Volume 389, Issue 1 pp. 131-140

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium – II. The transitional case of SN 2005la

A. Pastorello

Corresponding Author

A. Pastorello

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

E-mail: [email protected]

Present address: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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R. M. Quimby

Corresponding Author

R. M. Quimby

Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA

E-mail: [email protected]

Present address: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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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. 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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H. Navasardyan

H. Navasardyan

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

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R. M. Crockett

R. M. Crockett

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

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N. Elias-Rosa

N. Elias-Rosa

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

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

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P. Mondol

P. Mondol

Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA

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J. C. Wheeler

J. C. Wheeler

Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA

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D. R. Young

D. R. Young

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

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First published: 18 August 2008
Citations: 8

ABSTRACT

We present photometric and spectroscopic data of the peculiar SN 2005la, an object which shows an optical light curve with some luminosity fluctuations and spectra with comparably strong narrow hydrogen and helium lines, probably of circumstellar nature. The increasing full width at half-maximum velocity of these lines is indicative of an acceleration of the circumstellar material. SN 2005la exhibits hybrid properties, sharing some similarities with both Type IIn supernovae and 2006jc-like (Type Ibn) events. We propose that the progenitor of SN 2005la was a very young Wolf–Rayet (WN-type) star which experienced mass ejection episodes shortly before core collapse.

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