Type Icn SN2021csp photometry & spectra

DOI

We present observations of SN 2021csp, the second example of a newly identified type of supernova (SN) hallmarked by strong, narrow, P Cygni carbon features at early times (Type Icn). The SN appears as a fast and luminous blue transient at early times, reaching a peak absolute magnitude of -20 within 3 days due to strong interaction between fast SN ejecta (v~30000km/s) and a massive, dense, fast-moving C/O wind shed by the WC-like progenitor months before explosion. The narrow-line features disappear from the spectrum 10-20 days after explosion and are replaced by a blue continuum dominated by broad Fe features, reminiscent of Type Ibn and IIn supernovae and indicative of weaker interaction with more extended H/He-poor material. The transient then abruptly fades ~60days post-explosion when interaction ceases. Deep limits at later phases suggest minimal heavy-element nucleosynthesis, a low ejecta mass, or both, and imply an origin distinct from that of classical Type Ic SNe. We place SN 2021csp in context with other fast-evolving interacting transients, and discuss various progenitor scenarios: an ultrastripped progenitor star, a pulsational pair-instability eruption, or a jet-driven fallback SN from a Wolf-Rayet (W-R) star. The fallback scenario would naturally explain the similarity between these events and radio-loud fast transients, and suggests a picture in which most stars massive enough to undergo a W-R phase collapse directly to black holes at the end of their lives.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19270180
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/927/180
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Provenance
Creator Perley D.A.; Sollerman J.; Schulze S.; Yao Y.; Fremling C.; Gal-Yam A.,Ho A.Y.Q.; Yang Yi; Kool E.C.; Irani I.; Yan L.; Andreoni I.; Baade D.,Bellm E.C.; Brink T.G.; Chen T.-W.; Cikota A.; Coughlin M.W.; Dahiwale A.,Dekany R.; Duev D.A.; Filippenko A.V.; Hoeflich P.; Kasliwal M.M.,Kulkarni S.R.; Lunnan R.; Masci F.J.; Maund J.R.; Medford M.S.; Riddle R.,Rosnet P.; Shupe D.L.; Strotjohann N.L.; Tzanidakis A.; Zheng W.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2024
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy