Light curve modeling of fast-evolving supernova KSN 2015K: explosion in circumstellar matter of Super-AGB progentor

Abstract

Recent supernova searches revealed a number of fast-evolving luminous transients. We perform radiation hydrodynamic simulations of light curves of several models of supernova from super--asymptotic giant branch (super-AGB, SAGB) stars with low mass envelopes ($M_{\mathrm{env}}$ $\sim$ $0.05-1.25$ $M_{\odot }$). The differences in the light curves found among the models are used to link the observed events to the most appropriate models. In particular, we propose that KSN 2015K is an electron-capture supernova. We assume "optically" thick CSM around SAGB and the circumstellar interaction powers the peak luminosity of the light curve with a short rise time. The faint tail might be influenced by the spin-down luminosity of a newborn Crab-like pulsar. Our fits indicate an ejecta mass of $0.02-0.05$ $M_{\odot }$, a circumstellar medium (CSM) mass of $0.10-0.12$ $M_{\odot }$, a radius of the CSM photosphere $\sim$ 10${}^{14}$ cm, a kinetic energy of $\sim$ 3 $\times$ 10${}^{50}$ erg, a photospheric velocity $v_{\mathrm{ph}}\gtrsim 10,000$ km s${}^{-1}$ and a pulsar total spin energy ($2.5-4$) $\times$ 10${}^{49}$ erg.

5 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on 06 Jun 2019

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