Browsing by Author "Ashall, C."

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    Early observations of the nearby Type Ia supernova SN 2015F
    (2017) Cartier, R.; Sullivan, M.; Firth, R. E.; Pignata, G.; Mazzali, P.; Maguire, K.; Childress, M. J.; Arcavi, I.; Ashall, C.; Bassett, B.; Crawford, S. M.; Frohmaier, C.; Galbany, L.; Gal-Yam, A.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Howell, D. A.; Inserra, C.; Johansson, J.; Kasai, E. K.; McCully, C.; Prajs, S.; Prentice, S.; Schulze, S.; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, K. W.; Smith, M.; Valenti, S.; Young, D. R.
    We present photometry and time series spectroscopy of the nearby Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2015F over -16 d to +80 d relative to maximum light, obtained as part of the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects. SN 2015F is a slightly sub-luminous SN Ia with a decline rate of Delta m15(B) = 1.35 +/- 0.03 mag, placing it in the region between normal and SN 1991bg-like events. Our densely sampled photometric data place tight constraints on the epoch of first light and form of the early-time light curve. The spectra exhibit photospheric C II lambda 6580 absorption until -4 days, and high-velocity Ca II is particularly strong at <-10 d at expansion velocities of 23 000 km s(-1). At early times, our spectral modelling with SYN++ shows strong evidence for iron-peak elements ( Fe (II), Cr (II), Ti (II), and V-II) expanding at velocities > 14 000 km s(-1), suggesting mixing in the outermost layers of the SN ejecta. Although unusual in SN Ia spectra, including VII in the modelling significantly improves the spectral fits. Intriguingly, we detect an absorption feature at similar to 6800 angstrom that persists until maximum light. Our favoured explanation for this line is photospheric Al II, which has never been claimed before in SNe Ia, although detached high-velocity CII material could also be responsible. In both cases, the absorbing material seems to be confined to a relatively narrow region in velocity space. The nucleosynthesis of detectable amounts of Al II would argue against a low-metallicity white dwarf progenitor. We also show that this 6800 feature is weakly present in other normal SN Ia events and common in the SN 1991bg-like sub-class.
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    Expanding the parameter space of 2002es-like type Ia supernovae: On the underluminous ASASSN-20jq/SN 2020qxp
    (2025) Bose, S.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Ashall, C.; Baron, E.; Hoeflich, P.; Galbany, L.; Hoogendam, W. B.; Jensen, E. A. M.; Kochanek, C. S.; Post, R. S.; Reguitti, A.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Stanek, K. Z.; Lundqvist, P.; Auchettl, K.; Clocchiatti, Alejandro; Fiore, A.; Gutierrez, C. P.; Hinkle, J. T.; Huber, M. E.; de Jaeger, T.; Pastorello, A.; Payne, A. V.; Phillips, M.; Shappee, B. J.; Tucker, M. A.
    We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the peculiar Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) ASASSN-20jq/SN 2020qxp. It is a low-luminosity object, with a peak absolute magnitude of M-B = -17.1 +/- 0.5 mag, while its post-peak light-curve decline rate of Delta m(15)(B) = 1.35 +/- 0.09 mag and color-stretch parameter of s(BV) & gap; 0.82 is similar to that of normal luminosity SNe Ia. That makes it a prevalent outlier in both the SN Ia luminosity-width and the luminosity-color-stretch relations. The analysis of the early light curves indicates a possible "bump" during the first approximate to 1.4 days of explosion. ASASSN-20jq synthesized a low radioactive Ni-56 mass of 0.09 +/- 0.01 M-circle dot. The near-maximum light spectra of the supernova show strong Si II absorption lines, indicating a cooler photosphere than normal SNe Ia; however, it lacks Ti II absorption lines. Additionally, it shows unusually strong absorption features of O I lambda 7773 and the Ca II near-infrared triplet. The nebular spectra of ASASSN-20jq show a remarkably strong but narrow forbidden [Ca II] lambda lambda 7291, 7324 doublet emission that has not been seen in SNe Ia except for a handful of Type Iax events. There is also a marginal detection of the [O I] lambda lambda 6300, 6364 doublet emission in nebular spectra, which is extremely rare. Both the [Ca II] and [O I] lines are redshifted by roughly 2000 km s(-1). ASASSN-20jq also exhibits a strong [Fe II] lambda 7155 emission line with a tilted-top line profile, which is identical to the [Fe II] lambda 16433 line profile. The asymmetric [Fe II] line profiles, along with the redshifted [Ca II] and emission lines, suggest a high central density white dwarf progenitor that underwent an off-center delayed-detonation explosion mechanism, synthesizing roughly equal amounts of Ni-56 during the deflagration and detonation burning phases. The equal production of Ni-56 in both burning phases distinguishes ASASSN-20jq from normal bright and subluminous SNe Ia. Assuming this scenario, we simultaneously modeled the optical and near-infrared nebular spectra, achieving a good agreement with the observations. The light curve and spectroscopic features of ASASSN-20jq do not align with any single sub-class of SNe Ia. However, the significant deviation from the luminosity versus light-curve shape relations (along with several light-curve and spectroscopic features) exhibits similarities to some 2002es-like objects. Therefore, we have identified ASASSN-20jq as an extreme candidate within the broad and heterogeneous parameter space of 2002es-like SNe Ia.
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    PESSTO : survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects
    (2015) Smartt, S. J.; Valenti, S.; Fraser, M.; Inserra, C.; Young, D. R.; Sullivan, M.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Clocchiatti, Alejandro; Romero Cañizales, Cristina; Schulze, S.; Pastorello, A.; Benetti, S.; Gal-Yam, A.; Knapic, C.; Molinaro, M.; Smareglia, R.; Smith, K. W.; Taubenberger, S.; Yaron, O.; Anderson, J. P.; Ashall, C.; Balland, C.; Baltay, C.; Barbarino, C.; Baumont, S.; Bersier, D.; Blagorodnova, N.; Bongard, S.; Botticella, M. T.; Bufano, F.; Bulla, M.; Cappellaro, E.; Campbell, H.; Cellier-Holzem, F.; Chen, T. W.; Childress, M. J.; Contreras, C.; Dall’Ora, M.; Danziger, J.; de Jaeger, T.; De Cia, A.; Della Valle, M.; Dennefeld, M.; Elias Rosa, N.; Elman, N.; Feindt, U.; Fleury, M.; Gall, E.; González Gaitan, S.; Galbany, L.; Morales Garoffolo, A.; Greggio, L.; Guillou, L. L.; Hachinger, S.; Hadjiyska, E.; Hage, P. E.; Hillebrandt, W.; Hodgkin, S.; Hsiao, E. Y.; James, P. A.; Jerkstrand, A.; Kangas, T.; Kankare, E.; Kotak, R.; Kromer, M.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Leloudas, G.; Lundqvist, P.; Lyman, J. D.; Hook, I. M.; Maguire, K.; Manulis, I.; Margheim, S. J.; Mattila, S.; Maund, J. R.; Mazzali, P. A.; McCrum, M.; McKinnon, R.; Moreno Raya, M. E.; Nicholl, M.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pignata, Giuliano; Phillips, M. M.; Polshaw, J.; Pumo, M. L.; Rabinowitz, D.; Reilly, E.; Scalzo, R.; Schmidt, B.; Sim, S.; Sollerman, J.; Taddia, F.; Tartaglia, L.; Terreran, G.; Tomasella, L.; Turatto, M.; Walker, E.; Walton, N. A.; Wyrzykowski, L.; Yuan, F.; Zampieri, L.
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    The delay of shock breakout due to circumstellar material evident in most type II supernovae
    (2018) Forster, F.; Moriya, T. J.; Maureira, J. C.; Anderson, J. P.; Blinnikov, S.; Bufano, F.; Cabrera Vives, G.; Clocchiatti, Alejandro; De Jaeger, T.; Estevez, P. A.; Galbany, L.; González -Gaitán, S.; Grafener, G.; Hamuy, M.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Huentelemu, P.; Huijse, P.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Martínez, J.; Medina, G.; Olivares, F.; Pignata, Giuliano; Razza, A.; Reyes, I.; San Martín, J.; Smith, R. C.; Vera, E.; Vivas, A. K.; Postigo, A. D.; Yoon, S. C.; Ashall, C.; Fraser, M.; Gal-Yam, A.; Kankare, E.; Le Guillou, L.; Mazzali, P. A.; Walton, N. A.; Young, D. R.