Volume 389, Issue 1 pp. 113-130

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium – I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events

A. Pastorello

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A. Pastorello

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN

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S. Mattila

S. Mattila

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN

Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Väisäläntie 20, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland

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L. Zampieri

L. Zampieri

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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M. Della Valle

M. Della Valle

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Salita Moiariello 16, I-80131 Napoli, Italy

International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, Piazzale della Repubblica 10, I-65122 Pescara, Italy

European Southern Observatory (ESO), Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany

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S. J. Smartt

S. J. Smartt

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN

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S. Valenti

S. Valenti

European Southern Observatory (ESO), Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, via Saragat 1, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy

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I. Agnoletto

I. Agnoletto

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 2, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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S. Benetti

S. Benetti

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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C. R. Benn

C. R. Benn

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Apartado 321, E-38700 Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain

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D. Branch

D. Branch

Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-2061, USA

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E. Cappellaro

E. Cappellaro

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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M. Dennefeld

M. Dennefeld

Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, and Université P. et M. Curie, 98bis Bd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France

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J. J. Eldridge

J. J. Eldridge

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN

Institute of Astronomy, The Observatories, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA

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A. Gal-Yam

A. Gal-Yam

Benoziyo Centre for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

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A. Harutyunyan

A. Harutyunyan

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 2, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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I. Hunter

I. Hunter

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Apartado 321, E-38700 Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain

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H. Kjeldsen

H. Kjeldsen

Danish Asteroseismology Centre, Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, Aarhus Universitet, Ny Munkegade, Bygn. 1520, 8000 Aarhus C., Denmark

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Y. Lipkin

Y. Lipkin

School of Physics and Astronomy and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

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P. A. Mazzali

P. A. Mazzali

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, D-85741 Garching bei München, Germany

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P. Milne

P. Milne

Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

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H. Navasardyan

H. Navasardyan

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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E. O. Ofek

E. O. Ofek

Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

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E. Pian

E. Pian

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy

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O. Shemmer

O. Shemmer

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

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S. Spiro

S. Spiro

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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R. A. Stathakis

R. A. Stathakis

Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia

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S. Taubenberger

S. Taubenberger

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, D-85741 Garching bei München, Germany

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M. Turatto

M. Turatto

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell' Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

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H. Yamaoka

H. Yamaoka

Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 810-8560, Japan

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First published: 18 August 2008
Citations: 9

ABSTRACT

We present new spectroscopic and photometric data of the Type Ibn supernovae 2006jc, 2000er and 2002ao. We discuss the general properties of this recently proposed supernova family, which also includes SN 1999cq. The early-time monitoring of SN 2000er traces the evolution of this class of objects during the first few days after the shock breakout. An overall similarity in the photometric and spectroscopic evolution is found among the members of this group, which would be unexpected if the energy in these core-collapse events was dominated by the interaction between supernova ejecta and circumstellar medium. Type Ibn supernovae appear to be rather normal Type Ib/c supernova explosions which occur within a He-rich circumstellar environment. SNe Ibn are therefore likely produced by the explosion of Wolf–Rayet progenitors still embedded in the He-rich material lost by the star in recent mass-loss episodes, which resemble known luminous blue variable eruptions. The evolved Wolf–Rayet star could either result from the evolution of a very massive star or be the more evolved member of a massive binary system. We also suggest that there are a number of arguments in favour of a Type Ibn classification for the historical SN 1885A (S-Andromedae), previously considered as an anomalous Type Ia event with some resemblance to SN 1991bg.

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