The story of SN 2021aatd -- a peculiar 1987A-like supernova with an early-phase luminosity excess

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Hauptverfasser: Szalai, T., Könyves-Tóth, R., Nagy, A. P., Hiramatsu, D., Arcavi, I., Bostroem, A., Howell, D. A., Farah, J., McCully, C., Newsome, M., Gonzalez, E. Padilla, Pellegrino, C., Terreran, G., Berger, E., Blanchard, P., Gomez, S., Székely, P., Bánhidi, D., Bíró, I. B., Csányi, I., Pál, A., Rho, J., Vinkó, J.
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author Szalai, T.
Könyves-Tóth, R.
Nagy, A. P.
Hiramatsu, D.
Arcavi, I.
Bostroem, A.
Howell, D. A.
Farah, J.
McCully, C.
Newsome, M.
Gonzalez, E. Padilla
Pellegrino, C.
Terreran, G.
Berger, E.
Blanchard, P.
Gomez, S.
Székely, P.
Bánhidi, D.
Bíró, I. B.
Csányi, I.
Pál, A.
Rho, J.
Vinkó, J.
author_facet Szalai, T.
Könyves-Tóth, R.
Nagy, A. P.
Hiramatsu, D.
Arcavi, I.
Bostroem, A.
Howell, D. A.
Farah, J.
McCully, C.
Newsome, M.
Gonzalez, E. Padilla
Pellegrino, C.
Terreran, G.
Berger, E.
Blanchard, P.
Gomez, S.
Székely, P.
Bánhidi, D.
Bíró, I. B.
Csányi, I.
Pál, A.
Rho, J.
Vinkó, J.
contents There is a growing number of peculiar events that cannot be assigned to any of the main supernova (SN) classes. SN 1987A and a handful of similar objects, thought to be explosive outcomes of blue supergiant stars, belong to them: while their spectra closely resemble those of H-rich (IIP) SNe, their light-curve (LC) evolution is very different. Here we present the detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of SN 2021aatd, a peculiar Type II explosion: while its early-time evolution resembles that of the slowly evolving, double-peaked SN 2020faa (however, at a lower luminosity scale), after $\sim$40 days, its LC shape becomes similar to that of SN 1987A-like explosions. Beyond comparing LCs, color curves, and spectra of SN 2021aatd to that of SNe 2020faa, 1987A, and of other objects, we compare the observed spectra with our own SYN++ models and with the outputs of published radiative transfer models. We also modeled the pseudo-bolometric LCs of SNe 2021aatd and 1987A assuming a two-component (core+shell) ejecta, and involving the rotational energy of a newborn magnetar in addition to radioactive decay. We find that both the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of SN 2021aatd can be well described with the explosion of a $\sim$15 $M_\odot$ blue supergiant star. Nevertheless, SN 2021aatd shows higher temperatures and weaker Na ID and Ba II 6142 A lines than SN 1987A, which is reminiscent of rather to IIP-like atmospheres. With the applied two-component ejecta model (counting with both decay and magnetar energy), we can successfully describe the bolometric LC of SN 2021aatd, including the first $\sim$40-day long phase showing an excess compared to 87A-like SNe but being strikingly similar to that of the long-lived SN 2020faa. Nevertheless, finding a unified model that also explains the LCs of more luminous events (like SN 2020faa) is still a matter of concern.
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spellingShingle The story of SN 2021aatd -- a peculiar 1987A-like supernova with an early-phase luminosity excess
Szalai, T.
Könyves-Tóth, R.
Nagy, A. P.
Hiramatsu, D.
Arcavi, I.
Bostroem, A.
Howell, D. A.
Farah, J.
McCully, C.
Newsome, M.
Gonzalez, E. Padilla
Pellegrino, C.
Terreran, G.
Berger, E.
Blanchard, P.
Gomez, S.
Székely, P.
Bánhidi, D.
Bíró, I. B.
Csányi, I.
Pál, A.
Rho, J.
Vinkó, J.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
There is a growing number of peculiar events that cannot be assigned to any of the main supernova (SN) classes. SN 1987A and a handful of similar objects, thought to be explosive outcomes of blue supergiant stars, belong to them: while their spectra closely resemble those of H-rich (IIP) SNe, their light-curve (LC) evolution is very different. Here we present the detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of SN 2021aatd, a peculiar Type II explosion: while its early-time evolution resembles that of the slowly evolving, double-peaked SN 2020faa (however, at a lower luminosity scale), after $\sim$40 days, its LC shape becomes similar to that of SN 1987A-like explosions. Beyond comparing LCs, color curves, and spectra of SN 2021aatd to that of SNe 2020faa, 1987A, and of other objects, we compare the observed spectra with our own SYN++ models and with the outputs of published radiative transfer models. We also modeled the pseudo-bolometric LCs of SNe 2021aatd and 1987A assuming a two-component (core+shell) ejecta, and involving the rotational energy of a newborn magnetar in addition to radioactive decay. We find that both the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of SN 2021aatd can be well described with the explosion of a $\sim$15 $M_\odot$ blue supergiant star. Nevertheless, SN 2021aatd shows higher temperatures and weaker Na ID and Ba II 6142 A lines than SN 1987A, which is reminiscent of rather to IIP-like atmospheres. With the applied two-component ejecta model (counting with both decay and magnetar energy), we can successfully describe the bolometric LC of SN 2021aatd, including the first $\sim$40-day long phase showing an excess compared to 87A-like SNe but being strikingly similar to that of the long-lived SN 2020faa. Nevertheless, finding a unified model that also explains the LCs of more luminous events (like SN 2020faa) is still a matter of concern.
title The story of SN 2021aatd -- a peculiar 1987A-like supernova with an early-phase luminosity excess
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02498