SN 2018hfm : A Low-Energy Type II Supernova with Prominent Signatures of Circumstellar Interaction and Dust Formation
arXiv:2110.10440 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3007
Abstract
We present multiband optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of an unusual Type II supernova, SN 2018hfm, which exploded in the nearby (d = 34.67 Mpc) dwarf galaxy PGC 1297331 with a very low star-formation rate (0.0270 M yr-1) and a subsolar metallicity environment(~ 0.5 Z). The V-band light curve of SN 2018hfm reaches a peak with value of -18.69+/-0.64 mag, followed by a fast decline(4.42+/-0.13 mag (100d)-1). After about 50 days, it is found to experience a large flux drop (~3.0 mag in V), and then enters into an unusually faint tail, which indicates a relatively small amount of 56Ni synthesized during the explosion. From the bolometric light curve, SN 2018hfm is estimated to have low ejecta mass (~1.3M) and low explosion energy(~10 50 erg) compared with typical SNe II. The photospheric spectra of SN 2018hfm are similar to those of other SNe II, with P Cygni profiles of the Balmer series and metal lines, while at late phases the spectra are characterised by box-like profiles of HU emission, suggesting significant interaction between the SN ejecta and circumstellar matter. These box-like emission features are found to show increasing asymmetry with time, with the red-side component becoming gradually weaker, indicating that dust is continuously formed in the ejecta. Based on the dust-estimation tool damocles, we find that the dust increases from ~10 -6M to 10 -4 - 10 -3 M between +66.7 d and +389.4 d after explosion.
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