Constraining the progenitor companion of the nearby Type Ia SN 2011fe with a nebular spectrum at +981 d
Constraining the progenitor companion of the nearby Type Ia SN 2011fe with a nebular spectrum at +981 d
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DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stv1888
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发表时间:
2015-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
M. Graham;P. Nugent;M. Sullivan;A. Filippenko;S. Cenko;J. Silverman;K. Clubb;W. Zheng
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作者:
M. Graham;P. Nugent;M. Sullivan;A. Filippenko;S. Cenko;J. Silverman;K. Clubb;W. Zheng
We present an optical nebular spectrum of the nearby Type Ia supernova 2011fe, obtained 981 d after explosion. SN 2011fe exhibits little evolution since the +593 d optical spectrum, but there are several curious aspects in this new extremely late-time regime. We suggest that the persistence of the ?5800 A feature is due to Na?I D, and that a new emission feature at ?7300 A may be [Ca?II]. Also, we discuss whether the new emission feature at ?6400 A might be [Fe?I] or the high-velocity hydrogen predicted by Mazzali et al. The nebular feature at 5200 A exhibits a linear velocity evolution of ?350 km?s? 1 per 100 d from at least +220 to +980 d, but the line's shape also changes in this time, suggesting that line blending contributes to the evolution. At ?1000 d after explosion, flux from the SN has declined to a point where contribution from a luminous secondary could be detected. In this work, we make the first observational tests for a post-impact remnant star and constrain its temperature and luminosity to T ? 104?K?and?L?? 104?L?. Additionally, we do not see any evidence for narrow H ? emission in our spectrum. We conclude that observations continue to strongly exclude many single-degenerate scenarios for SN 2011fe.