We present DES14X3taz, a new hydrogen-poor super luminous supernova (SLSN-I)
discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova program, with additional
photometric data provided by the Survey Using DECam for Superluminous
Supernovae (SUDSS). Spectra obtained using OSIRIS on the Gran Telescopio
CANARIAS (GTC) show DES14X3taz is a SLSN-I at z=0.608. Multi-color photometry
reveals a double-peaked light curve: a blue and relatively bright initial peak
that fades rapidly prior to the slower rise of the main light curve. Our
multi-color photometry allows us, for the first time, to show that the initial
peak cools from 22,000K to 8,000K over 15 rest-frame days, and is faster and
brighter than any published core-collapse supernova, reaching 30\% of the
bolometric luminosity of the main peak. No physical Ni-powered model can fit
this initial peak. We show that a shock-cooling model followed by a magnetar
driving the second phase of the light curve can adequately explain the light
curve of DES14X3taz, with the cooling of extended material at a distance of
\~400 solar radii being preferred over extended stellar envelope models. We
compare DES14X3taz to the few double-peaked SLSN-I events in the literature.
Although the rise-times and characteristics of these initial peaks differ,
there exists the tantalizing possibility that they can be explained by one
physical interpretation.
%0 Generic
%1 citeulike:13893610
%A Smith, M.
%A Sullivan, M.
%A D'Andrea, C. B.
%A Castander, F. J.
%A Casas, R.
%A Prajs, S.
%A Papadopoulos, A.
%A Nichol, R. C.
%A Karpenka, N. V.
%A Bernard, S. R.
%A Brown, P.
%A Cartier, R.
%A Cooke, J.
%A Curtin, C.
%A Davis, T. M.
%A Finley, D. A.
%A Foley, R. J.
%A Gal-Yam, A.
%A Goldstein, D. A.
%A González-Gaitán, S.
%A Gupta, R. R.
%A Howell, D. A.
%A Inserra, C.
%A Kessler, R.
%A Lidman, C.
%A Marriner, J.
%A Nugent, P.
%A Pritchard, T. A.
%A Sako, M.
%A Smartt, S.
%A Smith, R. C.
%A Spinka, H.
%A Wolf, R. C.
%A Zentano, A.
%A Abbott, T. M. C.
%A Benoit-Lévy, A.
%A Brooks, D.
%A Buckley-Geer, E.
%A Rosell, A. Carnero
%A Kind, M. Carrasco
%A Carretero, J.
%A Crocce, M.
%A Cunha, C. E.
%A da Costa, L. N.
%A Desai, S.
%A Diehl, H. T.
%A Doel, P.
%A Estrada, J.
%A Evrard, A. E.
%A Flaugher, B.
%A Fosalba, P.
%A Frieman, J.
%A Gerdes, D. W.
%A Gruen, D.
%A Gruendl, R. A.
%A James, D. J.
%A Kuehn, K.
%A Kuropatkin, N.
%A Lahav, O.
%A Li, T. S.
%A Marshall, J. L.
%A Martini, P.
%A Miller, C. J.
%A Miquel, R.
%A Ogando, R.
%A Plazas, A. A.
%A Romer, A. K.
%A Roodman, A.
%A Rykoff, E. S.
%A Sanchez, E.
%A Scarpine, V.
%A Schubnell, M.
%A Sevilla-Noarbe, I.
%A Soares-Santos, M.
%A Sobreira, F.
%A Suchyta, E.
%A Swanson, M. E. C.
%A Tarle, G.
%A Thomas, R. C.
%A Walker, A. R.
%A Wester, W.
%D 2015
%K imported
%T DES14X3taz: A Type I Superluminous Supernova Showing a Luminous, Rapidly Cooling Initial Pre-Peak Bump
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06043
%X We present DES14X3taz, a new hydrogen-poor super luminous supernova (SLSN-I)
discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova program, with additional
photometric data provided by the Survey Using DECam for Superluminous
Supernovae (SUDSS). Spectra obtained using OSIRIS on the Gran Telescopio
CANARIAS (GTC) show DES14X3taz is a SLSN-I at z=0.608. Multi-color photometry
reveals a double-peaked light curve: a blue and relatively bright initial peak
that fades rapidly prior to the slower rise of the main light curve. Our
multi-color photometry allows us, for the first time, to show that the initial
peak cools from 22,000K to 8,000K over 15 rest-frame days, and is faster and
brighter than any published core-collapse supernova, reaching 30\% of the
bolometric luminosity of the main peak. No physical Ni-powered model can fit
this initial peak. We show that a shock-cooling model followed by a magnetar
driving the second phase of the light curve can adequately explain the light
curve of DES14X3taz, with the cooling of extended material at a distance of
\~400 solar radii being preferred over extended stellar envelope models. We
compare DES14X3taz to the few double-peaked SLSN-I events in the literature.
Although the rise-times and characteristics of these initial peaks differ,
there exists the tantalizing possibility that they can be explained by one
physical interpretation.
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abstract = {{We present DES14X3taz, a new hydrogen-poor super luminous supernova (SLSN-I)
discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova program, with additional
photometric data provided by the Survey Using DECam for Superluminous
Supernovae (SUDSS). Spectra obtained using OSIRIS on the Gran Telescopio
CANARIAS (GTC) show DES14X3taz is a SLSN-I at z=0.608. Multi-color photometry
reveals a double-peaked light curve: a blue and relatively bright initial peak
that fades rapidly prior to the slower rise of the main light curve. Our
multi-color photometry allows us, for the first time, to show that the initial
peak cools from 22,000K to 8,000K over 15 rest-frame days, and is faster and
brighter than any published core-collapse supernova, reaching 30\% of the
bolometric luminosity of the main peak. No physical Ni-powered model can fit
this initial peak. We show that a shock-cooling model followed by a magnetar
driving the second phase of the light curve can adequately explain the light
curve of DES14X3taz, with the cooling of extended material at a distance of
\~{}400 solar radii being preferred over extended stellar envelope models. We
compare DES14X3taz to the few double-peaked SLSN-I events in the literature.
Although the rise-times and characteristics of these initial peaks differ,
there exists the tantalizing possibility that they can be explained by one
physical interpretation.}},
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author = {Smith, M. and Sullivan, M. and D'Andrea, C. B. and Castander, F. J. and Casas, R. and Prajs, S. and Papadopoulos, A. and Nichol, R. C. and Karpenka, N. V. and Bernard, S. R. and Brown, P. and Cartier, R. and Cooke, J. and Curtin, C. and Davis, T. M. and Finley, D. A. and Foley, R. J. and Gal-Yam, A. and Goldstein, D. A. and Gonz\'{a}lez-Gait\'{a}n, S. and Gupta, R. R. and Howell, D. A. and Inserra, C. and Kessler, R. and Lidman, C. and Marriner, J. and Nugent, P. and Pritchard, T. A. and Sako, M. and Smartt, S. and Smith, R. C. and Spinka, H. and Wolf, R. C. and Zentano, A. and Abbott, T. M. C. and Benoit-L\'{e}vy, A. and Brooks, D. and Buckley-Geer, E. and Rosell, A. Carnero and Kind, M. Carrasco and Carretero, J. and Crocce, M. and Cunha, C. E. and da Costa, L. N. and Desai, S. and Diehl, H. T. and Doel, P. and Estrada, J. and Evrard, A. E. and Flaugher, B. and Fosalba, P. and Frieman, J. and Gerdes, D. W. and Gruen, D. and Gruendl, R. A. and James, D. J. and Kuehn, K. and Kuropatkin, N. and Lahav, O. and Li, T. S. and Marshall, J. L. and Martini, P. and Miller, C. J. and Miquel, R. and Ogando, R. and Plazas, A. A. and Romer, A. K. and Roodman, A. and Rykoff, E. S. and Sanchez, E. and Scarpine, V. and Schubnell, M. and Sevilla-Noarbe, I. and Soares-Santos, M. and Sobreira, F. and Suchyta, E. and Swanson, M. E. C. and Tarle, G. and Thomas, R. C. and Walker, A. R. and Wester, W.},
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