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Auteurs principaux: Bose, Subhash, Stritzinger, M. D., Malmgaard, A., Miller, C. J., Elias-Rosa, N., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ashall, C., Burns, C. R., DerKacy, J. M., Galbany, L., Gutiérrez, C. P., Hoogendam, W. B., Hsiao, E. Y., Jensen, E. A. M., Medler, K., Alburai, Alaa, Anderson, J., Baron, E., Duarte, J., Gromadzki, M., Inserra, C., Mazzali, P. A., Müller-Bravo, T. E., Lundqvist, P., Reguitti, A., Salmaso, I., Sand, D. J., Valerin, G.
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author Bose, Subhash
Stritzinger, M. D.
Malmgaard, A.
Miller, C. J.
Elias-Rosa, N.
Fynbo, J. P. U.
Ashall, C.
Burns, C. R.
DerKacy, J. M.
Galbany, L.
Gutiérrez, C. P.
Hoogendam, W. B.
Hsiao, E. Y.
Jensen, E. A. M.
Medler, K.
Alburai, Alaa
Anderson, J.
Baron, E.
Duarte, J.
Gromadzki, M.
Inserra, C.
Mazzali, P. A.
Müller-Bravo, T. E.
Lundqvist, P.
Reguitti, A.
Salmaso, I.
Sand, D. J.
Valerin, G.
author_facet Bose, Subhash
Stritzinger, M. D.
Malmgaard, A.
Miller, C. J.
Elias-Rosa, N.
Fynbo, J. P. U.
Ashall, C.
Burns, C. R.
DerKacy, J. M.
Galbany, L.
Gutiérrez, C. P.
Hoogendam, W. B.
Hsiao, E. Y.
Jensen, E. A. M.
Medler, K.
Alburai, Alaa
Anderson, J.
Baron, E.
Duarte, J.
Gromadzki, M.
Inserra, C.
Mazzali, P. A.
Müller-Bravo, T. E.
Lundqvist, P.
Reguitti, A.
Salmaso, I.
Sand, D. J.
Valerin, G.
contents We report observations of Type Ia SN 2021hem, located in an apparently hostless environment. With a peak absolute B-band magnitude of -19.96 mag, and a lack of secondary maximum in near-infrared and i-band light curves make it resemble 2003fg-like events. The slowly evolving light curves, and the earliest spectrum showing CII absorption lines, further support this classification. Fireball model fit to early light curves yields a time of first light of -16.43 days relative to B-band maximum. The first detection occurs 1.51 days before the onset of the fireball-like flux rise. This early emission, and $(g - r)_0$ color, is inconsistent with circumstellar or companion interaction. Instead, shallow $^{56}$Ni mixing or an asymmetric $^{56}$Ni distribution offers a plausible explanation. SN2021hem is the fifth known 2003fg-like SN with early-time excess flux emission. The estimated mass of radioactive $^{56}$Ni in SN2021hem is $1.00\pm0.09 M_\odot$. Deep GTC imaging obtained 2.5 yr after the explosion (with $m_{lim,r}=24.4$ mag and $μ_{lim,r} = 26.3\rm~mag~arsec^{-2}$), reveals no coincident host, thereby ruling out most faint dwarf and UDGs. Alternatively, assuming the nearest plausible AGN host galaxy, at a distance of 104 kpc, implies a hyper-velocity progenitor ejected at $\sim$2200 km/s by AGN interaction. A faint diffuse feature ~6 kpc from the SN site has also been detected in the image, with its surface brightness of a UDGs. However, it is unclear whether it is a galaxy and is associated with SN2021hem. Considering its large normalized directional light distance ($d_{DLR}\sim3-4$) from SN, and its unusual elongation, it is a candidate of low probability to be the host galaxy of SN2021hem. These results identify SN2021hem as one of the strongest candidates for a hostless SN Ia, underscoring the diversity of luminous, slowly evolving, 2003fg-like explosions.
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spellingShingle The Type Ia Supernova 2021hem: A 2003fg-like Event in an Apparently Hostless Environment
Bose, Subhash
Stritzinger, M. D.
Malmgaard, A.
Miller, C. J.
Elias-Rosa, N.
Fynbo, J. P. U.
Ashall, C.
Burns, C. R.
DerKacy, J. M.
Galbany, L.
Gutiérrez, C. P.
Hoogendam, W. B.
Hsiao, E. Y.
Jensen, E. A. M.
Medler, K.
Alburai, Alaa
Anderson, J.
Baron, E.
Duarte, J.
Gromadzki, M.
Inserra, C.
Mazzali, P. A.
Müller-Bravo, T. E.
Lundqvist, P.
Reguitti, A.
Salmaso, I.
Sand, D. J.
Valerin, G.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We report observations of Type Ia SN 2021hem, located in an apparently hostless environment. With a peak absolute B-band magnitude of -19.96 mag, and a lack of secondary maximum in near-infrared and i-band light curves make it resemble 2003fg-like events. The slowly evolving light curves, and the earliest spectrum showing CII absorption lines, further support this classification. Fireball model fit to early light curves yields a time of first light of -16.43 days relative to B-band maximum. The first detection occurs 1.51 days before the onset of the fireball-like flux rise. This early emission, and $(g - r)_0$ color, is inconsistent with circumstellar or companion interaction. Instead, shallow $^{56}$Ni mixing or an asymmetric $^{56}$Ni distribution offers a plausible explanation. SN2021hem is the fifth known 2003fg-like SN with early-time excess flux emission. The estimated mass of radioactive $^{56}$Ni in SN2021hem is $1.00\pm0.09 M_\odot$. Deep GTC imaging obtained 2.5 yr after the explosion (with $m_{lim,r}=24.4$ mag and $μ_{lim,r} = 26.3\rm~mag~arsec^{-2}$), reveals no coincident host, thereby ruling out most faint dwarf and UDGs. Alternatively, assuming the nearest plausible AGN host galaxy, at a distance of 104 kpc, implies a hyper-velocity progenitor ejected at $\sim$2200 km/s by AGN interaction. A faint diffuse feature ~6 kpc from the SN site has also been detected in the image, with its surface brightness of a UDGs. However, it is unclear whether it is a galaxy and is associated with SN2021hem. Considering its large normalized directional light distance ($d_{DLR}\sim3-4$) from SN, and its unusual elongation, it is a candidate of low probability to be the host galaxy of SN2021hem. These results identify SN2021hem as one of the strongest candidates for a hostless SN Ia, underscoring the diversity of luminous, slowly evolving, 2003fg-like explosions.
title The Type Ia Supernova 2021hem: A 2003fg-like Event in an Apparently Hostless Environment
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07529