Type Ic SN 2020bvc UV to NIR LCs and opt. spectra

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We present optical, radio, and X-ray observations of SN 2020bvc (=ASASSN-20bs, ZTF 20aalxlis), a nearby (z=0.0252; d = 114Mpc) broad-line (BL) Type Ic supernova (SN) and the first double-peaked Ic-BL discovered without a gamma-ray burst (GRB) trigger. Our observations show that SN 2020bvc shares several properties in common with the Ic-BL SN 2006aj, which was associated with the low-luminosity gamma-ray burst (LLGRB) 060218. First, the 10GHz radio luminosity (L_radio_~10^37^erg/s) is brighter than ordinary core-collapse SNe but fainter than LLGRB SNe such as SN 1998bw (associated with LLGRB980425). We model our VLA observations (spanning 13-43days) as synchrotron emission from a mildly relativistic (v>~0.3c) forward shock. Second, with Swift and Chandra, we detect X-ray emission (L_X_~10^41^erg/) that is not naturally explained as inverse Compton emission or part of the same synchrotron spectrum as the radio emission. Third, high-cadence (6x night^-1^) data from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) show a double-peaked optical light curve, the first peak from shock cooling of extended low-mass material (mass M_e_10^12^cm) and the second peak from the radioactive decay of ^56^Ni. SN 2020bvc is the first double-peaked Ic-BL SN discovered without a GRB trigger, so it is noteworthy that it shows X-ray and radio emission similar to LLGRB SNe. For four of the five other nearby (z<~0.05) Ic-BL SNe with ZTF high-cadence data, we rule out a first peak like that seen in SN 2006aj and SN 2020bvc, i.e., that lasts ~1day and reaches a peak luminosity M~-18. Follow-up X-ray and radio observations of Ic-BL SNe with well-sampled early optical light curves will establish whether double-peaked optical light curves are indeed predictive of LLGRB-like X-ray and radio emission.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19020086
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Creator Ho A.Y.Q.; Kulkarni S.R.; Perley D.A.; Cenko S.B.; Corsi A.; Schulze S.,Lunnan R.; Sollerman J.; Gal-Yam A.; Anand S.; Barbarino C.; Bellm E.C.,Bruch R.J.; Burns E.; De K.; Dekany R.; Delacroix A.; Duev D.A.,Frederiks D.D.; Fremling C.; Goldstein D.A.; Golkhou V.Z.; Graham M.J.,Hale D.; Kasliwal M.M.; Kupfer T.; Laher R.R.; Martikainen J.; Masci F.J.,Neill J.D.; Ridnaia A.; Rusholme B.; Savchenko V.; Shupe D.L.,Soumagnac M.T.; Strotjohann N.L.; Svinkin D.S.; Taggart K.; Tartaglia L.,Yan L.; Zolkower J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy