LONG-DURATION SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE AT LATE TIMESShow others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 162017 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, E-ISSN 1538-4357, Vol. 835, no 1, article id 13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Nebular-phase observations and spectral models of Type Ic superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are presented. LSQ14an and SN 2015bn both display late-time spectra similar to galaxy-subtracted spectra of SN 2007bi, and the class shows strong similarity with broad-lined SNe Ic such as SN 1998bw. Near-infrared observations of SN 2015bn show a strong Ca II triplet, O I 9263, O I 1.13 mu m, and Mg I 1.50 mu m, but no distinct He, Si, or S emission. The high Ca II NIR/[Ca II] 7291, 7323 ratio of similar to 2 indicates a high electron density of n(e) greater than or similar to 10(8) cm(-3). Spectral models of oxygen-zone emission are investigated to put constraints on the emitting region. Models require M(O-zone) greater than or similar to 10 M-circle dot to produce enough [O I] 6300, 6364 luminosity, irrespective of the powering situation and the density. The high oxygen-zone mass, supported by high estimated magnesium masses, points to explosions of massive CO cores, requiring M-ZAMS greater than or similar to 40M(circle dot). Collisions of pair-instability pulsations do not provide enough mass to account for the emission. [O II] and [O III] lines emerge naturally in many models, which strengthens the identification of broad [O II] 7320, 7330, [O III] 4363, and [O III] 4959, 5007 in some spectra. A small filling factor f less than or similar to 0.01 for the O/Mg zone is needed to produce enough luminosity in Mg I] 4571, Mg I 1.504 mu m, and O I recombination lines, which shows that the ejecta is clumped. We review the constraints from the nebular spectral modeling in the context of the various scenarios proposed for SLSNe.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. Vol. 835, no 1, article id 13
Keywords [en]
nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances, supernovae: general, supernovae: individual (SN 2007bi, LSQ14an, SN 2015bn), radiative transfer
National Category
Physical Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-140318DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/13ISI: 000393455400013OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-140318DiVA, id: diva2:1079469
2017-03-082017-03-082022-02-28Bibliographically approved