A Search for Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors In Hubble Space Telescope Images

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2002-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210347v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 23 figures, to appear in PASP (2003 Jan)

Scientific paper

10.1086/345748

Identifying the massive progenitor stars that give rise to core-collapse supernovae (SNe) is one of the main pursuits of supernova and stellar evolution studies. Using ground-based images of recent, nearby SNe obtained primarily with KAIT, astrometry from 2MASS, and archival images from HST, we have attempted the direct identification of the progenitors of 16 SNe II and SNe Ib/c. We may have identified the progenitors of the SNe II 1999br, 1999ev, and 2001du as supergiant stars with M^0_V ~ -6 mag in all three cases. We may have also identified the progenitors of the SNe Ib 2001B and 2001is as very luminous supergiants with M^0_V ~ -8 to -9 mag, and possibly the progenitor of the SN Ic 1999bu as a supergiant with M^0_V ~ -7.5 mag. Additionally, we have recovered at late times SNe 1999dn, 2000C, and 2000ew, although none of these had detectable progenitors on pre-SN images. In fact, for the remaining SNe only limits can be placed on the absolute magnitude and color (when available) of the progenitor. The detected SN II progenitors and limits are consistent with red supergiants as progenitor stars, although possibly not as red as we had expected. Our results for the SNe Ib/c do not strongly constrain either Wolf-Rayet stars or massive interacting binary systems as progenitors.

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