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author Chen, Xiaohan
Sun, Ning-Chen
Xi, Qiang
Chen, Chun
Zhang, Yu
Niu, Zexi
Jin, Junjie
Mao, Yiming
Wang, Beichuan
Tinyanont, Samaporn
Chanchaiworawit, Krittapas
Noysena, Kanthanakorn
Aguado, David
Perez-Fournon, Ismael
Poidevin, Frédéric
Maund, Justyn R.
Chen, Xunhao
Du, Pengliang
Fernández-Nespral, David López
Fang, Liguo
Gao, Guolin
Guo, Jiupeng
He, Min
Hong, Xinyi
Hou, Zhigang
Li, Qingzheng
Li, Wenxiong
Liu, Tongyu
López-Oramas, Alicia
Mu, Haiyang
Rojas-Bravo, César
Tian, Jianfeng
Wang, Jinhui
Wang, Lingzhi
Wang, Rui
Wang, Yanan
Wang, Ziyang
Wiersema, Klaas
Wu, Ying
Zhen, Guo
Zheng, Jie
Zhu, Guoyin
Zhu, Yinan
Fan, Zhou
Li, Jing
Wu, Hong
Liu, Jifeng
author_facet Chen, Xiaohan
Sun, Ning-Chen
Xi, Qiang
Chen, Chun
Zhang, Yu
Niu, Zexi
Jin, Junjie
Mao, Yiming
Wang, Beichuan
Tinyanont, Samaporn
Chanchaiworawit, Krittapas
Noysena, Kanthanakorn
Aguado, David
Perez-Fournon, Ismael
Poidevin, Frédéric
Maund, Justyn R.
Chen, Xunhao
Du, Pengliang
Fernández-Nespral, David López
Fang, Liguo
Gao, Guolin
Guo, Jiupeng
He, Min
Hong, Xinyi
Hou, Zhigang
Li, Qingzheng
Li, Wenxiong
Liu, Tongyu
López-Oramas, Alicia
Mu, Haiyang
Rojas-Bravo, César
Tian, Jianfeng
Wang, Jinhui
Wang, Lingzhi
Wang, Rui
Wang, Yanan
Wang, Ziyang
Wiersema, Klaas
Wu, Ying
Zhen, Guo
Zheng, Jie
Zhu, Guoyin
Zhu, Yinan
Fan, Zhou
Li, Jing
Wu, Hong
Liu, Jifeng
contents Type IIP supernovae (SNe IIP) exhibit a significant diversity in their explosion properties, yet the physical mechanisms driving this diversity remain unknown. In this work, we present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2024abfl, a SN IIP in NGC 2146 with a directly detected red supergiant (RSG) progenitor. We find it has a low plateau luminosity ($M_V \sim -15$ mag) and a relatively long plateau length ($\sim 126.5$ days). By fitting a semi-analytical model, we estimated a $^{56}$Ni mass of $\sim 0.009 M_\odot$, an initial kinetic energy of $\sim 0.42$ foe, an initial thermal energy of $\sim 0.03$ foe and an ejecta mass of $\sim 8.3 M_\odot$. The spectral evolution of SN 2024abfl is similar to those of other SNe IIP, except for much lower ejecta velocities at similar epochs. At later epochs, we find a relatively high-velocity H$α$ absorption feature at $\sim -4000$ km s$^{-1}$, possibly due to a fast-moving plume of matter in the inner ejecta, and two emission features at $\pm 2000$ km s$^{-1}$, possibly caused by CSM interaction. We estimate the progenitor mass to be $\le 15 M_\odot$ based on nebular spectra. We conclude that SN 2024abfl is a low-luminosity SN IIP originating from a low-mass RSG progenitor.
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spellingShingle SN 2024abfl: A Low-Luminosity Type IIP Supernova in NGC 2146 from a Low-Mass Red Supergiant Progenitor
Chen, Xiaohan
Sun, Ning-Chen
Xi, Qiang
Chen, Chun
Zhang, Yu
Niu, Zexi
Jin, Junjie
Mao, Yiming
Wang, Beichuan
Tinyanont, Samaporn
Chanchaiworawit, Krittapas
Noysena, Kanthanakorn
Aguado, David
Perez-Fournon, Ismael
Poidevin, Frédéric
Maund, Justyn R.
Chen, Xunhao
Du, Pengliang
Fernández-Nespral, David López
Fang, Liguo
Gao, Guolin
Guo, Jiupeng
He, Min
Hong, Xinyi
Hou, Zhigang
Li, Qingzheng
Li, Wenxiong
Liu, Tongyu
López-Oramas, Alicia
Mu, Haiyang
Rojas-Bravo, César
Tian, Jianfeng
Wang, Jinhui
Wang, Lingzhi
Wang, Rui
Wang, Yanan
Wang, Ziyang
Wiersema, Klaas
Wu, Ying
Zhen, Guo
Zheng, Jie
Zhu, Guoyin
Zhu, Yinan
Fan, Zhou
Li, Jing
Wu, Hong
Liu, Jifeng
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Type IIP supernovae (SNe IIP) exhibit a significant diversity in their explosion properties, yet the physical mechanisms driving this diversity remain unknown. In this work, we present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2024abfl, a SN IIP in NGC 2146 with a directly detected red supergiant (RSG) progenitor. We find it has a low plateau luminosity ($M_V \sim -15$ mag) and a relatively long plateau length ($\sim 126.5$ days). By fitting a semi-analytical model, we estimated a $^{56}$Ni mass of $\sim 0.009 M_\odot$, an initial kinetic energy of $\sim 0.42$ foe, an initial thermal energy of $\sim 0.03$ foe and an ejecta mass of $\sim 8.3 M_\odot$. The spectral evolution of SN 2024abfl is similar to those of other SNe IIP, except for much lower ejecta velocities at similar epochs. At later epochs, we find a relatively high-velocity H$α$ absorption feature at $\sim -4000$ km s$^{-1}$, possibly due to a fast-moving plume of matter in the inner ejecta, and two emission features at $\pm 2000$ km s$^{-1}$, possibly caused by CSM interaction. We estimate the progenitor mass to be $\le 15 M_\odot$ based on nebular spectra. We conclude that SN 2024abfl is a low-luminosity SN IIP originating from a low-mass RSG progenitor.
title SN 2024abfl: A Low-Luminosity Type IIP Supernova in NGC 2146 from a Low-Mass Red Supergiant Progenitor
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04309