Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-03-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 4 figures ApJL accepted
Scientific paper
10.1086/311324
SN 1997D in NGC 1536 is possibly the least luminous and energetic Type II supernova discovered to date. The entire light curve is subluminous, never reaching $M_V = -14.65$. The radioactive tail follows the 56Co decay slope. In the case of nearly complete trapping of the $\gamma$-rays, the 56Ni mass derived from the tail brightness is extremely small, $\sim 0.002$ \M. At discovery the spectra showed a red continuum and line velocities of the order of 1000 \kms. The luminosity and the photospheric expansion velocity suggest that the explosion occurred about 50 days before discovery, and that a plateau probably followed. Model light curves and spectra of the explosion of a 26 \M\ star successfully fit the observations. Low mass models are inconsistent with the observations. The radius of the progenitor, constrained by the prediscovery upper limits, is \r0 \ltsim 300 \R. A low explosion energy of $\sim 4 \times 10^{50}$ ergs is then required in the modeling. The strong \ion{Ba}{2} lines in the photospheric spectra are reproduced with a solar abundance and low $T_{eff}$. A scenario in which the low 56Ni mass observed in SN 1997D is due to fall--back of material onto the collapsed remnant of the explosion of a 25--40 \M star appears to be favored over the case of the explosion of an 8--10 \M\ star with low 56Ni production.
Benetti Stefano
Cappellaro Enrico
Clocchiatti Alejandro
Covarrubias Ricardo
Danziger Ivan John
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