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Analysis of broad-lined Type Ic supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory

Taddia, F, Sollerman, J, Fremling, C, Barbarino, C, Karamehmetoglu, E, Arcavi, I, Cenko, SB, Filippenko, A, Gal-Yam, A, Hiramatsu, D, Hosseinzadeh, G, Howell, DA, Kulkarni, SR, Laher, R, Lunnan, R, Masci, F, Nugent, PE, Nyholm, A, Perley, DA, Quimby, R and Silverman, JM (2019) Analysis of broad-lined Type Ic supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 621. ISSN 1432-0746

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Abstract

We study 34 Type Ic supernovae that have broad spectral features (SNe Ic-BL). This is the only SN type found in association with long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We obtained our photometric data with the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and its continuation, the intermediate PTF (iPTF). This is the first large, homogeneous sample of SNe Ic-BL from an untargeted survey. Furthermore, given the high observational cadence of iPTF, most of these SNe Ic-BL were discovered soon after explosion. We present K-corrected Bgriz light curves of these SNe, obtained through photometry on template-subtracted images. We analyzed the shape of the r-band light curves, finding a correlation between the decline parameter Δm15 and the rise parameter Δm−10. We studied the SN colors and, based on g − r, we estimated the host-galaxy extinction for each event. Peak r-band absolute magnitudes have an average of −18.6 ± 0.5 mag. We fit each r-band light curve with that of SN 1998bw (scaled and stretched) to derive the explosion epochs. We computed the bolometric light curves using bolometric corrections, r-band data, and g − r colors. Expansion velocities from Fe II were obtained by fitting spectral templates of SNe Ic. Bolometric light curves and velocities at peak were fitted using the semianalytic Arnett model to estimate ejecta mass Mej, explosion energy EK and 56Ni mass M(56Ni) for each SN. We find average values of Mej = 4 ± 3 M⊙, EK = (7 ± 6)×1051 erg, and M(56Ni)=0.31  ±  0.16 M⊙. The parameter distributions were compared to those presented in the literature and are overall in agreement with them. We also estimated the degree of 56Ni mixing using scaling relations derived from hydrodynamical models and we find that all the SNe are strongly mixed. The derived explosion parameters imply that at least 21% of the progenitors of SNe Ic-BL are compatible with massive (> 28 M⊙), possibly single stars, whereas at least 64% might come from less massive stars in close binary systems.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher: EDP Sciences
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Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2019 11:55
Last Modified: 03 Sep 2021 23:41
DOI or ID number: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834429
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194
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