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SN 2020uem: a Possible Thermonuclear Explosion within a Dense Circumstellar Medium (II). The Properties of the CSM from Polarimetry and Light-curve Modeling
Tekijät: Uno Kohki, Nagao Takashi, Maeda Keiichi, Kuncarayakti Hanindyo, Tanaka Masaomi, Kawabata Koji S., Nakaoka Tatsuya, Kawabata Miho, Yamanaka Masayuki, Aoki Kentaro, Isogai Keisuke, Ogawa Mao, Tajitsu Akito, Imazawa Ryo
Kustantaja: Institute of Physics
Julkaisuvuosi: 2023
Journal: Astrophysical Journal
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: Astrophysical Journal
Artikkelin numero: 204
Vuosikerta: 944
Numero: 2
ISSN: 0004-637X
eISSN: 1538-4357
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb5eb
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb5eb
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179125509
Type IIn/Ia-CSM supernovae (SNe IIn/Ia-CSM) are classified by their characteristic spectra, which exhibit narrow hydrogen emission lines originating from strong interaction with a circumstellar medium (CSM) together with broad lines of intermediate-mass elements. We performed intensive follow-up observations of SN IIn/Ia-CSM 2020uem, including photometry, spectroscopy, and polarimetry. In this paper, we focus on the results of polarimetry. We performed imaging polarimetry at 66 days and spectropolarimetry at 103 days after discovery. SN 2020uem shows a high continuum polarization of 1.0%–1.5% without wavelength dependence. Besides, the polarization degree and position angle keep roughly constant. These results suggest that SN 2020uem is powered by strong interaction with a confined and aspherical CSM. We performed simple polarization modeling, based on which we suggest that SN 2020uem has an equatorial-disk/torus CSM. Besides, we performed semi-analytic light-curve modeling and estimated the CSM mass. We revealed that the mass-loss rate in the final few hundred years immediately before the explosion of SN 2020uem is in the range of 0.01–0.05 M⊙ yr−1, and that the total CSM mass is 0.5–4 M⊙. The CSM mass can be accommodated by not only a red supergiant (RSG), but also by a red giant (RG) or an asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star. As a possible progenitor scenario of SN 2020uem, we propose a white dwarf binary system including an RG, RSG, or AGB star, especially a merger scenario via common envelope evolution, i.e., the core-degenerate scenario or a variant.
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