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Taubenberger, S, Floers, A, Vogl, C, Kromer, M, Spyromilio, J, Aldering, G, Antilogus, P, Bailey, S, Baltay, C, Bongard, S, Boone, K, Buton, C, Chotard, N, Copin, Y, Dixon, S, Fouchez, D, Fransson, C, Gangler, E, Gupta, RR, Hachinger, S , Hayden, B, Hillebrandt, W, Kim, AG, Kowalski, M, Leget, P-E, Leibundgut, B, Mazzali, PA, Noebauer, UM, Nordin, J, Pain, R, Pakmor, R, Pecontal, E, Pereira, R, Perlmutter, S, Ponder, KA, Rabinowitz, D, Rigault, M, Rubin, D, Runge, K, Saunders, C, Smadja, G, Tao, C and Thomas, RC (2019) SN2012dn from early to late times: 09dc-like supernovae reassessed. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488 (4). pp. 5473-5488. ISSN 0035-8711
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Abstract
As a candidate ‘super-Chandrasekhar’ or 09dc-like Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), SN 2012dn shares many characteristics with other members of this remarkable class of objects but lacks their extraordinary luminosity. Here, we present and discuss the most comprehensive optical data set of this SN to date, comprised of a densely sampled series of early-time spectra obtained within the Nearby Supernova Factory project, plus photometry and spectroscopy obtained at the Very Large Telescope about 1 yr after the explosion. The light curves, colour curves, spectral time series, and ejecta velocities of SN 2012dn are compared with those of other 09dc-like and normal SNe Ia, the overall variety within the class of 09dc-like SNe Ia is discussed, and new criteria for 09dc-likeness are proposed. Particular attention is directed to additional insight that the late-phase data provide. The nebular spectra show forbidden lines of oxygen and calcium, elements that are usually not seen in late-time spectra of SNe Ia, while the ionization state of the emitting iron plasma is low, pointing to low ejecta temperatures and high densities. The optical light curves are characterized by an enhanced fading starting ∼60 d after maximum and very low luminosities in the nebular phase, which is most readily explained by unusually early formation of clumpy dust in the ejecta. Taken together, these effects suggest a strongly perturbed ejecta density profile, which might lend support to the idea that 09dc-like characteristics arise from a brief episode of interaction with a hydrogen-deficient envelope during the first hours or days after the explosion.
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| Additional Information: | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
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| Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2020 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 06:53 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1093/mnras/stz1977 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13417 |
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