Environmental dependence of Type IIn supernova properties

Type IIn supernovae occur when stellar explosions are surrounded by dense hydrogen-rich circumstellar matter. The dense circumstellar matter is likely formed by extreme mass loss from their progenitors shortly before they explode. The nature of Type IIn supernova progenitors and the mass-loss mechan...

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Published in:Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) 2023-09, Vol.677, p.A20
Main Authors: Moriya, Takashi J., Galbany, Lluís, Jiménez-Palau, Cristina, Anderson, Joseph P., Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo, Sánchez, Sebastián F., Lyman, Joseph D., Pessi, Thallis, Prieto, Jose L., Kochanek, Christopher S., Dong, Subo, Chen, Ping
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Language:English
Subjects:
Explosions
Light curve
Luminosity
Metallicity
Progenitors (astrophysics)
Stellar envelopes
Stellar populations
Supernovae
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Summary:Type IIn supernovae occur when stellar explosions are surrounded by dense hydrogen-rich circumstellar matter. The dense circumstellar matter is likely formed by extreme mass loss from their progenitors shortly before they explode. The nature of Type IIn supernova progenitors and the mass-loss mechanism forming the dense circumstellar matter are still unknown. In this work, we investigate whether Type IIn supernova properties and their local environments are correlated. We use Type IIn supernovae with well-observed light curves and host-galaxy integral field spectroscopic data so that we can estimate both supernova and environmental properties. We find that Type IIn supernovae with a higher peak luminosity tend to occur in environments with lower metallicity and/or younger stellar populations. The circumstellar matter density around Type IIn supernovae is not significantly correlated with metallicity, so the mass-loss mechanism forming the dense circumstellar matter around Type IIn supernovae might be insensitive to metallicity.
ISSN:0004-6361
1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202346703