I explore the origin of an asymmetry of the Hα emission from a circumstellar (CS) shell around type IIP supernova SN 2013fs in the spectrum taken 10.3\,h after the shock breakout. A spherical model of the Hα emission from the CS shell that takes into account a preshock gas acceleration by the supernova radiation permits us to successfully reproduce the \ha Hα profile. Principal factors responsible for the Hα asymmetry are the high velocity of the accelerated CS preshock gas (∼3000\,km s−1) and a low Hα Sobolev optical depth in a combination with an occultation of the Hα emission by the photosphere.
@article{arxiv.2005.09920,
title = {First day of type IIP supernova SN 2013fs: H$\alpha$ from preshock accelerated gas},
author = {Nikolai Chugai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09920},
year = {2020}
}