Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-20-2019

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Volume

877

Issue

1

First page number:

1

Last page number:

7

Abstract

SN 2007D is a nearby (redshift z = 0.023146), luminous Type Ic supernova (SN) having a narrow light curve (LC) and high peak luminosity. Previous research based on the assumption that it was powered by the 56Ni cascade decay suggested that the inferred 56Ni mass and the ejecta mass are ~1.5 M ⊙ and ~3.5 M ⊙, respectively. In this paper, we employ some multiband LC models to model the R-band LC and the color (V − R) evolution of SN 2007D to investigate the possible energy sources powering them. We find that the pure 56Ni model is disfavored; the multiband LCs of SN 2007D can be reproduced by a magnetar whose initial rotational period P 0 and magnetic field strength B p are (or ) ms and (or ) G, respectively. By comparing the spectrum of SN 2007D with that of some superluminous SNe (SLSNe), we find that it might be a luminous SN like several luminous "gap-filler" optical transients that bridge ordinary and SLSNe, rather than a genuine SLSN.

Keywords

Stars: magnetars; Supernovae: general; Supernovae: Individual (SN 2007D)

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy

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Language

English

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