SN 2018hna: 1987A-like Supernova with a Signature of Shock Breakout
/ Authors
Anuradha Singh, D. Sahu, G. Anupama, B. Kumar, H. Kumar, M. Yamanaka, P. Baklanov, N. Tominaga, S. Blinnikov, K. Maeda
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Anirban Dutta, V. Bhalerao, R. Anche, S. Barway, H. Akitaya, T. Nakaoka, M. Kawabata, K. Kawabata, M. Sasada, K. Takagi, H. Maehara, K. Isogai, M. Kino, K. Taguchi, T. Nagao
/ Abstract
High-cadence ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared photometric and low-resolution spectroscopic observations of the peculiar Type II supernova (SN) 2018hna are presented. The early-phase multiband light curves (LCs) exhibit the adiabatic cooling envelope emission following the shock breakout up to ∼ 14 days from the explosion. SN 2018hna has a rise time of ∼ 88 days in the V band, similar to SN 1987A. A 56Ni mass of ∼0.087 ± 0.004 M⊙ is inferred for SN 2018hna from its bolometric LC. Hydrodynamical modeling of the cooling phase suggests a progenitor with a radius ∼50 R⊙, a mass of ∼14–20 M⊙, and an explosion energy of ∼1.7–2.9 × 1051 erg. The smaller inferred radius of the progenitor than a standard red supergiant is indicative of a blue supergiant progenitor of SN 2018hna. A subsolar metallicity (∼0.3 Z⊙) is inferred for the host galaxy UGC 07534, concurrent with the low-metallicity environments of 1987A-like events.
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Letters