Evidence for a compact wolf-rayet progenitor for the type Ic supernova PTF10vgv

A. Corsi; E. O. Ofek; A. Gal-Yam; D. A. Frail; D. Poznanski; P. A. Mazzali; S. R. Kulkarni; M. M. Kasliwal; I. Arcavi; S. Ben-Ami; S. B. Cenko; A. V. Filippenko; D. B. Fox; A. Horesh; J. L. Howell; I. K.W. Kleiser; E. Nakar; I. Rabinak; R. Sari; J. M. Silverman; D. Xu; J. S. Bloom; N. M. Law; P. E. Nugent; R. M. Quimby

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Evidence for a compact wolf-rayet progenitor for the type Ic supernova PTF10vgv

A. Corsi^*
, E. O. Ofek
, A. Gal-Yam
, D. A. Frail
, D. Poznanski
, P. A. Mazzali
, S. R. Kulkarni
, M. M. Kasliwal
, I. Arcavi
, S. Ben-Ami
, S. B. Cenko
, A. V. Filippenko
, D. B. Fox
, A. Horesh
, J. L. Howell
, I. K.W. Kleiser
, E. Nakar
, I. Rabinak
, R. Sari
, J. M. Silverman

D. Xu, J. S. Bloom, N. M. Law, P. E. Nugent, R. M. Quimby

^*Corresponding author for this work

Racah Institute of Physics

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Abstract

We present the discovery of PTF10vgv, a Type Ic supernova (SN) detected by the Palomar Transient Factory, using the Palomar 48 inch telescope (P48). R-band observations of the PTF10vgv field with P48 probe the SN emission from its very early phases (about two weeks before R-band maximum) and set limits on its flux in the week prior to the discovery. Our sensitive upper limits and early detections constrain the post-shock-breakout luminosity of this event. Via comparison to numerical (analytical) models, we derive an upper-limit of R ≲ 4.5 R _⊙ (R ≲ 1 R _⊙) on the radius of the progenitor star, a direct indication in favor of a compact Wolf-Rayet star. Applying a similar analysis to the historical observations of SN1994I yields R ≲ 1/4 R _⊙ for the progenitor radius of this SN.

Original language	English
Article number	L5
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	747
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/747/1/L5
State	Published - 1 Mar 2012

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supernovae: general
supernovae: individual (PTF 10vgv)

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Corsi, A., Ofek, E. O., Gal-Yam, A., Frail, D. A., Poznanski, D., Mazzali, P. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Kasliwal, M. M., Arcavi, I., Ben-Ami, S., Cenko, S. B., Filippenko, A. V., Fox, D. B., Horesh, A., Howell, J. L., Kleiser, I. K. W., Nakar, E., Rabinak, I., Sari, R., ... Quimby, R. M. (2012). Evidence for a compact wolf-rayet progenitor for the type Ic supernova PTF10vgv. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 747(1), Article L5. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/747/1/L5

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Evidence for a compact wolf-rayet progenitor for the type Ic supernova PTF10vgv

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