- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/650/A174
- Title:
- SN 2018ijp transient gri light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/650/A174
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we discuss the outcomes of the follow-up campaign of SN 2018ijp, discovered as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility survey for optical transients. Its first spectrum shows similarities to broad-lined Type Ic supernovae around maximum light, whereas later spectra display strong signatures of interaction between rapidly expanding ejecta and a dense H-rich circumstellar medium, coinciding with a second peak in the photometric evolution of the transient. This evolution, along with the results of modeling of the first light-curve peak, suggests a scenario where a stripped star exploded within a dense circumstellar medium. The two main phases in the evolution of the transient could be interpreted as a first phase dominated by radioactive decays, and a later interaction-dominated phase where the ejecta collide with a pre-existing shell. We therefore discuss SN 2018jp within the context of a massive star depleted of its outer layers exploding within a dense H-rich circumstellar medium.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/433/1312
- Title:
- SN2009ip UBVRI, UVOT and JHK light curves
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/433/1312
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared observations of the interacting transient SN 2009ip, covering the period from the start of the outburst in 2012 October until the end of the 2012 observing season. The transient reached a peak magnitude of M_V_=-17.7mag, with a total integrated luminosity of 1.9x10^49^erg over the period of 2012 August-December. The light curve fades rapidly, dropping by 4.5mag from the V-band peak in 100d. The optical and near-infrared spectra are dominated by narrow emission lines with broad electron scattering wings, signalling a dense circumstellar environment, together with multiple components of broad emission and absorption in H and He at velocities in the range 0.5-1.2x10^4^km/s. We see no evidence for nucleosynthesized material in SN 2009ip, even in late-time pseudo-nebular spectra. We set a limit of <0.02M_{sun}_ on the mass of any possible synthesized 56Ni from the late-time light curve. A simple model for the narrow Balmer lines is presented and used to derive number densities for the circumstellar medium in the range ~10^9^-10^10^cm^-3^. Our near-infrared data do not show any excess at longer wavelengths, and we see no other signs of dust formation. Our last data, taken in 2012 December, show that SN 2009ip has spectroscopically evolved to something quite similar to its appearance in late 2009, albeit with higher velocities. It is possible that neither of the eruptive and high-luminosity events of SN 2009ip were induced by a core collapse. We show that the peak and total integrated luminosity can be due to the efficient conversion of kinetic energy from colliding ejecta, and that around 0.05-0.1M_{sun}_ of material moving at 0.5-1x10^4^km/s could comfortably produce the observed luminosity. We discuss the possibility that these shells were ejected by the pulsational pair instability mechanism, in which case the progenitor star may still exist, and will be observed after the current outburst fades. The long-term monitoring of SN 2009ip, due to its proximity, has given the most extensive data set yet gathered of a high-luminosity interacting transient and its progenitor. It is possible that some purported Type IIn supernovae are in fact analogues of the 2012b event and that pre-explosion outbursts have gone undetected.
6033. SN 2014J BV light curves
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/585/A19
- Title:
- SN 2014J BV light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/585/A19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of high-cadence monitoring of the optical light curve of the nearby, Type Ia SN 2014J in M82, using the 2.3m Aristarchos telescope. B and V-band photometry on days 15-18 after tmax(B) was obtained with a cadence of 2 min per band, revealing evidence for rapid variability at the 0.02-0.05mag level on timescales of 15-60min on all four nights. The decline slope was measured as steeper in the B-band than in the V-band, and to steadily decrease in both bands from 0.15 mag/day (night 1) to 0.04mag/day (night 4) in V, and from 0.19mag/day (night 1) to 0.06mag/day (night 4) in B, corresponding to the onset of the secondary maximum. We propose that rapid variability could be due to one or a combination of the following scenarios: the clumpiness of the ejecta, their interaction with circumstellar material, the asymmetry of the explosion, or the mechanism causing the secondary maximum in the near-infrared light curve. We encourage the community to undertake high-cadence monitoring of future, nearby and bright supernovae to investigate the intraday behaviour of their light curves.
6034. SN 2009jf light curves
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/3138
- Title:
- SN 2009jf light curves
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/3138
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an extensive set of photometric and spectroscopic data for SN 2009jf, a nearby Type Ib supernova (SN), spanning from ~20d before B-band maximum to 1yr after maximum. We show that SN 2009jf is a slowly evolving and energetic stripped-envelope SN and is likely from a massive progenitor (25-30M_{sun}_). The large progenitor's mass allows us to explain the complete hydrogen plus helium stripping without invoking the presence of a binary companion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/625/L8
- Title:
- SN 2017jfs optical and NIR light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/625/L8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic follow-up of the intermediate-luminosity optical transient AT 2017jfs. At peak, the object reaches an absolute magnitude of Mg=-15.46+/-0.15mag and a bolometric luminosity of 5.5x10^41^erg/s. Its light curve has the double-peak shape typical of luminous red novae (LRNe), with a narrow first peak bright in the blue bands, while the second peak is longer-lasting and more luminous in the red and near-infrared (NIR) bands. During the first peak, the spectrum shows a blue continuum with narrow emission lines of H and FeII. During the second peak, the spectrum becomes cooler, resembling that of a K-type star, and the emission lines are replaced by a forest of narrow lines in absorption. About 5 months later, while the optical light curves are characterized by a fast linear decline, the NIR ones show a moderate rebrightening, observed until the transient disappears in solar conjunction. At these late epochs, the spectrum becomes reminiscent of that of M-type stars, with prominent molecular absorption bands. The late-time properties suggest the formation of some dust in the expanding common envelope or an IR echo from foreground pre-existing dust. We propose that the object is a common-envelope transient, possibly the outcome of a merging event in a massive binary, similar to NGC4490-2011OT1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/805/74
- Title:
- SN2014J Swift/UVOT light curves
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/805/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical and ultraviolet (UV) photometry and spectra of the very nearby and highly reddened supernova (SN) 2014J in M82 obtained with the Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT). Comparison of the UVOT grism spectra of SN 2014J with Hubble Space Telescope observations of SN2011fe or UVOT grism spectra of SN 2012fr are consistent with an extinction law with a low value of R_V_~1.4. The high reddening causes the detected photon distribution in the broadband UV filters to have a much longer effective wavelength than for an unreddened SN. The light curve evolution is consistent with this shift and does not show a flattening due to photons being scattered back into the line of sight (LOS). The light curve shapes and color evolution are inconsistent with a contribution scattered into the LOS by circumstellar dust. We conclude that most or all of the high reddening must come from interstellar dust. We show that even for a single dust composition, there is not a unique reddening law caused by circumstellar scattering. Rather, when considering scattering from a time-variable source, we confirm earlier studies that the reddening law is a function of the dust geometry, column density, and epoch. We also show how an assumed geometry of dust as a foreground sheet in mixed stellar/dust systems will lead to a higher inferred R_V_. Rather than assuming the dust around SNe is peculiar, SNe may be useful probes of the interstellar reddening laws in other galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/552/A124
- Title:
- SNLS and SDSS SN surveys photometric calibration
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/552/A124
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a joined photometric calibration for the SNLS and the SDSS supernova surveys. Our main delivery are catalogs of natural AB magnitudes for a large set of selected tertiary standard stars covering the science field of both surveys. Those catalogs are calibrated to the AB flux scale through observations of 5 primary spectrophotometric standard stars, for which HST-STIS spectra are available in the CALSPEC database. The estimate of the uncertainties associated to this calibration are delivered as a single covariance matrix. We also provide a model of the transmission efficiency of the SNLS photometric instrument MegaCam. Those transmission functions are required for the interpretation of MegaCam natural magnitudes in term of physical fluxes. Similar curves for the SDSS photometric instrument have been published in Doi et al. (2010AJ....139.1628D). Last, we release the measured magnitudes of the five CALSPEC standard stars in the magnitude system of the tertiary catalogs. This makes it possible to update the calibration of the tertiary catalogs if CALSPEC spectra for the primary standards are revised.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Nat/494.65
- Title:
- SN 2010mc outburst before explosion
- Short Name:
- J/other/Nat/494.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Some observations suggest that very massive stars experience extreme mass-loss episodes shortly before they explode as supernovae as do several models. Establishing a causal connection between these mass-loss episodes and the final explosion would provide a novel way to study pre-supernova massive-star evolution. Here we report observations of a mass-loss event detected 40 days before the explosion of the type IIn supernova SN 2010mc (also known as PTF 10tel).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/655/A105
- Title:
- 3 SN multiwavelength light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/655/A105
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery and extensive follow-up observations of SN 2020jfo, a Type IIP supernova (SN) in the nearby (14.5Mpc) galaxy M61. Optical light curves (LCs) and spectra from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), complemented with data from Swift/UVOT and near-infrared photometry is presented. These are used to model the 350-day duration bolometric light curve, which exhibits a relatively short (~65 days) plateau. This implies a moderate ejecta mass (~5M_{sun}_) at the time of explosion, whereas the deduced amount of ejected radioactive nickel is ~0.025M_{sun}_. An extensive series of spectroscopy is presented, including spectropolarimetric observations. The nebular spectra are dominated by H{alpha} but also reveal emission lines from oxygen and calcium. Comparisons to synthetic nebular spectra indicate an initial progenitor mass of ~12M_{sun}_. We also note the presence of stable nickel in the nebular spectrum, and SN 2020jfo joins a small group of SNe that have inferred super-solar Ni/Fe ratios. Several years of pre-discovery data are examined, but no signs of pre-cursor activity is found. Pre-explosion Hubble Space Telescope imaging reveals a probable progenitor star, detected only in the reddest band (M_F814W_~-5.8) and is fainter than expected for stars in the 10-15M_{sun}_ range. There is thus some tension between the LC analysis, the nebular spectral modeling and the pre-explosion imaging. To compare and contrast, we present two additional core-collapse SNe monitored by the ZTF, which also have nebular H{alpha}-dominated spectra. This illustrates how the absence or presence of interaction with circumstellar material (CSM) affect both the LCs and in particular the nebular spectra. Type II SN 2020amv has a LC powered by CSM interaction, in particular after ~40-days when the LC is bumpy and slowly evolving. The late-time spectra show strong H{alpha} emission with a structure suggesting emission from a thin, dense shell. The evolution of the complex three-horn line profile is reminiscent of that observed for SN 1998S. Finally, SN 2020jfv has a poorly constrained early-time LC, but is of interest because of the transition from a hydrogen-poor Type IIb to a Type IIn, where the nebular spectrum after the light-curve rebrightening is dominated by H{alpha}, although with an intermediate line width.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/37/837
- Title:
- SN 2009nr UBVRI light curves
- Short Name:
- J/PAZh/37/837
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of our UBVRI CCD photometry for the second brightest supernova of 2009, SN 2009nr, discovered during a sky survey with the telescopes of the MASTER robotic network. Its light and color curves and bolometric light curves have been constructed. The light-curve parameters and the maximum luminosity have been determined. SN 2009nr is shown to be similar in light-curve shape and maximum luminosity to SN 1991T, which is the prototype of the class of supernovae Ia with an enhanced luminosity. SN 2009nr exploded far from the center of the spiral galaxy UGC 8255 and most likely belongs to its old halo population. We hypothesize that this explosion is a consequence of the merger of white dwarfs.