Supernova 2025wny: High-angular resolution Keck/NIRC2 observations and preliminary lens modeling
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| author | Storfer, Christopher J. Wong, Kenneth C. Acebron, Ana Grillo, Claudio Hoogendam, Willem B. Huang, Xiaosheng Jones, David O. Magnier, Eugene A. Mandel, Kaisey S. Ratier-Werbin, Nicolas Rubin, David Shappee, Benjamin J. Soler-Perez, Oscar |
| author_facet | Storfer, Christopher J. Wong, Kenneth C. Acebron, Ana Grillo, Claudio Hoogendam, Willem B. Huang, Xiaosheng Jones, David O. Magnier, Eugene A. Mandel, Kaisey S. Ratier-Werbin, Nicolas Rubin, David Shappee, Benjamin J. Soler-Perez, Oscar |
| contents | Multiply imaged, gravitationally lensed supernovae are rare but powerful tools for providing independent measurements on cosmological parameters. Supernova (SN) 2025wny ("SN Winny") is the first gravitationally-lensed Type I superluminous supernova and the first lensed supernova in a galaxy-scale system that is suitable for time-delay cosmography studies. In this work, we present high-resolution $K_p$-band adaptive optics imaging of SN Winny obtained with the near-infrared camera (NIRC2) on the W. M. Keck II telescope. With exquisite image quality (FWHM$\approx0.^{\prime\prime}065$) we determine and make use of the precise astrometric positions of the five multiple images as constraints for our lens mass models. With lenstronomy and Glee, we parameterize the total mass of the system with a singular isothermal ellipsoid, a singular isothermal sphere, and external shear. The two independent models are in excellent agreement and reproduce the observed image positions with sub-milli-arcsecond residuals. The inferred projected total masses enclosed within the Einstein radii of the primary and secondary lens galaxies are M$_1$ = 4.44$^{+0.06}_{-0.05}\times10^{11} M_\odot$ and M$_2$ = 0.96$^{+0.02}_{-0.02}\times10^{11} M_\odot$, respectively. Likewise, the inferred effective velocity dispersion of the primary lens is $σ_{1} = $ 277.4$^{+0.9}_{-0.7}$ km/s, consistent with the independent spectroscopic measurement made by DESI of $σ_{\star,1} = $ 298$\,\pm\,37$ km/s. Our modeling results are also consistent with previous results for the same system with data from the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), using the same lens modeling codes. We also corroborate their finding that the SN multiple image A has an anomalous excess of flux by a factor of ~2-3 beyond what our smooth mass models predict. |
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| spellingShingle | Supernova 2025wny: High-angular resolution Keck/NIRC2 observations and preliminary lens modeling Storfer, Christopher J. Wong, Kenneth C. Acebron, Ana Grillo, Claudio Hoogendam, Willem B. Huang, Xiaosheng Jones, David O. Magnier, Eugene A. Mandel, Kaisey S. Ratier-Werbin, Nicolas Rubin, David Shappee, Benjamin J. Soler-Perez, Oscar Astrophysics of Galaxies Multiply imaged, gravitationally lensed supernovae are rare but powerful tools for providing independent measurements on cosmological parameters. Supernova (SN) 2025wny ("SN Winny") is the first gravitationally-lensed Type I superluminous supernova and the first lensed supernova in a galaxy-scale system that is suitable for time-delay cosmography studies. In this work, we present high-resolution $K_p$-band adaptive optics imaging of SN Winny obtained with the near-infrared camera (NIRC2) on the W. M. Keck II telescope. With exquisite image quality (FWHM$\approx0.^{\prime\prime}065$) we determine and make use of the precise astrometric positions of the five multiple images as constraints for our lens mass models. With lenstronomy and Glee, we parameterize the total mass of the system with a singular isothermal ellipsoid, a singular isothermal sphere, and external shear. The two independent models are in excellent agreement and reproduce the observed image positions with sub-milli-arcsecond residuals. The inferred projected total masses enclosed within the Einstein radii of the primary and secondary lens galaxies are M$_1$ = 4.44$^{+0.06}_{-0.05}\times10^{11} M_\odot$ and M$_2$ = 0.96$^{+0.02}_{-0.02}\times10^{11} M_\odot$, respectively. Likewise, the inferred effective velocity dispersion of the primary lens is $σ_{1} = $ 277.4$^{+0.9}_{-0.7}$ km/s, consistent with the independent spectroscopic measurement made by DESI of $σ_{\star,1} = $ 298$\,\pm\,37$ km/s. Our modeling results are also consistent with previous results for the same system with data from the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), using the same lens modeling codes. We also corroborate their finding that the SN multiple image A has an anomalous excess of flux by a factor of ~2-3 beyond what our smooth mass models predict. |
| title | Supernova 2025wny: High-angular resolution Keck/NIRC2 observations and preliminary lens modeling |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02418 |