The low-luminosity type II SN\,2016aqf: A well-monitored spectral evolution of the Ni/Fe abundance ratio

Abstract

Low-luminosity type II supernovae (LL SNe~II) make up the low explosion energy end of core-collapse SNe, but their study and physical understanding remain limited. We present SN\,2016aqf, a LL SN~II with extensive spectral and photometric coverage. We measure a $V$-band peak magnitude of $-14.58$\,mag, a plateau duration of $\sim$100\,days, and an inferred ${}^{56}$Ni mass of $0.008\pm 0.002$\,\msun. The peak bolometric luminosity, L${}_{\mathrm{bol}}\approx 10^{41.4}$\,erg\,s${}^{-1}$, and its spectral evolution is typical of other SNe in the class. Using our late-time spectra, we measure the [\ion{O}{i}] $\lambda \lambda 6300,6364$ lines, which we compare against SN II spectral synthesis models to constrain the progenitor zero-age main-sequence mass. We find this to be 12 $\pm$ 3\,\msun. Our extensive late-time spectral coverage of the [\ion{Fe}{ii}] $\lambda 7155$ and [\ion{Ni}{ii}] $\lambda 7378$ lines permits a measurement of the Ni/Fe abundance ratio, a parameter sensitive to the inner progenitor structure and explosion mechanism dynamics. We measure a constant abundance ratio evolution of $0.081_{-0.010}^{+0.009}$, and argue that the best epochs to measure the ratio are at $\sim$200 -- 300\,days after explosion. We place this measurement in the context of a large sample of SNe II and compare against various physical, light-curve and spectral parameters, in search of trends which might allow indirect ways of constraining this ratio. We do not find correlations predicted by theoretical models; however, this may be the result of the exact choice of parameters and explosion mechanism in the models, the simplicity of them and/or primordial contamination in the measured abundance ratio.

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