The Astrophysical Journal Letters (Jan 2023)
The Early Light Curve of SN 2023bee: Constraining Type Ia Supernova Progenitors the Apian Way
- Griffin Hosseinzadeh,
- David J. Sand,
- Sumit K. Sarbadhicary,
- Stuart D. Ryder,
- Saurabh W. Jha,
- Yize Dong,
- K. Azalee Bostroem,
- Jennifer E. Andrews,
- Emily Hoang,
- Daryl Janzen,
- Jacob E. Jencson,
- Michael Lundquist,
- Nicolas E. Meza Retamal,
- Jeniveve Pearson,
- Manisha Shrestha,
- Stefano Valenti,
- Samuel Wyatt,
- Joseph Farah,
- D. Andrew Howell,
- Curtis McCully,
- Megan Newsome,
- Estefania Padilla Gonzalez,
- Craig Pellegrino,
- Giacomo Terreran,
- Muzoun Alzaabi,
- Elizabeth M. Green,
- Jessica L. Gurney,
- Peter A. Milne,
- Kaycee I. Ridenhour,
- Nathan Smith,
- Paulina Soto Robles,
- Lindsey A. Kwok,
- Michaela Schwab,
- Mariusz Gromadzki,
- David A. H. Buckley,
- Koichi Itagaki,
- Daichi Hiramatsu,
- Laura Chomiuk,
- Peter Lundqvist,
- Joshua Haislip,
- Vladimir Kouprianov,
- Daniel E. Reichart
Affiliations
- Griffin Hosseinzadeh
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- David J. Sand
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Sumit K. Sarbadhicary
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- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1117, USA
- Stuart D. Ryder
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University , NSW 2109, Australia; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics Research Centre, Macquarie University , Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
- Saurabh W. Jha
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA
- Yize Dong
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA
- K. Azalee Bostroem
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Jennifer E. Andrews
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- Gemini Observatory , 670 North A‘ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720-2700, USA
- Emily Hoang
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA
- Daryl Janzen
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- Department of Physics & Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan , 116 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Jacob E. Jencson
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Michael Lundquist
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- W.M. Keck Observatory , 65-1120 Māmalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743-8431, USA
- Nicolas E. Meza Retamal
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA
- Jeniveve Pearson
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Manisha Shrestha
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Stefano Valenti
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA
- Samuel Wyatt
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Washington , 3910 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195-0002, USA
- Joseph Farah
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA; Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
- D. Andrew Howell
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA; Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
- Curtis McCully
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA; Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
- Megan Newsome
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA; Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
- Estefania Padilla Gonzalez
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA; Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
- Craig Pellegrino
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA; Department of Physics, University of California , Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
- Giacomo Terreran
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- Las Cumbres Observatory , 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117-5575, USA
- Muzoun Alzaabi
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Elizabeth M. Green
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Jessica L. Gurney
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Peter A. Milne
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Kaycee I. Ridenhour
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Nathan Smith
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Paulina Soto Robles
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065, USA ; [email protected]
- Lindsey A. Kwok
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA
- Michaela Schwab
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA
- Mariusz Gromadzki
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- Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw , Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
- David A. H. Buckley
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- South African Astronomical Observatory , P.O. Box 9, Observatory 7935, South Africa; Department of Physics, University of the Free State , P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town , Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
- Koichi Itagaki
- Itagaki Astronomical Observatory , Yamagata 990-2492, Japan
- Daichi Hiramatsu
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-1516, USA; The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions , USA
- Laura Chomiuk
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- Center for Data Intensive and Time Domain Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Peter Lundqvist
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University , Albanova University Centre, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Joshua Haislip
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina , 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Vladimir Kouprianov
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina , 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Daniel E. Reichart
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina , 120 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ace7c0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 953,
no. 1
p. L15
Abstract
We present very early photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2023bee, starting about 8 hr after the explosion, which reveal a strong excess in the optical and nearest UV ( U and UVW1 ) bands during the first several days of explosion. This data set allows us to probe the nature of the binary companion of the exploding white dwarf and the conditions leading to its ignition. We find a good match to the Kasen model in which a main-sequence companion star stings the ejecta with a shock as they buzz past. Models of double detonations, shells of radioactive nickel near the surface, interaction with circumstellar material, and pulsational delayed detonations do not provide good matches to our light curves. We also observe signatures of unburned material, in the form of carbon absorption, in our earliest spectra. Our radio nondetections place a limit on the mass-loss rate from the putative companion that rules out a red giant but allows a main-sequence star. We discuss our results in the context of other similar SNe Ia in the literature.
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