Examinando por Autor "Cano, Z."
Mostrando 1 - 5 de 5
Resultados por página
Opciones de ordenación
Ítem A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-11) Smartt, S.J.; Chen, T.-W.; Jerkstrand, A.; Coughlin, M.; Kankare, E.; Sim, S.A.; Fraser, M.; Inserra, C.; Maguire, K.; Chambers, K.C.; Huber, M.E.; Krühler, T.; Leloudas, G.; Magee, M.; Shingles, L.J.; Smith, K.W.; Young, D.R.; Tonry, J.; Kotak, R.; Gal-Yam, A.; Lyman, J.D.; Homan, D.S.; Agliozzo, C.; Anderson, J.P.; Angus, C.R.; Ashall, C.; Barbarino, C.; Bauer, F.E.; Berton, M.; Botticella, M.T.; Bulla, M.; Bulger, J.; Cannizzaro, G.; Cano, Z.; Cartier, R.; Cikota, A.; Clark, P.; De Cia, A.; Della Valle, M.; Denneau, L.; Dennefeld, M.; Dessart, L.; Dimitriadis, G.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Firth, R.E.; Flewelling, H.; Flörs, A.; Franckowiak, A.; Frohmaier, C.; Galbany, L.; González-Gaitán, S.; Greiner, J.; Gromadzki, M.; Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A.; Gutiérrez, C.P.; Hamanowicz, A.; Hanlon, L.; Harmanen, J.; Heintz, K.E.; Heinze, A.; Hernandez, M.-S.; Hodgkin, S.T.; Hook, I.M.; Izzo, L.; James, P.A.; Jonker, P.G.; Kerzendorf, W.E.; Klose, S.; Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z.; Kowalski, M.; Kromer, M.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Lawrence, A.; Lowe, T.B.; Magnier, E.A.; Manulis, I.; Martin-Carrillo, A.; Mattila, S.; McBrien, O.; Müller, A.; Nordin, J.; O'Neill, D.; Onori, F.; Palmerio, J.T.; Pastorello, A.; Patat, F.; Pignata, G.; Pumo, M.L.; Prentice, S.J.; Rau, A.; Razza, A.; Rest, A.; Reynolds, T.; Roy, R.; Ruiter, A.J.; Rybicki, K.A.; Salmon, L.; Schady, P.; Schultz, A.S.B.; Schweyer, T.; Seitenzahl, I.R.; Smith, M.; Sollerman, J.; Stalder, B.; Stubbs, C.W.; Sullivan, M.; Szegedi, H.; Taddia, F.; Taubenberger, S.; Terreran, G.; Van Soelen, B.; Vos, J.; Wainscoat, R.J.; Waters, C.; Weiland, H.; Willman, M.; Wiseman, P.; Wright, D.E.; Walton, N.A.; Wyrzykowski, L.; Yaron, O.Gravitational waves were discovered with the detection of binary black-hole mergers1 and they should also be detectable from lowermass neutron-star mergers. These are predicted to eject material rich in heavy radioactive isotopes that can power an electromagnetic signal. This signal is luminous at optical and infrared wavelengths and is called a kilonova2-5. The gravitational-wave source GW170817 arose from a binary neutron-star merger in the nearby Universe with a relatively well confined sky position and distance estimate6. Here we report observations and physical modelling of a rapidly fading electromagnetic transient in the galaxy NGC 4993, which is spatially coincident with GW170817 and with a weak, short γ-ray burst7,8. The transient has physical parameters that broadly match the theoretical predictions of blue kilonovae from neutron-star mergers. The emitted electromagnetic radiation can be explained with an ejected mass of 0.04 ± 0.01 solar masses, with an opacity of less than 0.5 square centimetres per gram, at a velocity of 0.2 ± 0.1 times light speed. The power source is constrained to have a power-law slope of -1.2 ± 0.3, consistent with radioactive powering from r-process nuclides. (The r-process is a series of neutron capture reactions that synthesise many of the elements heavier than iron.) We identify line features in the spectra that are consistent with light r-process elements (atomic masses of 90-140). As it fades, the transient rapidly becomes red, and a higher-opacity, lanthanide-rich ejecta component may contribute to the emission. This indicates that neutron-star mergers produce gravitational waves and radioactively powered kilonovae, and are a nucleosynthetic source of the r-process elements. © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature.Ítem Diversity of gamma-ray burst energetics vs. supernova homogeneity: SN 2013cq associated with GRB 130427A(EDP Sciences, 2014-07) Melandri, A.; Pian, E.; D'Elia, V.; D'Avanzo, P.; Della Valle, M.; Mazzali, P.A.; Tagliaferri, G.; Cano, Z.; Levan, A.J.; Moller, P.; Amati, L.; Bernardini, M.G.; Bersier, D.; Bufano, F.; Campana, S.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Covino, S.; Ghirlanda, G.; Hurley, K.; Malesani, D.; Masetti, N.; Palazzi, E.; Piranomonte, S.; Rossi, A.; Salvaterra, R.; Starling, R.L.C.; Tanaka, M.; Tanvir, N.R.; Vergani, S.D.Aims. Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been found to be associated with broad-lined type-Ic supernovae (SNe), but only a handful of cases have been studied in detail. Prompted by the discovery of the exceptionally bright, nearby GRB 130427A (redshift z = 0.3399), we aim at characterising the properties of its associated SN 2013cq. This is the first opportunity to test the progenitors of high-luminosity GRBs directly. Methods. We monitored the field of the Swift long-duration GRB 130427A using the 3.6 m TNG and the 8.2 m VLT during the time interval between 3.6 and 51.6 days after the burst. Photometric and spectroscopic observations revealed the presence of the type Ic SN 2013cq. Results. Spectroscopic analysis suggests that SN 2013cq resembles two previous GRB-SNe, SN 1998bw and SN 2010bh, associated with GRB 980425 and X-ray flash (XRF) 100316D, respectively. The bolometric light curve of SN 2013cq, which is significantly af fected by the host galaxy contribution, is systematically more luminous than that of SN 2010bh (∼2 mag at peak), but is consistent with SN 1998bw. The comparison with the light curve model of another GRB-connected SN 2003dh indicates that SN 2013cq is consistent with the model when brightened by 20%. This suggests a synthesised radioactive 56Ni mass of ∼0.4M . GRB 130427A/SN 2013cq is the first case of low-z GRB-SN connection where the GRB energetics are extreme (Eγ,iso ∼ 1054 erg). We show that the maximum luminosities attained by SNe associated with GRBs span a very narrow range, but those associated with XRFs are significantly less luminous. On the other hand the isotropic energies of the accompanying GRBs span 6 orders of magnitude (1048 erg < Eγ,iso < 1054 erg), although this range is reduced when corrected for jet collimation. The GRB total radiated energy is in fact a small fraction of the SN energy budget.Ítem GRB 171010A/SN 2017htp: A Grb-Sn at z = 0.33(Oxford University Press, 2019-12) Melandri, A.; Malesani, D.B.; Izzo, L.; Japelj, J.; Vergani, S.D.; Schady, P.; Sagués Carracedo, A.; de Ugarte Postigo, A.; Anderson, J.P.; Barbarino, C.; Bolmer, J.; Breeveld, A.; Calissendorff, P.; Campana, S.; Cano, Z.; Carini, R.; Covino, S.; D'Avanzo, P.; D'Elia, V.; della Valle, M.; de Pasquale, M.; Fynbo, J.P.U.; Gromadzki, M.; Hammer, F.; Hartmann, D.H.; Heintz, K.E.; Inserra, C.; Jakobsson, P.; Kann, D.A.; Kotilainen, J.; Maguire, K.; Masetti, N.; Nicholl, M.; Olivares, F.E.; Pugliese, G.; Rossi, A.; Salvaterra, R.; Sollerman, J.; Stone, M.B.; Tagliaferri, G.; Tomasella, L.; Thöne, C.C.; Xu, D.; Young, D.R.The number of supernovae known to be connected with long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is increasing and the link between these events is no longer exclusively found at low redshift (z ≲ 0.3) but is well established also at larger distances. We present a new case of such a liaison at z = 0.33 between GRB 171010A and SN 2017htp. It is the second closest GRB with an associated supernova of only three events detected by Fermi-LAT. The supernova is one of the few higher redshift cases where spectroscopic observations were possible and shows spectral similarities with the well-studied SN 1998bw, having produced a similar Ni mass (MNi=0.33±0.02 M⊙ ) with slightly lower ejected mass (Mej=4.1±0.7 M⊙ ) and kinetic energy (EK=8.1±2.5×1051 erg ). The host-galaxy is bigger in size than typical GRB host galaxies, but the analysis of the region hosting the GRB revealed spectral properties typically observed in GRB hosts and showed that the progenitor of this event was located in a very bright H II region of its face-on host galaxy, at a projected distance of ∼ 10 kpc from its galactic centre. The star-formation rate (SFRGRB ∼ 0.2 M⊙ yr−1) and metallicity (12 + log(O/H) ∼8.15 ± 0.10) of the GRB star-forming region are consistent with those of the host galaxies of previously studied GRB–SN systems.Ítem The evolution of luminous red nova AT 2017jfs in NGC 4470(Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2019) Pastorello, A.; Chen, T.W.; Cai, Y. Z.; Morales-Garoffolo, A.; Cano, Z.; Mason, E.; Barsukova, E. A.; Benetti, S.; Berton, M.; Bose, S.; Bufano, F.; Callis, E.; Cannizzaro, G.; Cartier, R.; Chen, Ping; Dong, Subo; Dyrbye, S.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Flörs, A.; Fraser, M.; Geier, S.; Goranskij, V. P.; Kann, D. A.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Onori, F.; Reguitti, A.; Reynolds, T.; Losada, I. R.; Sagués Carracedo, A.; Schweyer, T.; Smartt, S. J.; Tatarnikov, A. M.; Valeev, A. F.; Vogl, C.; Wevers, T.; de Ugarte Postigo, A.; Izzo, L.; Inserra, C.; Kankare, E.; Maguire, K.; Smith, K. W.; Stalder, B.; Tartaglia, L.; Thöne, C. C.; Valerin, G.; Young, D. R.We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic follow-up of the intermediate-luminosity optical transient AT 2017jfs. At peak, the object reaches an absolute magnitude of Mg = -15:46 ± 0:15 mag and a bolometric luminosity of 5:5 × 1041 erg s-1. Its light curve has the doublepeak shape typical of luminous red novae (LRNe), with a narrow first peak bright in the blue bands, while the second peak is longer-lasting and more luminous in the red and near-infrared (NIR) bands. During the first peak, the spectrum shows a blue continuum with narrow emission lines of H and Fe II. During the second peak, the spectrum becomes cooler, resembling that of a K-type star, and the emission lines are replaced by a forest of narrow lines in absorption. About 5 months later, while the optical light curves are characterized by a fast linear decline, the NIR ones show a moderate rebrightening, observed until the transient disappears in solar conjunction. At these late epochs, the spectrum becomes reminiscent of that of M-type stars, with prominent molecular absorption bands. The late-time properties suggest the formation of some dust in the expanding common envelope or an IR echo from foreground pre-existing dust. We propose that the object is a common-envelope transient, possibly the outcome of a merging event in a massive binary, similar to NGC4490-2011OT1.Ítem The optical/NIR afterglow of GRB 111209A: Complex yet not unprecedented(EDP Sciences, 2018-09) Kann, D.A.; Schady, P.; Olivares, E.F.; Klose, S.; Rossi, A.; Perley, D.A.; Zhang, B.; Krühler, T.; Greiner, J.; Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A.; Elliott, J.; Knust, F.; Cano, Z.; Filgas, R.; Pian, E.; Mazzali, P.; Fynbo, J.P.U.; Leloudas, G.; Afonso, P.M.J.; Delvaux, C.; Graham, J.F.; Rau, A.; Schmidl, S.; Schulze, S.; Tanga, M.; Updike, A.C.; Varela, K.Context. Afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are simple in the most basic model, but can show many complex features. The ultra-long duration GRB 111209A, one of the longest GRBs ever detected, also has the best-monitored afterglow in this rare class of GRBs. Aims. We want to address the question whether GRB 111209A was a special event beyond its extreme duration alone, and whether it is a classical GRB or another kind of high-energy transient. The afterglow may yield significant clues. Methods. We present afterglow photometry obtained in seven bands with the GROND imager as well as in further seven bands with the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on-board the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The light curve is analysed by multi-band modelling and joint fitting with power-laws and broken power-laws, and we use the contemporaneous GROND data to study the evolution of the spectral energy distribution. We compare the optical afterglow to a large ensemble we have analysed in earlier works, and especially to that of another ultra-long event, GRB 130925A. We furthermore undertake a photometric study of the host galaxy. Results. We find a strong, chromatic rebrightening event at 0.8 days after the GRB, during which the spectral slope becomes redder. After this, the light curve decays achromatically, with evidence for a break at about 9 days after the trigger. The afterglow luminosity is found to not be exceptional. We find that a double-jet model is able to explain the chromatic rebrightening. The afterglow features have been detected in other events and are not unique. Conclusions. The duration aside, the GRB prompt emission and afterglow parameters of GRB 111209A are in agreement with the known distributions for these parameters. While the central engine of this event may differ from that of classical GRBs, there are multiple lines of evidence pointing to GRB 111209A resulting from the core-collapse of a massive star with a stripped envelope. © 2018 ESO.