST spectrograph and the MMT Telescope with the Blue Channel Spectrograph. Our photometry is in reasonable agreement with select samples from the literature: two-thirds of our star sequences have average V offsets within +/-0.02mag and roughly three-quarters of our light curves have average differences within +/-0.04mag. The data from this work and the literature will provide insight into SN II explosions, help with developing methods for photometric SN classification, and contribute to their use as cosmological distance indicators.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/789/104
- Title:
- SNe IIn observations and properties
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/789/104
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- There is a growing number of Type IIn supernovae (SNe) which present an outburst prior to their presumably final explosion. These precursors may affect the SN display, and are likely related to poorly charted phenomena in the final stages of stellar evolution. By coadding Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) images taken prior to the explosion, here we present a search for precursors in a sample of 16 Type IIn SNe. We find five SNe IIn that likely have at least one possible precursor event (PTF 10bjb, SN 2010mc, PTF 10weh, SN 2011ht, and PTF 12cxj), three of which are reported here for the first time. For each SN we calculate the control time. We find that precursor events among SNe IIn are common: at the one-sided 99% confidence level, >50% of SNe IIn have at least one pre-explosion outburst that is brighter than 3x10^7^ L_{sun}_ taking place up to 1/3 yr prior to the SN explosion. The average rate of such precursor events during the year prior to the SN explosion is likely >~ 1/yr, and fainter precursors are possibly even more common. Ignoring the two weakest precursors in our sample, the precursors rate we find is still on the order of one per year. We also find possible correlations between the integrated luminosity of the precursor and the SN total radiated energy, peak luminosity, and rise time. These correlations are expected if the precursors are mass-ejection events, and the early-time light curve of these SNe is powered by interaction of the SN shock and ejecta with optically thick circumstellar material.
