Constraining the progenitor of the type Ia SN 2014J with the EVN and eMERLIN

Miguel Angel Perez-Torres; P. Lundqvist; R. J. Beswick; C. I. Bjornsson; T .W. B. Muxlow; Z. Paragi; S. Ryder; Antxon Alberdi; C. Fransson; J. M. Marcaide; Ivan Marti-Vidal; Eduardo Ros; M. K. Argo; J. C. Guirado

Constraining the progenitor of the type Ia SN 2014J with the EVN and eMERLIN
Paper i proceeding, 2014

We report the deepest radio interferometric observations of the closest Type Ia supernova in decades, SN 2014J, which exploded in the nearby galaxy M 82. These observations represent, together with radio observations of SNe 2011fe, the most sensitive radio studies of a Type Ia SN ever. We constrain the mass-loss rate from the progenitor system of SN 2014J to M ≲ 7.0 × 10-10 M⊙yr-1 (for a wind speed of 100 km s-1). Most single-degenerate scenarios, i.e., the wide family of progenitor systems where a red giant, main-sequence, or sub-giant star donates mass to a exploding white dwarf, are ruled out by our observations. On the contrary, our stringent upper limits to the radio emission from SN 2014 favor a double-degenerate scenario-involving two WD stars-for the progenitor system of SN 2014J, as such systems have less circumstellar gas than our upper limits. Thus, the evidence from SNe 2011fe and 2014J points in the direction of a double-degenerate scenario for both. Looking into the future, we note that the huge improvement in sensitivity of the SKA with respect to its predecessors will allow us to determine which progenitor scenario (single-degenerate vs. double-degenerate) applies to a large sample of nearby Type Ia SNe, thus unambiguously solving this issue. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence.

Författare

Miguel Angel Perez-Torres

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón

P. Lundqvist

The Oskar Klein Centre

Stockholms universitet

R. J. Beswick

The Oskar Klein Centre

C. I. Bjornsson

Stockholms universitet

T .W. B. Muxlow

University of Manchester

Z. Paragi

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)

S. Ryder

Universitat de Valencia

Antxon Alberdi

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

C. Fransson

The Oskar Klein Centre

Stockholms universitet

J. M. Marcaide

Universitat de Valencia

Ivan Marti-Vidal

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium

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Eduardo Ros

Universitat de Valencia

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

M. K. Argo

University of Manchester

J. C. Guirado

Universitat de Valencia

Proceedings of Science

18248039 (eISSN)

052

12th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting, EVN 2014
Cagliari, Italy,

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Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

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2022-04-05

Constraining the progenitor of the type Ia SN 2014J with the EVN and eMERLIN Paper i proceeding, 2014

Författare

Miguel Angel Perez-Torres

P. Lundqvist

R. J. Beswick

C. I. Bjornsson

T .W. B. Muxlow

Z. Paragi

S. Ryder

Antxon Alberdi

C. Fransson

J. M. Marcaide

Ivan Marti-Vidal

Eduardo Ros

M. K. Argo

J. C. Guirado

Proceedings of Science

Ämneskategorier

Fundament

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Constraining the progenitor of the type Ia SN 2014J with the EVN and eMERLIN
Paper i proceeding, 2014