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author Dubey, Monalisa
Misra, Kuntal
Csörnyei, Géza
Dastidar, Raya
Howell, D. Andrew
Sand, David J.
Valenti, Stefano
Zheng, WeiKang
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Jha, Saurabh
Sollerman, Jesper
Brown, Peter
Alexander, Kate D.
Andrews, Moira
Andrews, Jennifer
Betz, Dre
Born, Emma
Bostow, Kate
Bostroem, K. Azalee
Brennan, Sea'n J.
Brink, Thomas G.
Christy, Collin
Chuang, Elma
Dong, Yize
Dukiya, Naveen
Farah, Joseph R.
Franz, Noah
Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla
Haislip, Joshua
Hoang, Emily
Hosseinzadeh, Griffin
Hsu, Brian
Jennings, Connor
Kouprianov, Vladimir
Lundquist, M. J.
Macrie, Colin
McCully, Curtis
Mchaty, Andrew
Mehta, Darshana
Mora, Katie
Newsome, Megan
Pearson, Jeniveve
Pichay, Neil
Ransome, Conor
Ravi, Aravind P.
Reichart, Daniel E.
Retamal, Nicolás Meza
Risin, Sophia
Shrestha, Manisha
Singh, Ajay Kumar
Smith, Nathan
Subrayan, Bhagya
Terreran, Giacomo
Wu, William
author_facet Dubey, Monalisa
Misra, Kuntal
Csörnyei, Géza
Dastidar, Raya
Howell, D. Andrew
Sand, David J.
Valenti, Stefano
Zheng, WeiKang
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Jha, Saurabh
Sollerman, Jesper
Brown, Peter
Alexander, Kate D.
Andrews, Moira
Andrews, Jennifer
Betz, Dre
Born, Emma
Bostow, Kate
Bostroem, K. Azalee
Brennan, Sea'n J.
Brink, Thomas G.
Christy, Collin
Chuang, Elma
Dong, Yize
Dukiya, Naveen
Farah, Joseph R.
Franz, Noah
Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla
Haislip, Joshua
Hoang, Emily
Hosseinzadeh, Griffin
Hsu, Brian
Jennings, Connor
Kouprianov, Vladimir
Lundquist, M. J.
Macrie, Colin
McCully, Curtis
Mchaty, Andrew
Mehta, Darshana
Mora, Katie
Newsome, Megan
Pearson, Jeniveve
Pichay, Neil
Ransome, Conor
Ravi, Aravind P.
Reichart, Daniel E.
Retamal, Nicolás Meza
Risin, Sophia
Shrestha, Manisha
Singh, Ajay Kumar
Smith, Nathan
Subrayan, Bhagya
Terreran, Giacomo
Wu, William
contents We present a detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the Type IIP supernova SN~2023zcu, which exploded in the galaxy NGC~2139 (redshift $z$ = 0.006). SN~2023zcu exhibits a well-sampled light curve covering the rise, plateau, and nebular phases. It has an optically thick phase of $100.6 \pm 0.6$ d with a magnitude drop of $\sim$1.7 mag in the {\em V} band during the transition between the plateau and the nebular phases. Weak emission features in the early-time spectra indicate a low-level interaction between circumstellar material (CSM) and the SN ejecta. The spectral evolution is well sampled and exhibits a prominent P-Cygni profile of H$α$, a defining characteristic of Type IIP SNe. Signatures of metal-line formation (e.g., \ion{Fe}{2}, \ion{Ca}{2} near-infrared triplet) are also evident in the spectra as the SN evolves. Spectral modeling with the radiative-transfer code \texttt{TARDIS} during the early photospheric phase (8.7--35.5 d since explosion) yields photospheric temperatures decreasing from $\sim$9,000 to $\sim$6,000 K and expansion velocities declining from $\sim$10,000 to $\sim$5,400 km s$^{-1}$. A tailored expanding photosphere method (EPM) fit based on the \texttt{TARDIS} models provides a distance estimate of $27.8 \pm 2.0$ Mpc. Nebular-phase spectra and bolometric light-curve modeling suggest a progenitor mass in the range 12--15 M$_\odot$. This thorough analysis helps to constrain progenitor properties and explosion parameters, thereby strengthening our understanding of Type IIP SNe.
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spellingShingle SN 2023zcu: A Type IIP SN with Early Flash Features
Dubey, Monalisa
Misra, Kuntal
Csörnyei, Géza
Dastidar, Raya
Howell, D. Andrew
Sand, David J.
Valenti, Stefano
Zheng, WeiKang
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Jha, Saurabh
Sollerman, Jesper
Brown, Peter
Alexander, Kate D.
Andrews, Moira
Andrews, Jennifer
Betz, Dre
Born, Emma
Bostow, Kate
Bostroem, K. Azalee
Brennan, Sea'n J.
Brink, Thomas G.
Christy, Collin
Chuang, Elma
Dong, Yize
Dukiya, Naveen
Farah, Joseph R.
Franz, Noah
Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla
Haislip, Joshua
Hoang, Emily
Hosseinzadeh, Griffin
Hsu, Brian
Jennings, Connor
Kouprianov, Vladimir
Lundquist, M. J.
Macrie, Colin
McCully, Curtis
Mchaty, Andrew
Mehta, Darshana
Mora, Katie
Newsome, Megan
Pearson, Jeniveve
Pichay, Neil
Ransome, Conor
Ravi, Aravind P.
Reichart, Daniel E.
Retamal, Nicolás Meza
Risin, Sophia
Shrestha, Manisha
Singh, Ajay Kumar
Smith, Nathan
Subrayan, Bhagya
Terreran, Giacomo
Wu, William
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present a detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the Type IIP supernova SN~2023zcu, which exploded in the galaxy NGC~2139 (redshift $z$ = 0.006). SN~2023zcu exhibits a well-sampled light curve covering the rise, plateau, and nebular phases. It has an optically thick phase of $100.6 \pm 0.6$ d with a magnitude drop of $\sim$1.7 mag in the {\em V} band during the transition between the plateau and the nebular phases. Weak emission features in the early-time spectra indicate a low-level interaction between circumstellar material (CSM) and the SN ejecta. The spectral evolution is well sampled and exhibits a prominent P-Cygni profile of H$α$, a defining characteristic of Type IIP SNe. Signatures of metal-line formation (e.g., \ion{Fe}{2}, \ion{Ca}{2} near-infrared triplet) are also evident in the spectra as the SN evolves. Spectral modeling with the radiative-transfer code \texttt{TARDIS} during the early photospheric phase (8.7--35.5 d since explosion) yields photospheric temperatures decreasing from $\sim$9,000 to $\sim$6,000 K and expansion velocities declining from $\sim$10,000 to $\sim$5,400 km s$^{-1}$. A tailored expanding photosphere method (EPM) fit based on the \texttt{TARDIS} models provides a distance estimate of $27.8 \pm 2.0$ Mpc. Nebular-phase spectra and bolometric light-curve modeling suggest a progenitor mass in the range 12--15 M$_\odot$. This thorough analysis helps to constrain progenitor properties and explosion parameters, thereby strengthening our understanding of Type IIP SNe.
title SN 2023zcu: A Type IIP SN with Early Flash Features
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.14830