A. J., Nayana ; Chandra, Poonam ; Krishna, Anoop ; Anupama, G. C. (2022) Radio Evolution of a Type IIb Supernova SN 2016gkg The Astrophysical Journal, 934 (2). p. 186. ISSN 0004-637X
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7c1e
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Abstract
We present extensive radio monitoring of a Type IIb supernova (SN IIb), SN 2016gkg during t ~ 8-1429 days postexplosion at frequencies ν ~ 0.33-25 GHz. The detailed radio light curves and spectra are broadly consistent with self-absorbed synchrotron emission due to the interaction of the SN shock with the circumstellar medium. The model underpredicts the flux densities at t ~ 299 days postexplosion by a factor of 2, possibly indicating a density enhancement in the circumstellar medium due to a nonuniform mass loss from the progenitor. Assuming a wind velocity v w ~ 200 km s-1, we estimate the mass-loss rate to be M˙∼ (2.2, 3.6, 3.8, 12.6, 3.7, and 5.0) ×10-6 M ⊙ yr-1 during ~8, 15, 25, 48, 87, and 115 yr, respectively, before the explosion. The shock wave from SN 2016gkg is expanding from R ~ 0.5 × 1016 to 7 × 1016 cm during t ~ 24-492 days postexplosion indicating a shock deceleration index, m ~ 0.8 (R ∝ t m ), and mean shock velocity v ~ 0.1c. The radio data are inconsistent with a free-free absorption model and higher shock velocities are in support of a relatively compact progenitor for SN 2016gkg.
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Keywords: | Supernovae; Circumstellar matter; Radio continuum emission; 1668; 241; 1340; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
ID Code: | 125562 |
Deposited On: | 31 Oct 2022 05:18 |
Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2022 07:14 |
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