SN2017ckj: A linearly declining Type IIb supernova with a relatively massive hydrogen envelope

We present optical observations of the Type IIb supernova (SN) 2017ckj, covering approximately 180 days after the explosion. Its early-time multi-band light curves display no clear evidence of a shock-cooling tail, resembling the behavior of SN2008ax. The $V$-band light curve exhibits a short rise t...

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Autores: Li, L.-H., Benetti, Stefano, Cai, Y-Z, Wang, B., Pastorello, Andrea, Elias-Rosa, Nancy, Reguitti, Andrea, Borsato, Luca, Cappellaro, Enrico, Fiore, Achille, Fraser, Morgan, Gromadzki, Mariusz, Harmanen, Jussi, Isern, Jordi, Kangas, Tuomas, Kankare, E., Lundqvist, Peter, Mattila, Seppo, Ochner, Paolo, Peng, Z.-H., Reynolds, Thomas M., Salmaso, Irene, Srivastav, Shubham, Stritzinger, Maximilian, Tomasella, Lina, Valerin, Giorgio, Wang, Z.-Y., Zhang, J., Wu, C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/416413
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/416413
http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22989v3
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Circumstellar matter
Supernovae: general
Supernovae: individual: SN 2017ckj
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Sumario:We present optical observations of the Type IIb supernova (SN) 2017ckj, covering approximately 180 days after the explosion. Its early-time multi-band light curves display no clear evidence of a shock-cooling tail, resembling the behavior of SN2008ax. The $V$-band light curve exhibits a short rise time of about 5 days and reaches an absolute fitted peak magnitude of $M_{\rm V}=-18.49\pm0.18\mathrm{mag}$. The late-time multi-band light curves reveal a linear decline. We modelled the bolometric light curve of SN2017ckj to constrain the progenitor and the explosion parameters. We estimated a total mass of $\rm ^{56}Ni$ synthesized by SN2017ckj of $M_{\rm Ni} = 0.21^{+0.05}_{-0.03}\ M_\odot$, with a massive H-rich envelope of $M_{\rm env} = 0.4^{+0.1}_{-0.1}\ M_\odot$. Both the $\rm ^{56}Ni$ mass and the envelope mass of SN2017ckj are higher than those of typical SNe IIb, in agreement with its peculiar light curve evolution. The early-time spectra of SN2017ckj are dominated by a blue continuum, accompanied by narrow $\rm H_α$ and \Heii emission lines. The earliest spectrum exhibits flash ionization features, from which we estimated a progenitor mass-loss rate of $\sim 3\times10^{-4}M_\odot \mathrm{yr}^{-1}$. At later epochs, the spectra develop broad P-Cygni profiles and become increasingly similar to those of SNe IIb, especially SN2018gk. The late-time spectrum at around 139 days does not show a distinct decline in the strength of $\rm H_α$ emission profile, also indicating a relatively massive envelope of its progenitor. Aside from the $\rm H_α$ feature, the nebular spectrum exhibits prominent emission lines of \Oi, \Caii, [\Caii], and \Mgi], which are consistent with the prototypical SN1993J.