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Title:
Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2005gj: Another Type Ia Supernova in a Massive Circumstellar Envelope
Authors:
Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bauer, A.; Blanc, N.; Bongard, S.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Gilles, S.; Kessler, R.; Kocevski, D.; Lee, B. C.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pécontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Thomas, R. C.; Wang, L.; Weaver, B. A.
Affiliation:
AA(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AB(Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, CNRS-IN2P3, Universités Paris VI et Paris VII, 4 Place Jussieu Tour 33, Rez de Chaussée, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.), AC(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AD(Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06250-8121.), AE(Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06250-8121.), AF(Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, UMR5822, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.), AG(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.; Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Grizzly Peak at Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450.), AH(Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, UMR5822, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.), AI(Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, UMR5822, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.), AJ(Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, CNRS-IN2P3, Universités Paris VI et Paris VII, 4 Place Jussieu Tour 33, Rez de Chaussée, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.), AK(Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.), AL(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.; Department of Physics, University of California, 366 LeConte Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AM(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AN(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AO(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AP(Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, CNRS-IN2P3, Universités Paris VI et Paris VII, 4 Place Jussieu Tour 33, Rez de Chaussée, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.), AQ(Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon, 9 Avenue Charles André, 69561 Saint Genis Laval Cedex, Paris.), AR(Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, CNRS-IN2P3, Universités Paris VI et Paris VII, 4 Place Jussieu Tour 33, Rez de Chaussée, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.), AS(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.; Department of Physics, University of California, 366 LeConte Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AT(Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06250-8121.), AU(Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon, 9 Avenue Charles André, 69561 Saint Genis Laval Cedex, Paris.), AV(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AW(Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, UMR5822, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.), AX(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AY(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.), AZ(Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.; Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Grizzly Peak at Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450.)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 650, Issue 1, pp. 510-527. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2006
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Galaxies: Abundances, Stars: Winds, Outflows, Stars: Supernovae: General, supernovae: individual (SN 2005gj), Stars: Supernovae: Individual: Alphanumeric: SN 2002ic
DOI:
10.1086/507020
Bibliographic Code:
2006ApJ...650..510A

Abstract

We report Nearby Supernova Factory observations of SN 2005gj, the second confirmed case of a ``hybrid'' Type Ia/IIn supernova, which we interpret as the explosion of a white dwarf interacting with a circumstellar medium. Our early-phase photometry of SN 2005gj shows that the interaction is much stronger than for the prototype, SN 2002ic. Our first spectrum shows a hot continuum with broad and narrow Hα emission. Later spectra, spanning over 4 months from outburst, show clear Type Ia features combined with broad and narrow Hγ, Hβ, Hα, and He I λλ5876, 7065 in emission. At higher resolution, P Cygni profiles are apparent. Surprisingly, we also observe an inverted P Cygni profile for [O III] λ5007. We find that the light curve and measured velocity of the unshocked circumstellar material imply mass loss as recently as 8 years ago. The early light curve is well described by a flat radial density profile for the circumstellar material. However, our decomposition of the spectra into Type Ia and shock emission components allows for little obscuration of the supernova, suggesting an aspherical or clumpy distribution for the circumstellar material. We suggest that the emission-line velocity profiles arise from electron scattering rather than the kinematics of the shock. This is supported by the inferred high densities and the lack of evidence for evolution in the line widths. Ground- and space-based photometry and Keck spectroscopy of the host galaxy are used to ascertain that the host galaxy has low metallicity (Z/Zsolar<0.3 95% confidence) and that this galaxy is undergoing a significant star formation event that began roughly 200+/-70 Myr ago. We discuss the implications of these observations for progenitor models and cosmology using Type Ia supernovae.
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