In this paper, we discuss the outcomes of the follow-up campaign of SN 2018ijp, discovered as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility survey for optical transients. Its first spectrum shows similarities to broad-lined Type Ic supernovae around maximum light, whereas later spectra display strong signatures of interaction between rapidly expanding ejecta and a dense H-rich circumstellar medium, coinciding with a second peak in the photometric evolution of the transient. This evolution, along with the results of modeling of the first light curve peak, suggests a scenario where a stripped star exploded within a dense circumstellar medium. The two main phases in the evolution of the transient could be interpreted as a first phase dominated by radioactive decays, and an later interaction-dominated phase where the ejecta collide with a pre-existing shell. We therefore discuss SN 2018jp within the context of a massive star depleted of its outer layers exploding within a dense H-rich circumstellar medium.
@article{arxiv.2009.03331,
title = {SN 2018ijp: the explosion of a stripped-envelope star within a dense H-rich shell?},
author = {L. Tartaglia and J. Sollerman and C. Barbarino and F. Taddia and E. Mason and M. Berton and K. Taggart and E. C. Bellm and K. De and S. Frederick and C. Fremling and A. Gal-Yam and V. Z. Golkhou and M. Graham and A. Y. Q. Ho and T. Hung and S. Kaye and Y. L. Kim and R. R. Laher and F. J. Masci and D. A. Perley and M. D. Porter and D. J. Reiley and R. Riddle and B. Rusholme and M. T. Soumagnac and R. Walters},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.03331},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication on Astronomy and Astrophysics. 11 pages, 10 figures, 1 table. Photometric table available at the CDS