Optical follow-up observations of PTF10qts, a luminous broad-lined type Ic supernova found by the palomar transient factory

E. S. Walker, P. A. Mazzali, E. Pian, K. Hurley, I. Arcavi, S. B. Cenko, A. Gal-Yam, A. Horesh, M. Kasliwal, D. Poznanski, J. M. Silverman, M. Sullivan, J. S. Bloom, A. V. Filippenko, S. R. Kulkarni, P. E. Nugent, E. Ofek, S. Barthelmy, W. Boynton, J. GoldstenS. Golenetskii, M. Ohno, M. S. Tashiro, K. Yamaoka, X. L. Zhang

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Abstract

We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the broad-lined Type Ic supernova (SN Ic-BL) PTF10qts, which was discovered as part of the Palomar Transient Factory. The SN was located in a dwarf galaxy of magnitude r = 21.1 at a redshift z = 0.0907. We find that the R-band light curve is a poor proxy for bolometric data and use photometric and spectroscopic data to construct and constrain the bolometric light curve. The derived bolometric magnitude at maximum light is Mbol =-18.51 ± 0.2 mag, comparable to that of SN 1998bw (Mbol = -18.7 mag) which was associated with a gamma-ray burst (GRB). PTF10qts is one of the most luminous SNe Ic-BL observed without an accompanying GRB. We estimate the physical parameters of the explosion using data from our programme of follow-up observations, finding that it produced a larger mass of radioactive nickel compared to other SNe Ic-BL with similar inferred ejecta masses and kinetic energies. The progenitor of the event was likely an ~20 M⊙ star.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2768-2779
Number of pages12
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume442
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Commission
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilST/L00061X/1
National Science Foundation1211916, 1302771, 1009987
Seventh Framework Programme307260
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science24684015, 22340039

    Keywords

    • General - supernovae
    • Individual
    • PTF10qts
    • Supernovae

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