Abstract
Type Ibn supernovae (SNe) are a mysterious class of transients whose spectra exhibit persistently narrow He I lines, and whose bolometric light curves are typically fast evolving and overluminous at peak relative to standard Type Ibc SNe. We explore the interaction scenario of such Type Ibn SNe by performing radiation-hydrodynamics and radiative-transfer calculations. We find that standard-energy helium-star explosions within dense wind-like circumstellar material (CSM) can reach a peak luminosity of a few 1044 erg s−1 on day timescales, which is reminiscent of exceptional events such as AT 2018cow. Similar interactions but with weaker winds can lead to Type Ibc SNe with double-peak light curves and peak luminosities in the range ∼1042.2 to ∼1043 erg s−1. In contrast, the narrow spectral lines and modest peak luminosities of most Type Ibn SNe are suggestive of a low-energy explosion in an initially ≲5 M⊙ helium star, most likely arising from interacting binaries and colliding with a massive helium-rich, probably ejecta-like, CSM at ∼1015 cm. Nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium radiative-transfer simulations of a slow-moving dense shell born out and powered by the interaction compare favorably to Type Ibn SNe such as 2006jc, 2011hw, or 2018bcc at late times and suggest a composition made of about 50% helium, a solar metallicity, and a total ejecta and CSM mass of 1–2 M⊙. A lower fractional helium abundance leads to weak or absent He I lines and thus excludes more massive configurations for observed Type Ibn SNe. Further, the dominance of Fe II emission below 5500 Å seen in Type Ibn SNe at late times is not predicted at low metallicity. Hence, despite their promising properties, Type Ibn SNe from a pulsational-pair instability in very massive stars, requiring low metallicity, probably have not been observed yet.
Highlights
Supernova (SN) 1999cq was the first reported occurrence exhibiting typical Type Ic spectral properties superimposed with the presence of narrow He i lines, suggestive of the interaction of a hydrogen-free ejecta with helium-rich hydrogen-free circumstellar material
We explore the systematics for various configurations, and give special attention to the salient features of transient light curves, namely the rise time to peak, the peak luminosity, and the time-integrated bolometric luminosity over the high-luminosity phase
We have presented numerical simulations for Type Ibn SNe under the assumption that these events are the result of the interaction between the ejecta of an exploding star with the circumstellar material (CSM) produced in a pre-SN outburst either in the form of a dense wind or a nonterminal explosion unbinding only part of the star
Summary
Supernova (SN) 1999cq was the first reported occurrence exhibiting typical Type Ic spectral properties superimposed with the presence of narrow He i lines, suggestive of the interaction of a hydrogen-free ejecta with helium-rich hydrogen-free circumstellar material (hereafter CSM; Matheson et al 2000). Type Ibn SNe discovered since reveal a diversity in photometric and spectral properties. This includes events such as SN 2006jc (Foley et al 2007; Pastorello et al 2007), SN 2005la (Pastorello et al 2008b), SNe 2010al and 2011hw (Smith et al 2012; Pastorello et al 2015a), OGLE-2012-SN006 (Pastorello et al 2015c), SN 2014av (Pastorello et al 2016), ASASSN-15ed (Pastorello et al 2015b), or SN 2015U (Shivvers et al 2016).
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