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We present a Chandra observation of SN 2016hnk, a candidate Ca-rich gap transient. This observation was specifically designed to test whether or not this transient was the result of the tidal detonation of a white dwarf by an intermediate-mass black hole. Since we detect no X-ray emission 28 days after the discovery of the transient, as predicted from fall-back accretion, we rule out this model. Our upper limit of $sim 10$ M$_odot$ does not allow us to rule out a neutron star or stellar-mass black hole detonator due limits on the sensitivity of Chandra to soft X-rays and unconstrained variables tied to the structure of super-Eddington accretion disks. Together with other Chandra and multiwavelength observations, our analysis strongly argues against the intermediate-mass black hole tidal detonation scenario for Ca-rich gap transients more generally.
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We present observations and modeling of SN 2016hnk, a Ca-rich supernova (SN) that is consistent with being the result of a He-shell double-detonation explosion of a C/O white dwarf. We find that SN 2016hnk is intrinsically red relative to typical thermonuclear SNe and has a relatively low peak luminosity ($M_B = -15.4$ mag), setting it apart from low-luminosity Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). SN 2016hnk has a fast-rising light curve that is consistent with other Ca-rich transients ($t_r = 15$ d). We determine that SN 2016hnk produced $0.03 pm 0.01 M_{odot}$ of ${}^{56}textrm{Ni}$ and $0.9 pm 0.3 M_{odot}$ of ejecta. The photospheric spectra show strong, high-velocity Ca II absorption and significant line blanketing at $lambda < 5000$ Angstroms, making it distinct from typical (SN 2005E-like) Ca-rich SNe. SN 2016hnk is remarkably similar to SN 2018byg, which was modeled as a He-shell double-detonation explosion. We demonstrate that the spectra and light curves of SN 2016hnk are well modeled by the detonation of a $0.02 M_{odot}$ helium shell on the surface of a $0.85 M_{odot}$ C/O white dwarf. This analysis highlights the second observed case of a He-shell double-detonation and suggests a specific thermonuclear explosion that is physically distinct from SNe that are defined simply by their low luminosities and strong [Ca II] emission.
We present panchromatic observations and modeling of the Calcium-rich supernova 2019ehk in the star-forming galaxy M100 (d$approx$16.2 Mpc) starting 10 hours after explosion and continuing for ~300 days. SN 2019ehk shows a double-peaked optical light curve peaking at $t = 3$ and $15$ days. The first peak is coincident with luminous, rapidly decaying $textit{Swift}$-XRT discovered X-ray emission ($L_xapprox10^{41}~rm{erg~s^{-1}}$ at 3 days; $L_x propto t^{-3}$), and a Shane/Kast spectral detection of narrow H$alpha$ and He II emission lines ($v approx 500$ km/s) originating from pre-existent circumstellar material. We attribute this phenomenology to radiation from shock interaction with extended, dense material surrounding the progenitor star at $r<10^{15}$ cm and the resulting cooling emission. We calculate a total CSM mass of $sim$ $7times10^{-3}$ $rm{M_{odot}}$ with particle density $napprox10^{9},rm{cm^{-3}}$. Radio observations indicate a significantly lower density $n < 10^{4},rm{cm^{-3}}$ at larger radii. The photometric and spectroscopic properties during the second light curve peak are consistent with those of Ca-rich transients (rise-time of $t_r =13.4pm0.210$ days and a peak B-band magnitude of $M_B =-15.1pm0.200$ mag). We find that SN 2019ehk synthesized $(3.1pm0.11)times10^{-2} ~ rm{M_{odot}}$ of ${}^{56}textrm{Ni}$ and ejected $M_{rm ej} = (0.72pm 0.040)~rm{M_{odot}}$ total with a kinetic energy $E_{rm k}=(1.8pm0.10)times10^{50}~rm{erg}$. Finally, deep $textit{HST}$ pre-explosion imaging at the SN site constrains the parameter space of viable stellar progenitors to massive stars in the lowest mass bin (~10 $rm{M_{odot}}$) in binaries that lost most of their He envelope or white dwarfs. The explosion and environment properties of SN 2019ehk further restrict the potential WD progenitor systems to low-mass hybrid HeCO WD + CO WD binaries.
This work presents the observations and analysis of ATLAS19dqr/SN 2019bkc, an extraordinary rapidly evolving transient event located in an isolated environment, tens of kiloparsecs from any likely host. Its light curves rise to maximum light in $5-6$ d and then display a decline of $Delta m_{15} sim5$ mag. With such a pronounced decay, it has one of the most rapidly evolving light curves known for a stellar explosion. The early spectra show similarities to normal and `ultra-stripped type Ic SNe, but the early nebular phase spectra, which were reached just over two weeks after explosion, display prominent calcium lines, marking SN 2019bkc as a Ca-rich transient. The Ca emission lines at this phase show an unprecedented and unexplained blueshift of 10,000 -- 12,000 km/s. Modelling of the light curve and the early spectra suggests that the transient had a low ejecta mass of $0.2 - 0.4$ M$_odot$ and a low kinetic energy of $ (2-4)times 10^{50}$ erg, giving a specific kinetic energy $sim1$ [$10^{51}$ erg]/M$_odot$. The origin of this event cannot be unambiguously defined. While the abundance distribution used to model the spectra marginally favours a progenitor of white dwarf origin through the tentative identification of ArII, the specific kinetic energy, which is defined by the explosion mechanism, is found to be more similar to an ultra-stripped core-collapse events. SN 2019bkc adds to the diverse range of physical properties shown by Ca-rich events.
IGR J17503-2636 is a hard X-ray transient discovered by INTEGRAL on 2018 August 11. This was the first ever reported X-ray emission from this source. Following the discovery, follow-up observations were carried out with Swift, Chandra, NICER, and NuSTAR. We report in this paper the analysis and results obtained from all these X-ray data. Based on the fast variability in the X-ray domain, the spectral energy distribution in the 0.5-80 keV energy range, and the reported association with a highly reddened OB supergiant at ~10 kpc, we conclude that IGR J17503-2636 is most likely a relatively faint new member of the supergiant fast X-ray transients. Spectral analysis of the NuSTAR data revealed a broad feature in addition to the typical power-law with exponential roll-over at high energy. This can be modeled either in emission or as a cyclotron scattering feature in absorption. If confirmed by future observations, this feature would indicate that IGR J17503-2636 hosts a strongly magnetized neutron star with B~2e12 G.
Calcium rich gap transients represent an intriguing new class of faint and fast evolving supernovae that exhibit strong [Ca II] emission in their nebular phase spectra. In this paper, we present the discovery and follow-up observations of iPTF 16hgs -- an intermediate luminosity and fast evolving transient that exhibited a double peaked light curve. Exhibiting a typical Type Ib spectrum in the photospheric phase and an early transition to a [Ca II] dominated nebular phase, we show that iPTF 16hgs shows properties consistent with the class of Ca-rich gap transients, with two interesting exceptions. First, while the second peak of the light curve is similar to other Ca-rich gap transients (suggesting $M_{ej}$ of 0.4 M$_odot$ and peak luminosity of $3 times 10^{41}$ ergs s$^{-1}$), we show that the first blue and fast declining (over $2$ days) peak is unique to this source. Second, with Integral Field Unit observations of the host galaxy, we find that iPTF 16hgs occurred in the outskirts (projected offset of $6$ kpc $ = 1.9 R_{eff}$) of a low metallicity (0.4 Z$_odot$), star forming, dwarf spiral galaxy. Using deep late-time VLA and uGMRT observations, we place stringent limits on the local environment of the source, ruling out a large parameter space of circumstellar densities and mass loss environments of the progenitor. If iPTF 16hgs shares explosion physics with the class of Ca-rich gap transients, the presence of the first peak can be explained by enhanced mixing of 0.01 M$_odot$ of $^{56}$Ni into the outer layers the ejecta, reminiscent of some models of He-shell detonations on WDs. On the other hand, if iPTF 16hgs is physically unrelated to the class, the first peak is consistent with shock cooling emission (of an envelope with a mass of 0.08 M$_odot$ and radius of 13 R$_odot$) associated with a core-collapse explosion of a highly stripped massive star in a close binary system.
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