ULTRA-BRIGHT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS ARE LINKED WITH TYPE Ic SUPERNOVAE

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Title:	ULTRA-BRIGHT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS ARE LINKED WITH TYPE Ic SUPERNOVAE
Authors:	Pastorello,A;Smartt,SJ;Botticella,MT;Maguire,K;Fraser,M;Smith,K;Kotak,R;Magill,L;Valenti,S;Young,DR;Gezari,S;Bresolin,F;Kudritzki,R;Howell,DA;Rest,A;Metcalfe,N;Mattila,S;Kankare,E;Huang,KY;Urata,Y;Burgett,WS;Chambers,KC;Dombeck,T;Flewelling,H;Grav,T;Heasley,JN;Hodapp,KW;Kaiser,N;Luppino,GA;Lupton,RH;Magnier,EA;Monet,DG;Morgan,JS;Onaka,PM;Price,PA;Rhoads,PH;Siegmund,WA;Stubbs,CW;Sweeney,WE;Tonry,JL;Wainscoat,RJ;Waterson,MF;Waters,C;Wynn-Williams,CG
Contributors:	天文研究所
Keywords:	INFRARED LIGHT CURVES;GAMMA-RAY BURST;PAIR-INSTABILITY;SN 2002AP;DISCOVERY;1998BW;METAMORPHOSIS;PHOTOMETRY;EXPLOSION;EVOLUTION
Date:	2010
Issue Date:	2012-03-27 18:10:46 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	國立中央大學
Abstract:	Recent searches by unbiased, wide-field surveys have uncovered a group of extremely luminous optical transients. The initial discoveries of SN 2005ap by the Texas Supernova Search and SCP-06F6 in a deep Hubble pencil beam survey were followed by the Palomar Transient Factory confirmation of host redshifts for other similar transients. The transients share the common properties of high optical luminosities (peak magnitudes similar to -21 to -23), blue colors, and a lack of H or He spectral features. The physical mechanism that produces the luminosity is uncertain, with suggestions ranging from jet-driven explosion to pulsational pair instability. Here, we report the most detailed photometric and spectral coverage of an ultra-bright transient (SN 2010gx) detected in the Pan-STARRS 1 sky survey. In common with other transients in this family, early-time spectra show a blue continuum and prominent broad absorption lines of O II. However, about 25 days after discovery, the spectra developed type Ic supernova features, showing the characteristic broad Fe II and Si II absorption lines. Detailed, post-maximum follow-up may show that all SN 2005ap and SCP-06F6 type transients are linked to supernovae Ic. This poses problems in understanding the physics of the explosions: there is no indication from late-time photometry that the luminosity is powered by (56)Ni, the broad light curves suggest very large ejected masses, and the slow spectral evolution is quite different from typical Ic timescales. The nature of the progenitor stars and the origin of the luminosity are intriguing and open questions.
Relation:	ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute of Astronomy] journal & Dissertation

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