The SN 2023ixf Progenitor in M101: II. Properties

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Hauptverfasser: Van Dyk, Schuyler D., Srinivasan, Sundar, Andrews, Jennifer E., Soraisam, Monika, Szalai, Tamas, Howell, Steve B., Isaacson, Howard, Matheson, Thomas, Petigura, Erik, Scicluna, Peter, Stephens, Andrew W., Van Zandt, Judah, Zheng, WeiKang, Chun, Sang-Hyun, Filippenko, Alexei V.
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author Van Dyk, Schuyler D.
Srinivasan, Sundar
Andrews, Jennifer E.
Soraisam, Monika
Szalai, Tamas
Howell, Steve B.
Isaacson, Howard
Matheson, Thomas
Petigura, Erik
Scicluna, Peter
Stephens, Andrew W.
Van Zandt, Judah
Zheng, WeiKang
Chun, Sang-Hyun
Filippenko, Alexei V.
author_facet Van Dyk, Schuyler D.
Srinivasan, Sundar
Andrews, Jennifer E.
Soraisam, Monika
Szalai, Tamas
Howell, Steve B.
Isaacson, Howard
Matheson, Thomas
Petigura, Erik
Scicluna, Peter
Stephens, Andrew W.
Van Zandt, Judah
Zheng, WeiKang
Chun, Sang-Hyun
Filippenko, Alexei V.
contents We follow our first paper with an analysis of the ensemble of the extensive pre-explosion ground- and space-based infrared observations of the red supergiant (RSG) progenitor candidate for the nearby core-collapse supernova SN 2023ixf in Messier 101, together with optical data prior to explosion obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We have confirmed the association of the progenitor candidate with the SN, as well as constrained the metallicity at the SN site, based on SN observations with instruments at Gemini-North. The internal host extinction to the SN has also been confirmed from a high-resolution Keck spectrum. We fit the observed spectral energy distribution (SED) for the star, accounting for its intrinsic variability, with dust radiative-transfer modeling, which assume a silicate-rich dust shell ahead of the underlying stellar photosphere. The star is heavily dust-obscured, likely the dustiest progenitor candidate yet encountered. We found median estimates of the star's effective temperature and luminosity of 2770 K and 9.0e4 L_Sun, with 68% credible intervals of 2340--3150 K and (7.5--10.9)e4 L_sun. The candidate may have a Galactic RSG analog, IRC -10414, with a strikingly similar SED and luminosity. Via comparison with single-star evolutionary models we have constrained the initial mass of the progenitor candidate from 12 M_sun to as high as 14 M_sun. We have had available to us an extraordinary view of the SN 2023ixf progenitor candidate, which should be further followed up in future years with HST and the James Webb Space Telescope.
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spellingShingle The SN 2023ixf Progenitor in M101: II. Properties
Van Dyk, Schuyler D.
Srinivasan, Sundar
Andrews, Jennifer E.
Soraisam, Monika
Szalai, Tamas
Howell, Steve B.
Isaacson, Howard
Matheson, Thomas
Petigura, Erik
Scicluna, Peter
Stephens, Andrew W.
Van Zandt, Judah
Zheng, WeiKang
Chun, Sang-Hyun
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We follow our first paper with an analysis of the ensemble of the extensive pre-explosion ground- and space-based infrared observations of the red supergiant (RSG) progenitor candidate for the nearby core-collapse supernova SN 2023ixf in Messier 101, together with optical data prior to explosion obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We have confirmed the association of the progenitor candidate with the SN, as well as constrained the metallicity at the SN site, based on SN observations with instruments at Gemini-North. The internal host extinction to the SN has also been confirmed from a high-resolution Keck spectrum. We fit the observed spectral energy distribution (SED) for the star, accounting for its intrinsic variability, with dust radiative-transfer modeling, which assume a silicate-rich dust shell ahead of the underlying stellar photosphere. The star is heavily dust-obscured, likely the dustiest progenitor candidate yet encountered. We found median estimates of the star's effective temperature and luminosity of 2770 K and 9.0e4 L_Sun, with 68% credible intervals of 2340--3150 K and (7.5--10.9)e4 L_sun. The candidate may have a Galactic RSG analog, IRC -10414, with a strikingly similar SED and luminosity. Via comparison with single-star evolutionary models we have constrained the initial mass of the progenitor candidate from 12 M_sun to as high as 14 M_sun. We have had available to us an extraordinary view of the SN 2023ixf progenitor candidate, which should be further followed up in future years with HST and the James Webb Space Telescope.
title The SN 2023ixf Progenitor in M101: II. Properties
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14844