iPTF13bvn: THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A BINARY PROGENITOR FOR A TYPE Ib SUPERNOVA
iPTF13bvn: THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A BINARY PROGENITOR FOR A TYPE Ib SUPERNOVA
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10.1088/0004-6256/148/4/68
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2014-03
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M. Bersten;O. Benvenuto;G. Folatelli;K. Nomoto;H. Kuncarayakti;S. Srivastav;G. Anupama;R. Quimby;D. Sahu
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M. Bersten;O. Benvenuto;G. Folatelli;K. Nomoto;H. Kuncarayakti;S. Srivastav;G. Anupama;R. Quimby;D. Sahu
The recent detection in archival Hubble Space Telescope images of an object at the location of supernova (SN) iPTF13bvn may represent the first direct evidence of the progenitor of a Type Ib SN. The object's photometry was found to be compatible with a Wolf–Rayet pre-SN star mass of ≈11 M☉. However, based on hydrodynamical models, we show that the progenitor had a pre-SN mass of ≈3.5 M☉ and that it could not be larger than ≈8 M☉. We propose an interacting binary system as the SN progenitor and perform evolutionary calculations that are able to self-consistently explain the light curve shape, the absence of hydrogen, and the pre-SN photometry. We further discuss the range of allowed binary systems and predict that the remaining companion is a luminous O-type star of significantly lower flux in the optical than the pre-SN object. A future detection of such a star may be possible and would provide the first robust identification of a progenitor system for a Type Ib SN.