Optical and NIR spectra of ZTF19aawfbtg (SN2019hge) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Yan L.
  2. Perley D.A.
  3. Schulze S.
  4. Lunnan R.
  5. Sollerman J.
  6. De K.
  7. Chen Z.H.,Fremling C.
  8. Gal-Yam A.
  9. Taggart K.
  10. Chen T.-W.
  11. Andreoni I.
  12. Bellm E.C.,Cunningham V.
  13. Dekany R.
  14. Duev D.A.
  15. Fransson C.
  16. Laher R.R.
  17. Hankins M.,Ho A.Y.Q.
  18. Jencson J.E.
  19. Kaye S.
  20. Kulkarni S.R.
  21. Kasliwal M.M.,Golkhou V.Z.
  22. Graham M.
  23. Masci F.J.
  24. Miller A.A.
  25. Neill J.D.
  26. Ofek E.,Porter M.
  27. Mroz P.
  28. Reiley D.
  29. Riddle R.
  30. Rigault M.
  31. Rusholme B.,Shupe D.L.
  32. Soumagnac M.T.
  33. Smith R.
  34. Tartaglia L.
  35. Yao Y.
  36. Yaron O.
  37. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Helium is expected to be present in the massive ejecta of some hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSN-I). However, until now only one event has been identified with He features in its photospheric spectra (PTF10hgi). We present the discovery of a new He-rich SLSN-I, ZTF19aawfbtg (SN2019hge), at z=0.0866. This event has more than 10 optical spectra at phases from -41 to +103d relative to the peak, most of which match well with that of PTF10hgi. Confirmation comes from a near-IR spectrum taken at +34d, revealing HeI features with P-Cygni profiles at 1.083 and 2.058{mu}m. Using the optical spectra of PTF10hgi and SN2019hge as templates, we examined 70 other SLSNe-I discovered by Zwicky Transient Facility in the first two years of operation and found five additional SLSNe-I with distinct He-features. The excitation of HeI atoms in normal core-collapse supernovae requires nonthermal radiation, as proposed by previous studies. These He-rich events cannot be explained by the traditional ^56^Ni mixing model because of their blue spectra, high peak luminosities, and long rise timescales. Magnetar models offer a possible solution since pulsar winds naturally generate high-energy particles, potential sources of nonthermal excitation. An alternative model is the interaction between the ejecta and dense H-poor circumstellar material, which may be supported by observed undulations in the light curves. These six SLSNe-Ib have relatively low-peak luminosities (rest frame Mg=-20.06+/-0.16).

Keywords
  1. supernovae
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. infrared-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020ApJ...902L...8Y
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19029008

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