SN 2007bg: The Complex Circumstellar Environment Around One of the Most Radio-Luminous Broad-Lined Type Ic Supernovae

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of the radio light curve and X-ray observations of broad-lined Type Ic SN 2007bg. The light curve shows three distinct phases of spectral and temporal evolution, implying that the SNe shock likely encountered at least 3 different circumstellar medium regimes. We interpret this as the progenitor of SN 2007bg having at least two distinct mass-loss episodes (i.e., phases 1 and 3) during its final stages of evolution, yielding a highly-stratified circumstellar medium. Modelling the phase 1 light curve as a freely-expanding, synchrotron-emitting shell, self-absorbed by its own radiating electrons, requires a progenitor mass-loss rate of \dot{M}~1.9x10^{-6}(v_{w}/1000 km s^{-1}) Solar masses per year for the last t~20(v_{w}/1000 km s^{-1}) yr before explosion, and a total energy of the radio emitting ejecta of E\sim1x10^{48} erg after 10 days from explosion. This places SN 2007bg among the most energetic Type Ib/c events. We interpret the second phase as a sparser "gap" region between the two winds stages. Phase 3 shows a second absorption turn-on before rising to a peak luminosity 2.6 times higher than in phase 1. Assuming this luminosity jump is due to a circumstellar medium density enhancement from a faster previous mass-loss episode, we estimate that the phase 3 mass-loss rate could be as high as \dot{M}<~4.3x10^{-4}(v_{w}/1000 km s^{-1}) Solar masses per year. The phase 3 wind would have transitioned directly into the phase 1 wind for a wind speed difference of ~2. In summary, the radio light curve provides robust evidence for dramatic global changes in at least some Ic-BL progenitors just prior (~10-1000 yr) to explosion. The observed luminosity of this SN is the highest observed for a non-gamma-ray-burst broad-lined Type Ic SN, reaching L_{8.46 GHz}~1x10^{29} erg Hz^{-1} s^{-1}, ~567 days after explosion.

arXiv comment11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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