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Whitesides, L, Lunnan, R, Kasliwal, MM, Perley, DA, Corsi, A, Cenko, SB, Blagorodnova, N, Cao, Y, Cook, DO, Doran, GB, Frederiks, DD, Fremling, C, Hurley, K, Karamehmetoglu, E, Kulkarni, SR, Leloudas, G, Masci, F, Nugent, PE, Ritter, A, Rubin, A , Savchenko, V, Sollerman, J, Svinkin, DS, Taddia, F, Vreeswijk, P and Wozniak, P (2017) iPTF 16asu: A Luminous, Rapidly Evolving, and High-velocity Supernova. Astrophysical Journal, 851 (2). ISSN 0004-637X
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Abstract
Wide-field surveys are discovering a growing number of rare transients whose physical origin is not yet well understood. Here we present optical and UV data and analysis of intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) 16asu, a luminous, rapidly evolving, high-velocity, stripped-envelope supernova (SN). With a rest-frame rise time of just four days and a peak absolute magnitude of ${M}_{{\rm{g}}}=-20.4$ mag, the light curve of iPTF 16asu is faster and more luminous than that of previous rapid transients. The spectra of iPTF 16asu show a featureless blue continuum near peak that develops into an SN Ic-BL spectrum on the decline. We show that while the late-time light curve could plausibly be powered by 56Ni decay, the early emission requires a different energy source. Nondetections in the X-ray and radio strongly constrain the energy coupled to relativistic ejecta to be at most comparable to the class of low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We suggest that the early emission may have been powered by either a rapidly spinning-down magnetar or by shock breakout in an extended envelope of a very energetic explosion. In either scenario a central engine is required, making iPTF 16asu an intriguing transition object between superluminous SNe, SNe Ic-BL, and low-luminosity GRBs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, 0305 Organic Chemistry, 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | American Astronomical Society; IOP Publishing |
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| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2018 12:14 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 10:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aa99de |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8094 |
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