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author Das, Kaustav K.
Fremling, Christoffer
Kasliwal, Mansi M.
Schulze, Steve
Sollerman, Jesper
Karambelkar, Viraj
Rose, Sam
Anand, Shreya
Andreoni, Igor
Aubert, Marie
Brennan, Sean J.
Cenko, S. Bradley
Coughlin, Michael W.
O'Connor, B.
De, Kishalay
Fuller, Jim
Graham, Matthew
Hammerstein, Erica
Haynie, Annastasia
Hinds, K-Ryan
Kleiser, Io
Kulkarni, S. R.
Lin, Zeren
Liu, Chang
Mahabal, Ashish A.
Martin, Christopher
Miller, Adam A.
Neill, James D.
Perley, Daniel A.
Pessi, Priscila J.
Prusinski, Nikolaus Z.
Purdum, Josiah
Ravi, Vikram
Rusholme, Ben
Wu, Samantha
Wold, Avery
Yan, Lin
author_facet Das, Kaustav K.
Fremling, Christoffer
Kasliwal, Mansi M.
Schulze, Steve
Sollerman, Jesper
Karambelkar, Viraj
Rose, Sam
Anand, Shreya
Andreoni, Igor
Aubert, Marie
Brennan, Sean J.
Cenko, S. Bradley
Coughlin, Michael W.
O'Connor, B.
De, Kishalay
Fuller, Jim
Graham, Matthew
Hammerstein, Erica
Haynie, Annastasia
Hinds, K-Ryan
Kleiser, Io
Kulkarni, S. R.
Lin, Zeren
Liu, Chang
Mahabal, Ashish A.
Martin, Christopher
Miller, Adam A.
Neill, James D.
Perley, Daniel A.
Pessi, Priscila J.
Prusinski, Nikolaus Z.
Purdum, Josiah
Ravi, Vikram
Rusholme, Ben
Wu, Samantha
Wold, Avery
Yan, Lin
contents We present SN 2023zaw $-$ a sub-luminous ($\mathrm{M_r} = -16.7$ mag) and rapidly-evolving supernova ($\mathrm{t_{1/2,r}} = 4.9$ days), with the lowest nickel mass ($\approx0.002$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) measured among all stripped-envelope supernovae discovered to date. The photospheric spectra are dominated by broad He I and Ca NIR emission lines with velocities of $\sim10\ 000 - 12\ 000$ $\mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}$. The late-time spectra show prominent narrow He I emission lines at $\sim$1000$\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}$, indicative of interaction with He-rich circumstellar material. SN 2023zaw is located in the spiral arm of a star-forming galaxy. We perform radiation-hydrodynamical and analytical modeling of the lightcurve by fitting with a combination of shock-cooling emission and nickel decay. The progenitor has a best-fit envelope mass of $\approx0.2$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$ and an envelope radius of $\approx50$ $\mathrm{R_\odot}$. The extremely low nickel mass and low ejecta mass ($\approx0.5$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) suggest an ultra-stripped SN, which originates from a mass-losing low mass He-star (ZAMS mass $<$ 10 $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) in a close binary system. This is a channel to form double neutron star systems, whose merger is detectable with LIGO. SN 2023zaw underscores the existence of a previously undiscovered population of extremely low nickel mass ($< 0.005$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) stripped-envelope supernovae, which can be explored with deep and high-cadence transient surveys.
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spellingShingle SN 2023zaw: an ultra-stripped, nickel-poor supernova from a low-mass progenitor
Das, Kaustav K.
Fremling, Christoffer
Kasliwal, Mansi M.
Schulze, Steve
Sollerman, Jesper
Karambelkar, Viraj
Rose, Sam
Anand, Shreya
Andreoni, Igor
Aubert, Marie
Brennan, Sean J.
Cenko, S. Bradley
Coughlin, Michael W.
O'Connor, B.
De, Kishalay
Fuller, Jim
Graham, Matthew
Hammerstein, Erica
Haynie, Annastasia
Hinds, K-Ryan
Kleiser, Io
Kulkarni, S. R.
Lin, Zeren
Liu, Chang
Mahabal, Ashish A.
Martin, Christopher
Miller, Adam A.
Neill, James D.
Perley, Daniel A.
Pessi, Priscila J.
Prusinski, Nikolaus Z.
Purdum, Josiah
Ravi, Vikram
Rusholme, Ben
Wu, Samantha
Wold, Avery
Yan, Lin
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
We present SN 2023zaw $-$ a sub-luminous ($\mathrm{M_r} = -16.7$ mag) and rapidly-evolving supernova ($\mathrm{t_{1/2,r}} = 4.9$ days), with the lowest nickel mass ($\approx0.002$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) measured among all stripped-envelope supernovae discovered to date. The photospheric spectra are dominated by broad He I and Ca NIR emission lines with velocities of $\sim10\ 000 - 12\ 000$ $\mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}$. The late-time spectra show prominent narrow He I emission lines at $\sim$1000$\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}$, indicative of interaction with He-rich circumstellar material. SN 2023zaw is located in the spiral arm of a star-forming galaxy. We perform radiation-hydrodynamical and analytical modeling of the lightcurve by fitting with a combination of shock-cooling emission and nickel decay. The progenitor has a best-fit envelope mass of $\approx0.2$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$ and an envelope radius of $\approx50$ $\mathrm{R_\odot}$. The extremely low nickel mass and low ejecta mass ($\approx0.5$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) suggest an ultra-stripped SN, which originates from a mass-losing low mass He-star (ZAMS mass $<$ 10 $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) in a close binary system. This is a channel to form double neutron star systems, whose merger is detectable with LIGO. SN 2023zaw underscores the existence of a previously undiscovered population of extremely low nickel mass ($< 0.005$ $\mathrm{M_\odot}$) stripped-envelope supernovae, which can be explored with deep and high-cadence transient surveys.
title SN 2023zaw: an ultra-stripped, nickel-poor supernova from a low-mass progenitor
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08165