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    Early observations of the nearby Type Ia supernova SN 2015F
    (Oxford University Press, 2017-02) Cartier R.; Sullivan M.; Firth R.E.; Pignata G.; Mazzali P.; Maguire K.; Childress M.J.; Arcavi I.; Ashall C.; Bassett B.; Crawford S.M.; Frohmaier C.; Galbany L.; Gal-Yam A.; Hosseinzadeh G.; Howell D.A.; Inserra C.; Johansson J.; Kasai E.K.; McCully C.; Prajs S.; Prentice S.; Schulze S.; Smartt S.J.; Smith K.W.; Smith M.; Valenti S.; Young D.R.
    We present photometry and time series spectroscopy of the nearby Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2015F over -16 d to +80 d relative to maximum light, obtained as part of the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects. SN 2015F is a slightly sub-luminous SN Ia with a decline rate of Δm15(B) = 1.35 ± 0.03 mag, placing it in the region between normal and SN 1991bg-like events. Our densely sampled photometric data place tight constraints on the epoch of first light and form of the early-time light curve. The spectra exhibit photospheric C II λ6580 absorption until -4 days, and high-velocity Ca II is particularly strong at < -10 d at expansion velocities of ≃23 000 km s-1. At early times, our spectral modelling with SYN++ shows strong evidence for iron-peak elements (Fe II, Cr II, Ti II, and VII) expanding at velocities > 14 000 km s-1, suggesting mixing in the outermost layers of the SN ejecta. Although unusual in SN Ia spectra, including VII in themodelling significantly improves the spectral fits. Intriguingly, we detect an absorption feature at~6800Åthat persists until maximum light.Our favoured explanation for this line is photospheric Al II, which has never been claimed before in SNe Ia, although detached high-velocity CII material could also be responsible. In both cases, the absorbing material seems to be confined to a relatively narrow region in velocity space. The nucleosynthesis of detectable amounts of Al II would argue against a low-metallicity white dwarf progenitor.We also show that this 6800 Å feature is weakly present in other normal SN Ia events and common in the SN 1991bg-like sub-class. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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    SN 2017ivv: Two years of evolution of a transitional Type II supernova
    (Oxford University Press, 2020-11) Gutiérrez C.P.; Pastorello A.; Jerkstrand A.; Galbany L.; Sullivan M.; Anderson J.P.; Taubenberger S.; Kuncarayakti H.; González-Gaitán S.; Wiseman P.; Inserra C.; Fraser M.; Maguire K.; Smartt S.; Müller-Bravo T.E.; Arcavi I.; Benetti S.; Bersier D.; Bose S.; Bostroem K.A.; Burke J.; Chen P.; Chen T.-W.; Della Valle M.; Dong S.; Gal-Yam A.; Gromadzki M.; Hiramatsu D.; Holoien T.W.-S.; Hosseinzadeh G.; Howell D.A.; Kankare E.; Kochanek C.S.; McCully C.; Nicholl M.; Pignata G.; Prieto J.L.; Shappee B.; Taggart K.; Tomasella L.; Valenti S.; Young D.R.
    We present the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the Type II supernova (SN II) SN 2017ivv (also known as ASASSN- 17qp). Located in an extremely faint galaxy (Mr =-10.3 mag), SN 2017ivv shows an unprecedented evolution during the 2 yr of observations. At early times, the light curve shows a fast rise (~6-8 d) to a peak of Mmaxg = -17.84 mag, followed by a very rapid decline of 7.94 ± 0.48 mag per 100 d in the V band. The extensive photometric coverage at late phases shows that the radioactive tail has two slopes, one steeper than that expected from the decay of 56Co (between 100 and 350 d), and another slower (after 450 d), probably produced by an additional energy source. From the bolometric light curve, we estimated that the amount of ejected 56Ni is ~0.059 ± 0.003M⊙. The nebular spectra of SN 2017ivv show a remarkable transformation that allows the evolution to be split into three phases: (1) Ha strong phase ([removed]500 d).We find that the nebular analysis favours a binary progenitor and an asymmetric explosion. Finally, comparing the nebular spectra of SN 2017ivv to models suggests a progenitor with a zero-age main-sequence mass of 15-17M⊙. © 2020 The Author(s).