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Late-phase Spectropolarimetric Observations of Superluminous Supernova SN 2017egm to Probe the Geometry of the Inner Ejecta
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita).
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Number of Authors: 92020 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, E-ISSN 1538-4357, Vol. 894, no 2, article id 154Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We present our spectropolarimetric observations of SN 2017egm, a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) in a nearby galaxy NGC 3191, with the Subaru telescope at +185.0 days after the g-band maximum light. This is the first spectropolarimetric observation for SLSNe at late phases. We find that the degree of the polarization in the late phase significantly changes from that measured at the earlier phase. The spectrum at the late phase shows a strong Ca emission line and therefore we reliably estimate the interstellar polarization (ISP) component assuming that the emission line is intrinsically unpolarized. By subtracting the estimated ISP, we find that the intrinsic polarization at the early phase is only similar to 0.2%, which indicates an almost spherical photosphere, with an axial ratio similar to 1.05. The intrinsic polarization at the late phase increases to similar to 0.8%, which corresponds to the photosphere with an axial ratio similar to 1.2. A nearly constant position angle of the polarization suggests the inner ejecta are almost axisymmetric. By these observations, we conclude that the inner ejecta are more aspherical than the outer ejecta. This may suggest the presence of a central energy source producing aspherical inner ejecta.

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2020. Vol. 894, no 2, article id 154
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Supernovae, Spectropolarimetry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-183123DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab873bISI: 000536098200001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-183123DiVA, id: diva2:1452442
Available from: 2020-07-06 Created: 2020-07-06 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved

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