LCs and spectroscopic observations of AT2018cow

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We present our photometric and spectroscopic observations of the peculiar transient AT2018cow. The multiband photometry covers from peak to ~70days, and the spectroscopy ranges from 5 to ~50days. The rapid rise (t_r_15days after discovery. The spectra are featureless in the first 10days, while some broad emission lines due to H, He, C, and O emerge later, with velocity declining from ~14000 to ~3000km/s at the end of our observations. Narrow and weak He I emission lines emerge in the spectra at t>20days after discovery. These emission lines are reminiscent of the features seen in interacting supernovae like the Type Ibn and IIn subclasses. We fit the bolometric light curves with a model of circumstellar interaction and radioactive decay of ^56^Ni and find a good fit with ejecta mass M_ej_~3.16M_{sun}, circumstellar medium (CSM) mass M_CSM~0.04M_{sun}, and ejected ^56^Ni mass M_56Ni~0.23M_{sun}_. The CSM shell might be formed in an eruptive mass ejection of the progenitor star. Furthermore, the host environment of AT2018cow implies a connection of AT2018cow with massive stars. Combining observational properties and the light-curve fitting results, we conclude that AT2018cow might be a peculiar interacting supernova that originated from a massive star.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19100042
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Creator Xiang D.; Wang X.; Lin W.; Mo J.; Lin H.; Burke J.; Hiramatsu D.,Hosseinzadeh G.; Howell D.A.; McCully C.; Valenti S.; Vinko J.,Wheeler J.C.; Ehgamberdiev S.A.; Mirzaqulov D.; Bodi A.; Bognar Z.,Cseh B.; Hanyecz O.; Ignacz B.; Kalup C.; Konyves-Toth R.; Kriskovics L.,Ordasi A.; Pal A.; Sarneczky K.; Seli B.; Szakats R.; Arranz-Heras T.,Benavides-Palencia R.; Cejudo-Martinez D.; De la Fuente-Fernandez P.,Escartin-Perez A.; Garcia-de la Cuesta F.; Gonzalez-Carballo J.L.,Gonzalez-Farfan R.; Limon-Martinez F.; Mantero A.; Naves-Nogues R.,Morales-Aimar M.; Ruiz-Ruiz V.R.; Soldan-Alfaro F.C.; Valero-Perez J.,Violat-Bordonau F.; Zhang T.; Zhang J.; Li X.; Chen Z.; Sai H.; Li W.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy