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ASASSN-15no: the Supernova that plays hide-and-seek

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Date Issued
2018
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Pumo, M. L.
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Ochner, P.
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Terreran, G.
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Taubenberger, S.
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Morales-Garoffolo, A.
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Harutyunyan, A.
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Abstract
We report the results of our follow-up campaign of the peculiar supernova ASASSN-15no, based on optical data covering ∼300 d of its evolution. Initially the spectra show a pure blackbody continuum. After few days, the HeI λλ 5876 transition appears with a P-Cygni profile and an expansion velocity of about 8700 km s-1. Fifty days after maximum, the spectrum shows signs typically seen in interacting supernovae. A broad (FWHM ∼ 8000 km s-1) Hα becomes more prominent with time until ∼150 d after maximum and quickly declines later on. At these phases Hαstarts to show an intermediate component, which together with the blue pseudo-continuum are clues that the ejecta begin to interact with the circumstellar medium (CSM). The spectra at the latest phases look very similar to the nebular spectra of stripped-envelope SNe. The early part (the first 40 d after maximum) of the bolometric curve, which peaks at a luminosity intermediate between normal and superluminous supernovae, is well reproduced by a model in which the energy budget is essentially coming from ejecta recombination and 56Ni decay. From the model, we infer a mass of the ejecta Mej = 2.6 M☉; an initial radius of the photosphere R0 = 2.1 × 1014 cm; and an explosion energy Eexpl = 0.8 × 1051 erg. A possible scenario involves a massive and extended H-poor shell lost by the progenitor star a few years before explosion. The shell is hit, heated, and accelerated by the supernova ejecta. The accelerated shell+ejecta rapidly dilutes, unveiling the unperturbed supernova spectrum below. The outer ejecta start to interact with a H-poor external CSM lost by the progenitor system about 9-90 yr before the explosion.
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476
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1
Start page
261
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0035-8711
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2018MNRAS.476..261B
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