Abstract
We present detailed observations of ZTF18abukavn (SN2018gep), discovered in high-cadence data from the Zwicky Transient Facility as a rapidly rising (1.4 ± 0.1 mag hr-1) and luminous (Mg,peak = -20 mag) transient. It is spectroscopically classified as a broad-lined stripped-envelope supernova (Ic-BL SN). The high peak luminosity (Lbol ≳ 3 × 1044 erg s-1), the short rise time (trise = 3 days in g band), and the blue colors at peak (g-r ∼ -0.4) all resemble the high-redshift Ic-BL iPTF16asu, as well as several other unclassified fast transients. The early discovery of SN2018gep (within an hour of shock breakout) enabled an intensive spectroscopic campaign, including the highest-temperature (Teff ≳ 40,000 K) spectra of a stripped-envelope SN. A retrospective search revealed luminous (Mg ∼ Mr ≈ mag) emission in the days to weeks before explosion, the first definitive detection of precursor emission for a Ic-BL. We find a limit on the isotropic gamma-ray energy release E γ,iso < 4.9 × 10 48 erg, a limit on X-ray emission LX < 1040 erg s-1, and a limit on radio emission ν Lν ≲ 1037 erg s-1. Taken together, we find that the early (< 10 days) data are best explained by shock breakout in a massive shell of dense circumstellar material (0.02 M⊙) at large radii (3 × 1014 cm) that was ejected in eruptive pre-explosion mass-loss episodes. The late-time (> 10 days) light curve requires an additional energy source, which could be the radioactive decay of Ni-56.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 169 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Volume | 887 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 20 Dec 2019 |
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UV-Opt light curves of the type Ic SN 2018gep
Ho, A. Y. Q. (Contributor), Goldstein, D. A. (Creator), Schulze, S. (Creator), Khatami, D. K. (Creator), Perley, D. A. (Creator), Ergon, M. (Creator), Gal-Yam, A. (Creator), Corsi, A. (Creator), Andreoni, I. (Creator), Barbarino, C. (Creator), Bellm, E. C. (Creator), Blagorodnova, N. (Creator), Bright, J. S. (Creator), Burns, E. (Creator), Cenko, S. B. (Creator), Cunningham, V. (Creator), De, K. (Creator), Dekany, R. (Creator), Dugas, A. (Creator), Fender, R. P. (Creator), Fransson, C. (Creator), Fremling, C. (Creator), Goldstein, A. (Creator), Graham, M. J. (Creator), Hale, D. (Creator), Horesh, A. (Creator), Hung, T. (Creator), Kasliwal, M. M. (Creator), M. Kuin, N. P. (Contributor), Kulkarni, S. R. (Creator), Kupfer, T. (Creator), Lunnan, R. (Creator), Masci, F. J. (Creator), Ngeow, C.-C. (Creator), Nugent, P. E. (Creator), Ofek, E. O. (Creator), Patterson, M. T. (Creator), Petitpas, G. (Creator), Rusholme, B. (Creator), Sai, H. (Creator), Sfaradi, I. (Creator), Shupe, D. L. (Creator), Sollerman, J. (Creator), Soumagnac, M. T. (Creator), Tachibana, Y. (Creator), Taddia, F. (Creator), Walters, R. (Creator), Wang, X. (Creator), Yao, Y. (Creator) & Zhang, X. (Creator), Centre de Donnees Strasbourg (CDS), 2021
DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier.18870169, https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/887/169
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