The rise and fall of the Type Ib supernova iPTF13bvn - Not a massive Wolf-Rayet star

Abstract

We investigate iPTF13bvn, a core-collapse (CC) supernova (SN) in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 5806. This object was discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory very soon after the explosion and was classified as a stripped-envelope CC SN, likely of Type Ib. A possible progenitor detection in pre-explosion Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images was reported, making this the only SN Ib with such an identification. Based on photometry of the progenitor candidate and on early-time SN data, it was argued that the progenitor candidate is consistent with a single, massive Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. In this work we present follow-up multi-band light-curves and optical spectra of iPTF13bvn. We perform spectral line analysis to track the evolution of the SN ejecta, construct a bolometric light curve and perform hydrodynamical calculations to model this light curve to constrain the synthesized radioactive nickel mass and the total ejecta mass of the SN. Late-time photometry is analyzed to constrain the amount of oxygen. Furthermore, image registration of pre- and post-explosion HST images is performed. Our HST astrometry confirms the location of the progenitor candidate, and follow-up spectra securely classify iPTF13bvn as a SN Ib. Our hydrodynamical model indicates an ejecta mass of 1.9 solar masses and radioactive nickel mass of 0.05 solar masses. The model fit requires the nickel to be highly mixed out in the ejecta. The late-time nebular r'-band luminosity is not consistent with predictions based on the expected oxygen nucleosynthesis in very massive stars. Our bolometric light curve of iPTF13bvn is not consistent with the previously proposed single massive WR-star progenitor scenario. The ejecta mass and the late-time oxygen emission are both significantly lower than what would be expected from a single WR progenitor with a main-sequence mass of at least 30 solar masses.

7 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A

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