H alpha emission in the nebular spectrum of the Type Ia supernova ASASSN-18tb

Juna A. Kollmeier, Ping Chen, Subo Dong, Nidia Morrell, M. M. Phillips, Doron Kushnir, J. L. Prieto, Anthony L. Piro, Joshua D. Simon

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Abstract

As part of the 100IAS survey, a program aimed to obtain nebular-phase spectra for a volume-limited and homogeneous sample of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), we observed ASASSN-18tb (SN 2018fhw) at 139 d past maximum light. ASASSN-18tb was a fast-declining, sub-luminous event that fits well within the observed photometric and spectroscopic distributions of the SN Ia population. We detect a prominent H alpha emission line (L-H alpha = 2.2 +/- 0.2 x 10(38) ergs s(-1)) with FWHM approximate to 1100 km s(-1) in the nebular-phase spectrum of this SN Ia. High-luminosity H alpha emission (L-H alpha greater than or similar to 10(40) ergs s(-1)) has previously been discovered in a rare class of SNe Ia-like objects showing circum-stellar medium (CSM) interactions (SNe Ia-CSM). They predominantly belong to overluminous (M-max

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3041-3046
Number of pages6
JournalMONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume486
Issue number3
Early online date3 Apr 2019
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019

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