English

The fast evolving type Ib Supernova SN 2015dj in NGC 7371

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2021-03-17 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present the detailed optical evolution of a type Ib SN 2015dj in NGC 7371, using data spanning up to \sim 170 days after discovery. SN 2015dj shares similarity in light curve shape with SN 2007gr and peaks at MV_{V} = 17.37±-17.37\pm0.02 mag. Analytical modelling of the quasi bolometric light curve yields 0.06±\pm0.01 M_{\odot} of 56^{56}Ni, ejecta mass Mej=1.40.5+1.3M_{\rm ej} = 1.4^{+1.3}_{-0.5} \msol\, and kinetic energy Ek=0.70.3+0.6×1051E_{\rm k} = 0.7^{+0.6}_{-0.3} \times 10^{51} erg. The spectral features show a fast evolution and resemble those of spherically symmetric ejecta. The analysis of nebular phase spectral lines indicate a progenitor mass between 13-20 M_{\odot} suggesting a binary scenario.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2101.09430,
  title  = {The fast evolving type Ib Supernova SN 2015dj in NGC 7371},
  author = {Mridweeka Singh and Kuntal Misra and Stefano Valenti and Griffin Hosseinzadeh and Andrea Pastorello and Shubham Srivastav and Anjasha Gangopadhyay and Raya Dastidar and Lina Tomasella and Iair Arcavi and Stefano Benetti and Emma Callis and Enrico Cappellaro and Nancy Elias-Rosa and D. Andrew Howell and Sang Chul Kim and Curtis McCully and Leonardo Tartaglia and Giacomo Terreran and Massimo Turatto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.09430},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

R2 v1 2026-06-23T22:26:44.663Z