The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)

Characterizing the Rapid Hydrogen Disappearance in SN 2022crv: Evidence of a Continuum between Type Ib and IIb Supernova Properties

  • Yize Dong,
  • Stefano Valenti,
  • Chris Ashall,
  • Marc Williamson,
  • David J. Sand,
  • Schuyler D. Van Dyk,
  • Alexei V. Filippenko,
  • Saurabh W. Jha,
  • Michael Lundquist,
  • Maryam Modjaz,
  • Jennifer E. Andrews,
  • Jacob E. Jencson,
  • Griffin Hosseinzadeh,
  • Jeniveve Pearson,
  • Lindsey A. Kwok,
  • Teresa Boland,
  • Eric Y. Hsiao,
  • Nathan Smith,
  • Nancy Elias-Rosa,
  • Shubham Srivastav,
  • Stephen Smartt,
  • Michael Fulton,
  • WeiKang Zheng,
  • Thomas G. Brink,
  • Melissa Shahbandeh,
  • K. Azalee Bostroem,
  • Emily Hoang,
  • Daryl Janzen,
  • Darshana Mehta,
  • Nicolas Meza,
  • Manisha Shrestha,
  • Samuel Wyatt,
  • Katie Auchettl,
  • Christopher R. Burns,
  • Joseph Farah,
  • Lluís Galbany,
  • Estefania Padilla Gonzalez,
  • Joshua Haislip,
  • Jason T. Hinkle,
  • D. Andrew Howell,
  • Thomas De Jaeger,
  • Vladimir Kouprianov,
  • Sahana Kumar,
  • Jing Lu,
  • Curtis McCully,
  • Shane Moran,
  • Nidia Morrell,
  • Megan Newsome,
  • Craig Pellegrino,
  • Abigail Polin,
  • Daniel E. Reichart,
  • B. J. Shappee,
  • Maximilian D. Stritzinger,
  • Giacomo Terreran,
  • M. A. Tucker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad710e
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 974, no. 2
p. 316

Abstract

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We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations of SN 2022crv, a stripped-envelope supernova in NGC 3054, discovered within 12 hr of explosion by the Distance Less Than 40 Mpc Survey. We suggest that SN 2022crv is a transitional object on the continuum between Type Ib supernovae (SNe Ib) and Type IIb supernovae (SNe IIb). A high-velocity hydrogen feature (∼ −20,000 to −16,000 km s ^−1 ) was conspicuous in SN 2022crv at early phases, and then quickly disappeared. We find that a hydrogen envelope of ∼10 ^−3 M _⊙ can reproduce the observed behavior of the hydrogen feature. The lack of early envelope cooling emission implies that SN 2022crv had a compact progenitor with an extremely low amount of hydrogen. A nebular spectral analysis shows that SN 2022crv is consistent with the explosion of a He star with a final mass of ∼4.5–5.6 M _⊙ that evolved from a ∼16 to 22 M _⊙ zero-age main-sequence star in a binary system with ∼1.0–1.7 M _⊙ of oxygen finally synthesized in the core. In order to retain such a small amount of hydrogen, the initial orbital separation of the binary system is likely larger than ∼1000 R _⊙ . The NIR spectra of SN 2022crv show a unique absorption feature on the blue side of the He i line at ∼1.005 μ m. This is the first time such a feature has been observed in SNe Ib/IIb, and it could be due to Sr II. Further detailed modeling of SN 2022crv can shed light on the progenitor and the origin of the mysterious absorption feature in the NIR.

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