NUV to NIR photometry of type IIP ASASSN-16at

DOI

We report distinctly double-peaked H{alpha} and H{beta} emission lines in the late-time, nebular-phase spectra (>~200 days) of the otherwise normal at early phases (<~100 days) type IIP supernova ASASSN-16at (SN2016X). Such distinctly double-peaked nebular Balmer lines have never been observed for a type II SN. The nebular-phase Balmer emission is driven by the radioactive ^56^Co decay, so the observed line profile bifurcation suggests a strong bipolarity in the ^56^Ni distribution or in the line-forming region of the inner ejecta. The strongly bifurcated blueshifted and redshifted peaks are separated by ~3x10^3^km/s and are roughly symmetrically positioned with respect to the host-galaxy rest frame, implying that the inner ejecta are composed of two almost-detached blobs. The red peak progressively weakens relative to the blue peak, and disappears in the 740 days spectrum. One possible reason for the line-ratio evolution is increasing differential extinction from continuous formation of dust within the envelope, which is also supported by the near-infrared flux excess that develops after ~100 days.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18739003
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Provenance
Creator Bose S.; Dong S.; Elias-Rosa N.; Shappee B.J.; Bersier D.; Benetti S.,Stritzinger M.D.; Grupe D.; Kochanek C.S.; Prieto J.L.; Chen P.,Kuncarayakti H.; Mattila S.; Morales-Garoffolo A.; Morrell N.; Onori F.,Reynolds T.M.; Siviero A.; Somero A.; Stanek K.Z.; Terreran G.,Thompson T.A.; Tomasella L.; Ashall C.; Gall C.; Gromadzki M.,Holoien T.W.-S.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2020
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy