Photometry of SN 2002ic and Implications for the Progenitor Mass-Loss History

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2004-06-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406191v1

Astrophys.J. 616 (2004) 339-345

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/424826

We present new pre-maximum and late-time optical photometry of the Type Ia/IIn supernova 2002ic. These observations are combined with the published V-band magnitudes of Hamuy et al. (2003) and the VLT spectrophotometry of Wang et al. (2004) to construct the most extensive light curve to date of this unusual supernova. The observed flux at late time is significantly higher relative to the flux at maximum than that of any other observed Type Ia supernova and continues to fade very slowly a year after explosion. Our analysis of the light curve suggests that a non-Type Ia supernova component becomes prominent $\sim20$ days after explosion. Modeling of the non-Type Ia supernova component as heating from the shock interaction of the supernova ejecta with pre-existing circumstellar material suggests the presence of a $\sim1.7 10^{15}$ cm gap or trough between the progenitor system and the surrounding circumstellar material. This gap could be due to significantly lower mass-loss $\sim15 (v_w/10 km/s)^{-1}$ years prior to explosion or evacuation of the circumstellar material by a low-density fast wind. The latter is consistent with observed properties of proto-planetary nebulae and with models of white-dwarf + asymptotic giant branch star progenitor systems with the asymptotic giant branch star in the proto-planetary nebula phase.

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