On 2014 December 9.61, the All-sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN or "Assassin") discovered ASASSN-141p just similar to 2 days after first light using a global array of 14 cm diameter telescopes. ASASSN-141p went on to become a bright supernova (V = 11.94 mag), second only to SN 2014J for the year. We present prediscovery photometry (with a detection less than a day after first light) and ultraviolet through near-infrared photometric and spectroscopic data covering the rise and fall of ASASSN-141p for more than 100 days. We find that ASASSN-141p had a broad light curve (Delta m(15) (B) = 0.80 +/- 0.05), a B-band maximum at 2457015.82 +/- 0.03, a rise time of 16.941(-0.10)(+0.11) days, and moderate host-galaxy extinction (E (B - V)host = 0.33 +/- 0.06). Using ASASSN-141p, we derive a distance modulus for NGC 4666 of mu = 30.8 +/- 0.2, corresponding to a distance of 14.7 +/- 1.5 Mpc. However, adding ASASSN-141p to the calibrating sample of Type Ia supernovae still requires an independent distance to the host galaxy. Finally, using our early-time photometric and spectroscopic observations, we rule out red giant secondaries and, assuming a favorable viewing angle and explosion time, any nondegenerate companion larger than 0.34 RG(circle dot).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/621393 |
| Date | 27 July 2016 |
| Creators | Shappee, B. J., Piro, A. L., Holoien, T. W.-S., Prieto, J. L., Contreras, C., Itagaki, K., Burns, C. R., Kochanek, C. S., Stanek, K. Z., Alper, E., Basu, U., Beacom, J. F., Bersier, D., Brimacombe, J., Conseil, E., Danilet, A. B., Dong, Subo, Falco, E., Grupe, D., Hsiao, E. Y., Kiyota, S., Morrell, N., Nicolas, J., Phillips, M. M., Pojmanski, G., Simonian, G., Stritzinger, M., Szczygieł, D. M., Taddia, F., Thompson, T. A., Thorstensen, J., Wagner, M. R., Woźniak, P. R. |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Large Binocular Telescope Observ |
| Publisher | IOP PUBLISHING LTD |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Relation | http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/826/i=2/a=144?key=crossref.0ab73af64b7b2687d5eb67cae2db0f0a |
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