SN. 2012cg: EVIDENCE FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN A NORMAL SN Ia AND A NON-DEGENERATE BINARY COMPANION

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作者
Marion, G. H. [1 ,2 ]
Brown, Peter J. [3 ]
Vinko, Jozsef [1 ,4 ]
Silverman, Jeffrey M. [1 ]
Sand, David J. [5 ]
Challis, Peter [2 ]
Kirshner, Robert P. [2 ]
Wheeler, J. Craig [1 ]
Berlind, Perry [2 ]
Brown, Warren R. [2 ]
Calkins, Michael L. [2 ]
Camacho, Yssavo [6 ,7 ]
Dhungana, Govinda [8 ]
Foley, Ryan J. [9 ,10 ]
Friedman, Andrew S. [2 ,11 ,12 ]
Graham, Melissa L. [13 ]
Howell, D. Andrew [14 ,15 ]
Hsiao, Eric Y. [16 ,17 ]
Irwin, Jonathan M. [2 ]
Jha, Saurabh W. [6 ]
Kehoe, Robert [8 ]
Macri, Lucas M. [3 ]
Maeda, Keiichi [18 ,21 ]
Mandel, Kaisey [2 ]
McCully, Curtis [14 ]
Pandya, Viraj [6 ,19 ]
Rines, Kenneth J. [20 ]
Wilhelmy, Steven [20 ]
Zheng, Weikang [13 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, 1 Univ Stn C1400, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, George P & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Inst Fundamenta, 4242 TAMU, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[4] Univ Szeged, Dept Opt & Quantum Elect, Domter 9, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
[5] Texas Tech Univ, Dept Phys, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
[6] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 136 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
[7] Lehigh Univ, Dept Phys, 16 Mem Dr East, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
[8] So Methodist Univ, Dept Phys, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
[9] Univ Illinois, Dept Astron, 1002 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[10] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[11] MIT, Ctr Theoret Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[12] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[13] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Astron, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[14] Las Cumbres Observ Global Telescope Network, 6740 Cortona Dr,Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117 USA
[15] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Broida Hall,Mail Code 9530, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[16] Las Campanas Observ, Carnegie Observ, Casilla 601, Colina El Pino, Chile
[17] Aarhus Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
[18] Kyoto Univ, Dept Astron, Sakyo Ku, Kitashirakawa Oiwake Cho, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[19] Princeton Univ, Dept Astrophys Sci, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[20] Western Washington Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA
[21] Univ Tokyo, Kavli Inst Phys & Math Universe WPI, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778583, Japan
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
supernovae: general; supernovae: individual (2012cg); OBSERVATORY SUPERNOVA SEARCH; HIGH-VELOCITY FEATURES; LIGHT CURVES; CIRCUMSTELLAR MATERIAL; PHOTOMETRY PROGRAM; SODIUM-ABSORPTION; PROGENITORS; ULTRAVIOLET; 2011FE; SWIFT;
D O I
10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/92
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report evidence for excess blue light from the Type Ia supernova (Sn Ia) SN. 2012cg at 15 and 16 days before maximum B-band brightness. The emission is consistent with predictions for the impact of the supernova on a non-degenerate binary companion. This is the first evidence for emission from a companion to a normal SN. Ia. Sixteen days before maximum light, the B - V color of SN. 2012cg is 0.2 mag bluer than for other normal SN. Ia. At later times, this supernova has a typical SN. Ia light curve, with extinction-corrected MB = -19.62 +/- 0.02 mag and Delta m(15)(B)= 0.86 +/- 0.02. Our data set is extensive, with photometry in seven filters from five independent sources. Early spectra also show the effects of blue light, and high-velocity features are observed at early times. Near maximum, the spectra are normal with a silicon velocity v(Si) = -10,500 km s(-1). Comparing the early data with models by Kasen favors a main-sequence companion of about six solar masses. It is possible that many other SN Ia have main-sequence companions that have eluded detection because the emission from the impact is fleeting and faint.
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