SN 2022oqm -- a Ca-rich explosion of a compact progenitor embedded in C/O circumstellar material

分类： 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间： 2023-02-19

I. Irani Ping Chen Jonathan Morag S. Schulze A. Gal-Yam Nora L. Strotjohann Ofer Yaron E. A. Zimmerman Amir Sharon Daniel A. Perley J. Sollerman Aaron Tohuvavohu Kaustav K. Das Mansi M. Kasliwal Rachel Bruch Thomas G. Brink WeiKang Zheng Kishore C. Patra Sergiy S. Vasylyev Alexei V. Filippenko

摘要： We present the discovery and analysis of SN 2022oqm, a Type Ic supernova (SN) detected <1 day after explosion. The SN rises to a blue and short-lived (2 days) initial peak. Early spectral observations of SN 2022oqm show a hot (40,000 K) continuum with high-ionization C and O absorption features at velocities of 4,000 km s$^{-1}$, while its photospheric radius expands at 20,000 km s$^{-1}$, indicating a pre-existing distribution of expanding C/O material, likely ejected around 2 weeks before the explosion. After around 2.5 days, both the spectrum and light curves evolve into those of a typical SN Ic, with line velocities of 10,000 km s$^{-1}$, in agreement with the photospheric radius evolution. The optical light curves reach a second peak around t ~15 days. By t=60 days, the spectrum of SN 2022oqm becomes nearly nebular, displaying strong C II and [Ca II] emission with no detectable [O I] and marking this event as Ca-rich. The early behavior can be explained by $10^{-3}$ solar mass of optically thin circumstellar material (CSM) surrounding either (1) a massive compact progenitor such as a Wolf-Rayet star, (2) a massive stripped progenitor with an extended envelope, or (3) a binary system with a white dwarf. We propose that the early-time light curve is powered by a combination of interaction of the ejecta with the optically thin CSM and shock cooling (in the massive-star scenario), until the radioactive decay of $^{56}$Ni becomes the dominant power source. The observations can be explained by CSM that is optically thick to X-ray photons which are down converted, is optically thick in the lines as seen in the spectra, and is optically thin to visible-light continuum photons that come either from down-converted X-rays or from the shock-heated ejecta. Calculations show that this scenario is self-consistent.

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