Ben-Ami, S, Gal-Yam, A, Mazzali, PA, Gnat, O, Modjaz, M, Rabinak, I, Sullivan, M, Bildsten, L, Poznanski, D, Yaron, O, Arcavi, I, Bloom, JS, Horesh, A, Kasliwal, MM, Kulkarni, SR, Nugent, PE, Ofek, EO, Perley, DA, Quimby, R and Xu, D (2014) SN 2010MB: Direct Evidence for A Supernova Interacting with A Large Amount of Hydrogen-Free Circumstellar Material. The Astrophysical Journal, 785 (1). ISSN 1538-4357

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Abstract

We present our observations of SN 2010mb, a Type Ic supernova (SN) lacking spectroscopic signatures of H and He. SN 2010mb has a slowly declining light curve (LC) (~600 days) that cannot be powered by 56Ni/56Co radioactivity, the common energy source for Type Ic SNe. We detect signatures of interaction with hydrogen-free circumstellar material including a blue quasi-continuum and, uniquely, narrow oxygen emission lines that require high densities (~109 cm–3). From the observed spectra and LC, we estimate that the amount of material involved in the interaction was ~3 M ☉. Our observations are in agreement with models of pulsational pair-instability SNe described in the literature.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, 0305 Organic Chemistry, 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher:	American Astronomical Society
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Date Deposited:	18 May 2017 10:17
Last Modified:	17 May 2022 09:51
DOI or ID number:	10.1088/0004-637X/785/1/37
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6470

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