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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
The he-rich core-collapse supernova 2007Y: Observations from X-ray to radio wavelengths
Astrophysical Journal, Volume 696, No. 1, Year 2009
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A detailed study spanning approximately a year has been conducted on the Type Ib supernova (SN) 2007Y. Imaging was obtained from X-ray to radio wavelengths, and a comprehensive set of multi-band (w2m2w1u′g′ r′i′UBVYJHKs) light curves and optical spectroscopy is presented. A virtually complete bolometric light curve is derived, from which we infer a 56Ni mass of 0.06 M⊙. The early spectrum strongly resembles SN 2005bf and exhibits high-velocity features of Ca ii and Hα; during late epochs the spectrum shows evidence of an ejecta-wind interaction. Nebular emission lines have similar widths and exhibit profiles that indicate a lack of major asymmetry in the ejecta. Late phase spectra are modeled with a non-LTE code, from which we find 56Ni, O, and total-ejecta masses (excluding He) to be 0.06, 0.2, and 0.42 M⊙, respectively, below 4500 km s-1. The 56Ni mass confirms results obtained from the bolometric light curve. The oxygen abundance suggests that the progenitor was most likely a ≈3.3 M⊙ He core star that evolved from a zero-age-main-sequence mass of 10-13 M⊙. The explosion energy is determined to be ≈1050 erg, and the mass-loss rate of the progenitor is constrained from X-ray and radio observations to be ≤ 10-6 M⊙ yr-1. SN 2007Y is among the least energetic normal Type Ib SNe ever studied. © 2009. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Authors & Co-Authors
Stritzinger, Maximilian D.
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Mazzali, Paolo A.
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Phillips, Mark M.
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Immler, S.
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Soderberg, Alicia M.
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Sollerman, Jesper
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Boldt, Luis
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Braithwaite, Jonathan
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Brown, Peter J.
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Burns, Christopher R.
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Contreras, Carlos
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Covarrubias, Riccardo A.
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Folatelli, Gastón
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Freedman, Wendy L.
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González, Sergio
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Hamuy, Mario A.
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Krzeminski, Wojtek
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Madore, Barry F.
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Milne, Peter A.
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Morrell, Nidia I.
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Persson, S. E.
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Roth, Miguel
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Smith, Matthew W.L.
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Suntzeff, Nicholas B.
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Statistics
Citations: 86
Authors: 24
Affiliations: 18
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/713
ISSN:
0004637X
e-ISSN:
15384357
Research Areas
Environmental