Final Moments III: Explosion Properties and Progenitor Constraints of CSM-Interacting Type II Supernovae
Final Moments III: Explosion Properties and Progenitor Constraints of CSM-Interacting Type II Supernovae
W. V. Jacobson-Galán, L. Dessart, K. W. Davis, K. A. Bostroem, C. D. Kilpatrick, R. Margutti, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, R. Chornock, G. Terreran, D. Hiramatsu, M. Newsome, E. Padilla Gonzalez, C. Pellegrino, D. A. Howell, J. P. Anderson, C. R. Angus, K. Auchettl, T. G. Brink, R. Cartier, D. A. Coulter, T. de Boer, M. R. Drout, N. Earl, K. Ertini, J. R. Farah, D. Farias, C. Gall, H. Gao, M. A. Gerlach, F. Guo, A. Haynie, G. Hosseinzadeh, A. L. Ibik, S. W. Jha, D. O. Jones, D. Langeroodi, N LeBaron, E. A. Magnier, A. L. Piro, S. I. Raimundo, A. Rest, S. Rest, R. Michael Rich, C. Rojas-Bravo, H. Sears, K. Taggart, V. A. Villar, R. J. Wainscoat, X-F. Wang, A. R. Wasserman, S. Yan, Y. Yang, J. Zhang, W. Zheng
AbstractWe present analysis of the plateau and late-time phase properties of a sample of 39 Type II supernovae (SNe II) that show narrow, transient, high-ionization emission lines (i.e., "IIn-like") in their early-time spectra from interaction with confined, dense circumstellar material (CSM). Originally presented by Jacobson-Gal\'an et al 2024a, this sample also includes multicolor light curves and spectra extending to late-time phases of 35 SNe with no evidence for IIn-like features at <2 days after first light. We measure photospheric phase light-curve properties for the distance-corrected sample and find that SNe II with IIn-like features have significantly higher luminosities and decline rates at +50 days than the comparison sample, which could be connected to inflated progenitor radii, lower ejecta mass, and/or persistent CSM interaction. However, we find no statistical evidence that the measured plateau durations and $^{56}$Ni masses of SNe II with and without IIn-like features arise from different distributions. We estimate progenitor zero-age main sequence (ZAMS) masses for all SNe with nebular spectroscopy through spectral model comparisons and find that most objects, both with and without IIn-like features, are consistent with progenitor masses <12.5 M$_{\odot}$. Combining progenitor ZAMS masses with CSM densities inferred from early-time spectra suggests multiple channels for enhanced mass loss in the final years before core collapse such as a convection-driven chromosphere or binary interaction. Finally, we find spectroscopic evidence for ongoing ejecta-CSM interaction at radii $>10^{16}$ cm, consistent with substantial progenitor mass-loss rates of $\sim 10^{-4}$--$10^{-5}$ M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$ ($v_w < 50$ km/s) in the final centuries to millennia before explosion.