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Title: Progenitor and close-in circumstellar medium of type II supernova 2020fqv from high-cadence photometry and ultra-rapid UV spectroscopy

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ABSTRACT We present observations of SN 2020fqv, a Virgo-cluster type II core-collapse supernova (CCSN) with a high temporal resolution light curve from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) covering the time of explosion; ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) starting 3.3 d post-explosion; ground-based spectroscopic observations starting 1.1 d post-explosion; along with extensive photometric observations. Massive stars have complicated mass-loss histories leading up to their death as CCSNe, creating circumstellar medium (CSM) with which the SNe interact. Observations during the first few days post-explosion can provide important information about the mass-loss rate during the late stages of stellar evolution. Model fits to the quasi-bolometric light curve of SN 2020fqv reveal  0.23 M⊙ of CSM confined within  1450 R⊙ (1014 cm) from its progenitor star. Early spectra (<4 d post-explosion), both from HST and ground-based observatories, show emission features from high-ionization metal species from the outer, optically thin part of this CSM. We find that the CSM is consistent with an eruption caused by the injection of ∼5 × 1046 erg into the stellar envelope ∼300 d pre-explosion, potentially from a nuclear burning instability at the onset of oxygen burning. Light-curve fitting, nebular spectroscopy, and pre-explosion HST imaging consistently point to a red supergiant (RSG) progenitor with $$M_{\rm ZAMS}\approx 13.5\!-\!15 \, \mathrm{M}_{\odot }$$, typical for SN II progenitor stars. This finding demonstrates that a typical RSG, like the progenitor of SN 2020fqv, has a complicated mass-loss history immediately before core collapse.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Journal Name: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal Volume: 512 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0035-8711
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United Kingdom
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Tinyanont, Samaporn, Ridden-Harper, R., Foley, R. J., Morozova, V., Kilpatrick, C. D., Dimitriadis, G., DeMarchi, L., Gagliano, A., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Messick, A., Pierel, J. D. R., Piro, A. L., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Siebert, M. R., Chambers, K. C., Clever, K. E., Coulter, D. A., De, K., Hankins, M., Hung, T., Jha, S. W., Jimenez Angel, C. E., Jones, D. O., Kasliwal, M. M., Lin, C-C, Marques-Chaves, R., Margutti, R., Moore, A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Poidevin, F., Rest, A., Shirley, R., Smith, C. S., Strasburger, E., Swift, J. J., Wainscoat, R. J., Wang, Q., and Zenati, Y. Progenitor and close-in circumstellar medium of type II supernova 2020fqv from high-cadence photometry and ultra-rapid UV spectroscopy. United Kingdom: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2887.
Tinyanont, Samaporn, Ridden-Harper, R., Foley, R. J., Morozova, V., Kilpatrick, C. D., Dimitriadis, G., DeMarchi, L., Gagliano, A., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Messick, A., Pierel, J. D. R., Piro, A. L., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Siebert, M. R., Chambers, K. C., Clever, K. E., Coulter, D. A., De, K., Hankins, M., Hung, T., Jha, S. W., Jimenez Angel, C. E., Jones, D. O., Kasliwal, M. M., Lin, C-C, Marques-Chaves, R., Margutti, R., Moore, A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Poidevin, F., Rest, A., Shirley, R., Smith, C. S., Strasburger, E., Swift, J. J., Wainscoat, R. J., Wang, Q., & Zenati, Y. Progenitor and close-in circumstellar medium of type II supernova 2020fqv from high-cadence photometry and ultra-rapid UV spectroscopy. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2887
Tinyanont, Samaporn, Ridden-Harper, R., Foley, R. J., Morozova, V., Kilpatrick, C. D., Dimitriadis, G., DeMarchi, L., Gagliano, A., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Messick, A., Pierel, J. D. R., Piro, A. L., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Siebert, M. R., Chambers, K. C., Clever, K. E., Coulter, D. A., De, K., Hankins, M., Hung, T., Jha, S. W., Jimenez Angel, C. E., Jones, D. O., Kasliwal, M. M., Lin, C-C, Marques-Chaves, R., Margutti, R., Moore, A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Poidevin, F., Rest, A., Shirley, R., Smith, C. S., Strasburger, E., Swift, J. J., Wainscoat, R. J., Wang, Q., and Zenati, Y. Tue . "Progenitor and close-in circumstellar medium of type II supernova 2020fqv from high-cadence photometry and ultra-rapid UV spectroscopy". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2887.
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title = {Progenitor and close-in circumstellar medium of type II supernova 2020fqv from high-cadence photometry and ultra-rapid UV spectroscopy},
author = {Tinyanont, Samaporn and Ridden-Harper, R. and Foley, R. J. and Morozova, V. and Kilpatrick, C. D. and Dimitriadis, G. and DeMarchi, L. and Gagliano, A. and Jacobson-Galán, W. V. and Messick, A. and Pierel, J. D. R. and Piro, A. L. and Ramirez-Ruiz, E. and Siebert, M. R. and Chambers, K. C. and Clever, K. E. and Coulter, D. A. and De, K. and Hankins, M. and Hung, T. and Jha, S. W. and Jimenez Angel, C. E. and Jones, D. O. and Kasliwal, M. M. and Lin, C-C and Marques-Chaves, R. and Margutti, R. and Moore, A. and Pérez-Fournon, I. and Poidevin, F. and Rest, A. and Shirley, R. and Smith, C. S. and Strasburger, E. and Swift, J. J. and Wainscoat, R. J. and Wang, Q. and Zenati, Y.},
abstractNote = {ABSTRACT We present observations of SN 2020fqv, a Virgo-cluster type II core-collapse supernova (CCSN) with a high temporal resolution light curve from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) covering the time of explosion; ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) starting 3.3 d post-explosion; ground-based spectroscopic observations starting 1.1 d post-explosion; along with extensive photometric observations. Massive stars have complicated mass-loss histories leading up to their death as CCSNe, creating circumstellar medium (CSM) with which the SNe interact. Observations during the first few days post-explosion can provide important information about the mass-loss rate during the late stages of stellar evolution. Model fits to the quasi-bolometric light curve of SN 2020fqv reveal  0.23 M⊙ of CSM confined within  1450 R⊙ (1014 cm) from its progenitor star. Early spectra (<4 d post-explosion), both from HST and ground-based observatories, show emission features from high-ionization metal species from the outer, optically thin part of this CSM. We find that the CSM is consistent with an eruption caused by the injection of ∼5 × 1046 erg into the stellar envelope ∼300 d pre-explosion, potentially from a nuclear burning instability at the onset of oxygen burning. Light-curve fitting, nebular spectroscopy, and pre-explosion HST imaging consistently point to a red supergiant (RSG) progenitor with $M_{\rm ZAMS}\approx 13.5\!-\!15 \, \mathrm{M}_{\odot }$, typical for SN II progenitor stars. This finding demonstrates that a typical RSG, like the progenitor of SN 2020fqv, has a complicated mass-loss history immediately before core collapse.},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab2887},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
number = 2,
volume = 512,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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Preliminary Spectral Analysis of the Type II Supernova 1999em
journal, December 2000

  • Baron, E.; Branch, David; Hauschildt, Peter H.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 545, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/317795

Missing red supergiants and carbon burning
journal, January 2020

  • Sukhbold, Tuguldur; Adams, Scott
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 492, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa059

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events
journal, September 2008


The progenitor of SN 2005cs in the Whirlpool Galaxy
journal, November 2005

  • Maund, J. R.; Smartt, S. J.; Danziger, I. J.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 364, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00100.x

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
journal, February 2020


Testing LMC Microlensing Scenarios: The Discrimination Power of the SuperMACHO Microlensing Survey
journal, December 2005

  • Rest, A.; Stubbs, C.; Becker, A. C.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 634, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/497060

Interacting Supernovae: Types IIn and Ibn
book, November 2017


A Systematic Study of Mid-Infrared Emission from Core-Collapse Supernovae with Spirits
journal, December 2016


The Type II-plateau Supernova 2017eaw in NGC 6946 and Its Red Supergiant Progenitor
journal, April 2019

  • Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Zheng, WeiKang; Maund, Justyn R.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 875, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab1136

The search for failed supernovae with the Large Binocular Telescope: confirmation of a disappearing star
journal, April 2017

  • Adams, S. M.; Kochanek, C. S.; Gerke, J. R.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 468, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx816

Observed Type II supernova colours from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I
journal, February 2018

  • de Jaeger, T.; Anderson, J. P.; Galbany, L.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 476, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty508

Identification of the Red Supergiant Progenitor of Supernova 2005cs: Do the Progenitors of Type II‐P Supernovae Have Low Mass?
journal, April 2006

  • Li, Weidong; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Filippenko, Alexei V.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 641, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/499916

The SPIRITS Sample of Luminous Infrared Transients: Uncovering Hidden Supernovae and Dusty Stellar Outbursts in Nearby Galaxies
journal, November 2019

  • Jencson, Jacob E.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Adams, Scott M.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 886, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a01

Optical Signatures of Circumstellar Interaction in Type IIP Supernovae
journal, June 2007

  • Chugai, Nikolai N.; Chevalier, Roger A.; Utrobin, Victor P.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 662, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/518160

Radiation-hydrodynamical modelling of underluminous Type II plateau supernovae
journal, October 2016

  • Pumo, M. L.; Zampieri, L.; Spiro, S.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 464, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2625

Carnegie Supernova Project-II: Near-infrared Spectroscopic Diversity of Type II Supernovae
journal, December 2019


SPRAT: Spectrograph for the Rapid Acquisition of Transients
conference, July 2014

  • Piascik, A. S.; Steele, Iain A.; Bates, Stuart D.
  • SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, SPIE Proceedings
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2055117

DISCOVERY, PROGENITOR AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF A STRIPPED ENVELOPE SUPERNOVA iPTF13bvn
journal, August 2013


The dusty progenitor star of the Type II supernova 2017eaw
journal, September 2018

  • Kilpatrick, Charles D.; Foley, Ryan J.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 481, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2435

The Influence of Late-stage Nuclear Burning on Red Supergiant Supernova Light Curves
journal, March 2020

  • Morozova, Viktoriya; Piro, Anthony L.; Fuller, Jim
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 891, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab77c8

ChainConsumer
journal, August 2016


Circumstellar dust as a solution to the red supergiant supernova progenitor problem: Circumstellar dust and the red supergiant problem
journal, November 2011


Mesa Isochrones and Stellar Tracks (Mist). i. Solar-Scaled Models
journal, May 2016


Low luminosity Type II supernovae – II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors
journal, February 2014

  • Spiro, S.; Pastorello, A.; Pumo, M. L.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 439, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu156

Hydrodynamic Simulations of Pre-supernova Outbursts in Red Supergiants: Asphericity and Mass Loss
journal, September 2020


An empirical relation between sodium absorption and dust extinction: Sodium and dust
journal, October 2012

  • Poznanski, Dovi; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Bloom, Joshua S.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 426, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21796.x

SN 2005cs in M51 - II. Complete evolution in the optical and the near-infrared
journal, April 2009


Light Curves of Core-Collapse Supernovae with Substantial mass loss Using the new Open-Source Supernova Explosion code (Snec)
journal, November 2015

  • Morozova, Viktoriya; Piro, Anthony L.; Renzo, Mathieu
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 814, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/814/1/63

ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System
journal, May 2018

  • Tonry, J. L.; Denneau, L.; Heinze, A. N.
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 130, Issue 988
  • DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aabadf

THE TYPE IIb SUPERNOVA 2013df AND ITS COOL SUPERGIANT PROGENITOR
journal, January 2014


SHOCK BREAKOUT AND EARLY LIGHT CURVES OF TYPE II-P SUPERNOVAE OBSERVED WITH KEPLER
journal, March 2016


Unveiling the dynamic infrared sky
journal, January 2019


Late Emission from the Type Ib/c SN 2001em: Overtaking the Hydrogen Envelope
journal, April 2006

  • Chugai, Nikolai N.; Chevalier, Roger A.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 641, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/500539

Signatures of circumstellar interaction in the Type IIL supernova ASASSN-15oz
journal, February 2019

  • Bostroem, K. Azalee; Valenti, Stefano; Horesh, Assaf
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 485, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz570