Examinando por Autor "Marion, G. H."

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    EXTENSIVE SPECTROSCOPY AND PHOTOMETRY OF THE TYPE IIP SUPERNOVA 2013ej
    (IOP PUBLISHING, 2016) Dhungana, G.; Kehoe, R.; Vinko, J.; Silverman, J. M.; Wheeler, J. C.; Zheng, W.; Marion, G. H.; Fox, O. D.; Akerlof, C.; Biro, B. I.; Borkovits, T.; Cenko, S. B.; Clubb, K. I.; Filippenko, A. V.; Ferrante, F. V.; Gibson, C. A.; Graham, M. L.; Hegedus, T.; Kelly, P.; Kelemen, J.; Lee, W. H.; Marschalko, G.; Molnár, L.; Nagy, A. P.; Ordasi, A.; Pal, A.; Sarneczky, K.; Shivvers, I.; Szakats, R.; Szalai, T.; Szegedi-Elek, E.; Székely, P.; Szing, A.; Takáts, K.; Vida, K.
    We present extensive optical (UBV RI, g' r' i' z', and open CCD) and near-infrared (ZY JH) photometry for the very nearby Type IIP SN. 2013ej extending from + 1 to + 461 days after shock breakout, estimated to be MJD 56496.9 +/- 0.3. Substantial time series ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy obtained from + 8 to + 135 days are also presented. Considering well-observed SNe IIP from the literature, we derive UBV RIJHK bolometric calibrations from UBV RI and unfiltered measurements that potentially reach 2% precision with a B - V color-dependent correction. We observe moderately strong Si II lambda 6355 as early as + 8 days. The photospheric velocity (vph) is determined by modeling the spectra in the vicinity of Fe II lambda 5169 whenever observed, and interpolating at photometric epochs based on a semianalytic method. This gives vph= 4500. 500 km s(-1) at + 50 days. We also observe spectral homogeneity of ultraviolet spectra at + 10-12 days for SNe IIP, while variations are evident a week after explosion. Using the expanding photosphere method, from combined analysis of SN 2013ej and SN 2002ap, we estimate the distance to the host galaxy to be 9.0(-0.6)(+0.4) Mpc, consistent with distance estimates from other methods. Photometric and spectroscopic analysis during the plateau phase, which we estimated to be 94 +/- 7 days long, yields an explosion energy of 0.9 +/- 0.3 x 10(51) erg, a final pre-explosion progenitor mass of 15.2 +/- 4.2 M-circle dot and a radius of 250 +/- 70 R-circle dot. We observe a broken exponential profile beyond + 120 days, with a break point at + 183 +/- 16 days. Measurements beyond this break time yield a Ni-56 mass of 0.013 +/- 0.001. M-circle dot.
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    Supernova 2013fc in a circumnuclear ring of a luminous infrared galaxy: The big brother of SN 1998S
    (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2016-02) Kangas, T.; Mattila, S.; Kankare, E.; Lundqvist, P.; Väisänen, P.; Childress, M.; Pignata, G.; McCully, C.; Valenti, S.; Vinkó, J.; Pastorello, A.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Fraser, M.; Gal-Yam, A.; Kotak, R.; Kotilainen, J. K.; Smartt, S. J.; Galbany, L.; Harmanen, J.; Howell, D. A.; Inserra, C.; Marion, G. H.; Quimby, R. M.; Silverman, J. M.; Szalai, T.; Wheeler, J. C.; Ashall, C.; Benetti, S.; Romero-Cañizales, C.; Smith, K. W.; Sullivan, M.; Takáts, K.; Young, D. R.
    We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2013fc, a bright type II supernova (SN) in a circumnuclear star-forming ring in the luminous infrared galaxy ESO 154-G010, observed as part of the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects. SN 2013fc is both photometrically and spectroscopically similar to the well-studied type IIn SN 1998S and to the bright type II-L SN 1979C. It exhibits an initial linear decline, followed by a short plateau phase and a tail phase with a decline too fast for Co-56 decay with full. gamma-ray trapping. Initially, the spectrum was blue and featureless. Later on, a strong broad (similar to 8000 km s(-1)) H alpha emission profile became prominent. We apply a STARLIGHT stellar population model fit to the SN location (observed when the SN had faded) to estimate a high extinction of A(V) = 2.9 +/- 0.2 mag and an age of 10(+ 3) (- 2) Myr for the underlying cluster. We compare the SN to SNe 1998S and 1979C and discuss its possible progenitor star considering the similarities to these events. With a peak brightness of B = - 20.46 +/- 0.21 mag, SN 2013fc is 0.9 mag brighter than SN 1998S and of comparable brightness to SN 1979C. We suggest that SN 2013fc was consistent with a massive red supergiant (RSG) progenitor. Recent mass loss probably due to a strong RSG wind created the circumstellar matter illuminated through its interaction with the SN ejecta. We also observe a near- infrared excess, possibly due to newly condensed dust.
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    Ultraviolet diversity of Type Ia Supernovae
    (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2016-06) Foley, Ryan J.; Pan, Yen-Chen; Brown, P.; Filippenko, A. V.; Fox, O. D.; Hillebrandt, W.; Kirshner, R. P.; Marion, G. H.; Milne, P. A.; Parrent, J. T.; Pignata, G.; Stritzinger, M. D.
    Ultraviolet (UV) observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) probe the outermost layers of the explosion, and UV spectra of SNe Ia are expected to be extremely sensitive to differences in progenitor composition and the details of the explosion. Here, we present the first study of a sample of high signal-to-noise ratio SN Ia spectra that extend blueward of 2900 angstrom. We focus on spectra taken within 5 d of maximum brightness. Our sample of 10 SNe Ia spans, the majority of the parameter space of SN Ia optical diversity. We find that SNe Ia have significantly more diversity in the UV than in the optical, with the spectral variance continuing to increase with decreasing wavelengths until at least 1800 angstrom (the limit of our data). The majority of the UV variance correlates with optical light-curve shape, while there are no obvious and unique correlations between spectral shape and either ejecta velocity or host-galaxy morphology. Using light-curve shape as the primary variable, we create a UV spectral model for SNe Ia at peak brightness. With the model, we can examine how individual SNe vary relative to expectations based on only their light-curve shape. Doing this, we confirm an excess of flux for SN 2011fe at short wavelengths, consistent with its progenitor having a subsolar metallicity. While most other SNe Ia do not show large deviations from the model, ASASSN-14lp has a deficit of flux at short wavelengths, suggesting that its progenitor was relatively metal rich.