Constraining the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx

Griffin Hosseinzadeh; David J. Sand; Peter Lundqvist; Jennifer E. Andrews; K. Azalee Bostroem; Yize Dong; Daryl Janzen; Jacob E. Jencson; Michael Lundquist; Nicolas E. Meza Retamal; Jeniveve Pearson; Stefano Valenti; Samuel Wyatt; Jamison Burke; D. Andrew Howell; Curtis McCully; Megan Newsome; Estefania Padilla Gonzalez; Craig Pellegrino; Giacomo Terreran; Lindsey A. Kwok; Saurabh W. Jha; Jay Strader; Esha Kundu; Stuart D. Ryder; Joshua Haislip; Vladimir Kouprianov; Daniel E. Reichart

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Constraining the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx

Griffin Hosseinzadeh, David J. Sand, Peter Lundqvist, Jennifer E. Andrews, K. Azalee Bostroem, Yize Dong, Daryl Janzen, Jacob E. Jencson, Michael Lundquist, Nicolas E. Meza Retamal, Jeniveve Pearson, Stefano Valenti, Samuel Wyatt, Jamison Burke, D. Andrew Howell, Curtis McCully, Megan Newsome, Estefania Padilla Gonzalez, Craig Pellegrino, Giacomo TerreranLindsey A. Kwok, Saurabh W. Jha, Jay Strader, Esha Kundu, Stuart D. Ryder, Joshua Haislip, Vladimir Kouprianov, Daniel E. Reichart

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We present high-cadence optical and ultraviolet light curves of the normal Type Ia supernova (SN) 2021aefx, which shows an early bump during the first two days of observation. This bump may be a signature of interaction between the exploding white dwarf and a nondegenerate binary companion, or it may be intrinsic to the white dwarf explosion mechanism. In the case of the former, the short duration of the bump implies a relatively compact main-sequence companion star, although this conclusion is viewing-angle dependent. Our best-fit companion-shocking and double-detonation models both overpredict the UV luminosity during the bump, and existing nickel-shell models do not match the strength and timescale of the bump. We also present nebular spectra of SN 2021aefx, which do not show the hydrogen or helium emission expected from a nondegenerate companion, as well as a radio nondetection that rules out all symbiotic progenitor systems and most accretion disk winds. Our analysis places strong but conflicting constraints on the progenitor of SN 2021aefx; no current model can explain all of our observations.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	L45
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	933
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac7cef
State	Published - Jul 1 2022

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Hosseinzadeh, G., Sand, D. J., Lundqvist, P., Andrews, J. E., Bostroem, K. A., Dong, Y., Janzen, D., Jencson, J. E., Lundquist, M., Meza Retamal, N. E., Pearson, J., Valenti, S., Wyatt, S., Burke, J., Howell, D. A., McCully, C., Newsome, M., Gonzalez, E. P., Pellegrino, C., ... Reichart, D. E. (2022). Constraining the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 933(2), Article L45. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac7cef

Hosseinzadeh, G, Sand, DJ, Lundqvist, P, Andrews, JE, Bostroem, KA, Dong, Y, Janzen, D, Jencson, JE, Lundquist, M, Meza Retamal, NE, Pearson, J, Valenti, S, Wyatt, S, Burke, J, Howell, DA, McCully, C, Newsome, M, Gonzalez, EP, Pellegrino, C, Terreran, G, Kwok, LA, Jha, SW, Strader, J, Kundu, E, Ryder, SD, Haislip, J, Kouprianov, V & Reichart, DE 2022, 'Constraining the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 933, no. 2, L45. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac7cef

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