PTF 10bzf (SN 2010ah): A BROAD-LINE Ic SUPERNOVA DISCOVERED BY THE PALOMAR TRANSIENT FACTORY

Journal Article · Thu Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/76; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)· OSTI ID:21612713

Corsi, A ^[1]; Ofek, E O; Kulkarni, S R; Kasliwal, M M ^[2]; Frail, D A ^[3]; Poznanski, D; Nugent, P ^[4]; Arcavi, I; Gal-Yam, A; Green, Y; Xu, D; Ben-ami, S ^[5]; Hurley, K ^[6]; Mazzali, P A ^[7]; Howell, D A; Murray, D ^[8]; Sullivan, M ^[9]; Bloom, J S; Cenko, S B ^[10]

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1. LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 100-36, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
2. Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
3. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 0, Socorro, NM 87801 (United States)
4. Computational Cosmology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
5. Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
6. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
7. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico, vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova (Italy)
8. Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 93117 (United States)
9. Department of Physics (Astrophysics), University of Oxford, DWB, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
10. Department of Astronomy, 601 Campbell Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 (United States)

We present the discovery and follow-up observations of a broad-line Type Ic supernova (SN), PTF 10bzf (SN 2010ah), detected by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) on 2010 February 23. The SN distance is {approx_equal}218 Mpc, greater than GRB 980425/SN 1998bw and GRB 060218/SN 2006aj, but smaller than the other SNe firmly associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We conducted a multi-wavelength follow-up campaign with Palomar 48 inch, Palomar 60 inch, Gemini-N, Keck, Wise, Swift, the Allen Telescope Array, Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy, Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, and Expanded Very Large Array. Here we compare the properties of PTF 10bzf with those of SN 1998bw and other broad-line SNe. The optical luminosity and spectral properties of PTF 10bzf suggest that this SN is intermediate, in kinetic energy and amount of {sup 56}Ni, between non-GRB-associated SNe like 2002ap or 1997ef, and GRB-associated SNe like 1998bw. No X-ray or radio counterpart to PTF 10bzf was detected. X-ray upper limits allow us to exclude the presence of an underlying X-ray afterglow as luminous as that of other SN-associated GRBs such as GRB 030329 or GRB 031203. Early-time radio upper limits do not show evidence for mildly relativistic ejecta. Late-time radio upper limits rule out the presence of an underlying off-axis GRB, with energy and wind density similar to the SN-associated GRB 030329 and GRB 031203. Finally, by performing a search for a GRB in the time window and at the position of PTF 10bzf, we find that no GRB in the interplanetary network catalog could be associated with this SN.

• OSTI ID: 21612713
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 741, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/76; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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