The Peculiar Transient AT2018cow: A Possible Origin of a Type Ibn/IIn Supernova
Xiang, Danfeng2; Wang, Xiaofeng2,3,4; Lin, Weili2; Mo, Jun2; Lin, Han2; Burke, Jamison5,6; Hiramatsu, Daichi5,6; Hosseinzadeh, Griffin7; Howell, D. Andrew5,6; McCully, Curtis5,6
刊名The Astrophysical Journal
2021-03-01
卷号910期号:1页码:12
关键词Supernovae Circumstellar matter Massive stars Binary stars Magnetars Time domain astronomy Optical observation
ISSN号0004-637X
DOI10.3847/1538-4357/abdeba
产权排序第37完成单位
文献子类Article
英文摘要

We present our photometric and spectroscopic observations of the peculiar transient AT2018cow. The multiband photometry covers from peak to ~70 days, and the spectroscopy ranges from 5 to ~50 days. The rapid rise (tr ? 2.9 days), high luminosity (MV,peak ~ ?20.8 mag), and fast decline after peak make AT2018cow stand out from any other optical transients, whereas we find that its light curves show a high resemblance to those of Type Ibn supernovae. Moreover, the spectral energy distribution remains at a high temperature of ~14,000 K at t > 15 days after discovery. The spectra are featureless in the first 10 days, while some broad emission lines due to H, He, C, and O emerge later, with velocity declining from ~14,000 to ~3000 km s?1 at the end of our observations. Narrow and weak He I emission lines emerge in the spectra at t > 20 days after discovery. These emission lines are reminiscent of the features seen in interacting supernovae like the Type Ibn and IIn subclasses. We fit the bolometric light curves with a model of circumstellar interaction and radioactive decay of 56Ni and find a good fit with ejecta mass Mej ~ 3.16 M⊙, circumstellar medium (CSM) mass MCSM ~ 0.04 M⊙, and ejected 56Ni mass M⊙. The CSM shell might be formed in an eruptive mass ejection of the progenitor star. Furthermore, the host environment of AT2018cow implies a connection of AT2018cow with massive stars. Combining observational properties and the light-curve fitting results, we conclude that AT2018cow might be a peculiar interacting supernova that originated from a massive star.

学科主题天文学 ; 恒星与银河系
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出版地TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
资助项目National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12033003] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11761141001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11633002] ; National Program on Key Research and Development Project[2016YFA0400803] ; Open Project Program of the Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Scholar Program of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology[DZ:BS202002] ; Key Research Program of the CAS[KJZD-EW-M06] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS[2018081] ; CAS Light of West China Program ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2017m610866] ; NSF[AST-C1813176] ; NSF[AST-2008108] ; NSF[AST-1911225] ; NASA grant[80NSSC19kf1639] ; National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Hungary - European Union[GINOP 2.3.2-15-2016-00033] ; Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office grant[OTKA K-131508] ; Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; Lendulet Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences[LP2018-7/2019] ; Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH)[PD-123910] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11403096] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11773067]
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种英语
出版者IOP PUBLISHING LTD
WOS记录号WOS:000632371300001
资助机构National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12033003, 11761141001, 11633002] ; National Program on Key Research and Development Project[2016YFA0400803] ; Open Project Program of the Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Scholar Program of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology[DZ:BS202002] ; Key Research Program of the CAS[KJZD-EW-M06] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS[2018081] ; CAS Light of West China Program ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2017m610866] ; NSF[AST-C1813176, AST-2008108, AST-1911225] ; NASA grant[80NSSC19kf1639] ; National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Hungary - European Union[GINOP 2.3.2-15-2016-00033] ; Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office grant[OTKA K-131508] ; Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; Lendulet Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences[LP2018-7/2019] ; Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH)[PD-123910] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11403096,11773067]
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/24227]  
专题云南天文台_丽江天文观测站(南方基地)
通讯作者Wang, Xiaofeng
作者单位1.School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 101408, Beijing, People's Republic of China
2.Physics Department and Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics (THCA), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
3.Beijing Planetarium, Beijing Academy of Sciences and Technology, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China
4.Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
5.Las Cumbres Observatory, 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA
6.Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
7.Center for Astrophysics∣Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-1516, USA
8.Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA
9.Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Konkoly-Thege M. út 15-17, Budapest 1121, Hungary
10.ELTE E?tv?s Loránd University, Institute of Physics, Pázmany Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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Xiang, Danfeng,Wang, Xiaofeng,Lin, Weili,et al. The Peculiar Transient AT2018cow: A Possible Origin of a Type Ibn/IIn Supernova[J]. The Astrophysical Journal,2021,910(1):12.
APA Xiang, Danfeng.,Wang, Xiaofeng.,Lin, Weili.,Mo, Jun.,Lin, Han.,...&Li, Wenxiong.(2021).The Peculiar Transient AT2018cow: A Possible Origin of a Type Ibn/IIn Supernova.The Astrophysical Journal,910(1),12.
MLA Xiang, Danfeng,et al."The Peculiar Transient AT2018cow: A Possible Origin of a Type Ibn/IIn Supernova".The Astrophysical Journal 910.1(2021):12.
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