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T1 - Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul. I. Unusual Signatures of Carbon, Oxygen, and Circumstellar Interaction in a Peculiar Type Ia Supernova
AU - Siebert, Matthew
AU - Kwok, Lindsey
AU - Johansson, Joel
AU - Jha, Saurabh W
AU - Blondin, Stéphane
AU - Dessart, Luc
AU - Foley, Ryan
AU - Hillier, Desmond John
AU - Larison, Conor
AU - Pakmor, Ruediger
AU - Temim, Tea
AU - Andrews, J.E.
AU - Auchettl, Katie
AU - Badenes, Carles
AU - Barna, Barnabás
AU - Bostroem, K. Azalee
AU - Newman, Max J. B.
AU - Brink, Thomas G.
AU - Rosell, María José Bustamante
AU - Camacho-Neves, Yssavo
AU - Clocchiatti, Alejandro
AU - Coulter, David
AU - Davis, Kyle
AU - Deckers, Maxime
AU - Dimitriadis, Georgios
AU - Dong, Yize
AU - Farah, Joseph R.
AU - Filippenko, Alexei
AU - Flörs, Andreas
AU - Fox, Ori
AU - Garnavich, Peter
AU - Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla
AU - Graur, Or
AU - Hambsch, Franz-Josef
AU - Hosseinzadeh, Griffin
AU - Howell, D. Andrew
AU - Hughes, John P.
AU - Kerzendorf, Wolfgang
AU - Saux, Xavier Le
AU - Maeda, Keiichi
AU - Maguire, Kate
AU - McCully, Curtis
AU - Mihalenko, Cassidy
AU - Newsome, Megan
AU - O'Brien, John
AU - Pearson, Jeniveve
AU - Pellegrino, Craig
AU - Pierel, Justin R.
AU - Polin, Abigail
AU - Rest, Armin
AU - Rojas-Bravo, Cesar
AU - Sand, David
AU - Schwab, Michaela
AU - Shahbandeh, Melissa
AU - Shrestha, Manisha
AU - Smith, Nathan
AU - Strolger, Louis-Gregory
AU - Szalai, Tamas
AU - Taggart, Kirsty
AU - Terreran, Giacomo
AU - Terwel, Jacco
AU - Tinyanont, Samaporn
AU - VALENTI, Stefano
AU - Vinko, Jozsef
AU - Wheeler, J. Craig
AU - Yang, Yi
AU - Zheng, Weikang
AU - Ashall, Chris
AU - DerKacy, James M
AU - Galbany, Lluís
AU - Hoeflich, Peter
AU - Hsiao, Eric Y.
AU - de Jaeger, Thomas
AU - Lu, Jing
AU - Maund, Justyn
AU - Medler, Kyle
AU - Morrell, Nidia Irene
AU - Shappee, Benjamin
AU - Stritzinger, Maximilian
AU - Suntzeff, Nicholas B.
AU - Tucker, Michael
AU - Wang, Lifan
PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - Nebular-phase observations of peculiar Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) provide important constraints on progenitor scenarios and explosion dynamics for both these rare SNe and the more common, cosmologically useful SNe Ia. We present observations from an extensive ground- and space-based follow-up campaign to characterize SN 2022pul, a super-Chandrasekhar mass SN Ia (alternatively “03fg-like” SN), from before peak brightness to well into the nebular phase across optical to mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths. The early rise of the light curve is atypical, exhibiting two distinct components, consistent with SN Ia ejecta interacting with dense carbon-oxygen (C/O)-rich circumstellar material (CSM). In the optical, SN 2022pul is most similar to SN 2012dn, having a low estimated peak luminosity (M B = −18.9 mag) and high photospheric velocity relative to other 03fg-like SNe. In the nebular phase, SN 2022pul adds to the increasing diversity of the 03fg-like subclass. From 168 to 336 days after peak B-band brightness, SN 2022pul exhibits asymmetric and narrow emission from [O I] λλ6300, 6364 (FWHM ≈ 2000 km s −1), strong, broad emission from [Ca II] λλ7291, 7323 (FWHM ≈ 7300 km s −1), and a rapid Fe III to Fe II ionization change. Finally, we present the first ever optical-to-MIR nebular spectrum of an 03fg-like SN Ia using data from JWST. In the MIR, strong lines of neon and argon, weak emission from stable nickel, and strong thermal dust emission (with T ≈ 500 K), combined with prominent [O I] in the optical, suggest that SN 2022pul was produced by a white dwarf merger within C/O-rich CSM.
AB - Nebular-phase observations of peculiar Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) provide important constraints on progenitor scenarios and explosion dynamics for both these rare SNe and the more common, cosmologically useful SNe Ia. We present observations from an extensive ground- and space-based follow-up campaign to characterize SN 2022pul, a super-Chandrasekhar mass SN Ia (alternatively “03fg-like” SN), from before peak brightness to well into the nebular phase across optical to mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths. The early rise of the light curve is atypical, exhibiting two distinct components, consistent with SN Ia ejecta interacting with dense carbon-oxygen (C/O)-rich circumstellar material (CSM). In the optical, SN 2022pul is most similar to SN 2012dn, having a low estimated peak luminosity (M B = −18.9 mag) and high photospheric velocity relative to other 03fg-like SNe. In the nebular phase, SN 2022pul adds to the increasing diversity of the 03fg-like subclass. From 168 to 336 days after peak B-band brightness, SN 2022pul exhibits asymmetric and narrow emission from [O I] λλ6300, 6364 (FWHM ≈ 2000 km s −1), strong, broad emission from [Ca II] λλ7291, 7323 (FWHM ≈ 7300 km s −1), and a rapid Fe III to Fe II ionization change. Finally, we present the first ever optical-to-MIR nebular spectrum of an 03fg-like SN Ia using data from JWST. In the MIR, strong lines of neon and argon, weak emission from stable nickel, and strong thermal dust emission (with T ≈ 500 K), combined with prominent [O I] in the optical, suggest that SN 2022pul was produced by a white dwarf merger within C/O-rich CSM.
U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/ad0975
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/ad0975
M3 - Journal article
VL - 960
JO - The Astrophysical Journal
JF - The Astrophysical Journal
SN - 0004-637X
IS - 1
M1 - ad0975
ER -