Weak Mass Loss from the Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II SN 2021yja

Griffin Hosseinzadeh; Charles D. Kilpatrick; Yize Dong; David J. Sand; Jennifer E. Andrews; K. Azalee Bostroem; Daryl Janzen; Jacob E. Jencson; Michael Lundquist; Nicolas E. Meza Retamal; Jeniveve Pearson; Stefano Valenti; Samuel Wyatt; Jamison Burke; Daichi Hiramatsu; D. Andrew Howell; Curtis McCully; Megan Newsome; Estefania Padilla Gonzalez; Craig Pellegrino; Giacomo Terreran; Katie Auchettl; Kyle W. Davis; Ryan J. Foley; Hao Yu Miao; Yen Chen Pan; Armin Rest; Matthew R. Siebert; Kirsty Taggart; Brad E. Tucker; Feng Lin Cyrus Leung; Jonathan J. Swift; Grace Yang; Joseph P. Anderson; Chris Ashall; Stefano Benetti; Peter J. Brown; Régis Cartier; Ting Wan Chen; Massimo Della Valle; Lluís Galbany; Sebastian Gomez; Mariusz Gromadzki; Joshua Haislip; Eric Y. Hsiao; Cosimo Inserra; Saurabh W. Jha; Thomas L. Killestein; Vladimir Kouprianov; Alexandra Kozyreva; Tomás E. Müller-Bravo; Matt Nicholl; Emmy Paraskeva; Daniel E. Reichart; Stuart Ryder; Melissa Shahbandeh; Ben Shappee; Nathan Smith; David R. Young

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Weak Mass Loss from the Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II SN 2021yja

Griffin Hosseinzadeh^*, Charles D. Kilpatrick, Yize Dong, David J. Sand, Jennifer E. Andrews, K. Azalee Bostroem, Daryl Janzen, Jacob E. Jencson, Michael Lundquist, Nicolas E. Meza Retamal, Jeniveve Pearson, Stefano Valenti, Samuel Wyatt, Jamison Burke, Daichi Hiramatsu, D. Andrew Howell, Curtis McCully, Megan Newsome, Estefania Padilla Gonzalez, Craig PellegrinoGiacomo Terreran, Katie Auchettl, Kyle W. Davis, Ryan J. Foley, Hao Yu Miao, Yen Chen Pan, Armin Rest, Matthew R. Siebert, Kirsty Taggart, Brad E. Tucker, Feng Lin Cyrus Leung, Jonathan J. Swift, Grace Yang, Joseph P. Anderson, Chris Ashall, Stefano Benetti, Peter J. Brown, Régis Cartier, Ting Wan Chen, Massimo Della Valle, Lluís Galbany, Sebastian Gomez, Mariusz Gromadzki, Joshua Haislip, Eric Y. Hsiao, Cosimo Inserra, Saurabh W. Jha, Thomas L. Killestein, Vladimir Kouprianov, Alexandra Kozyreva, Tomás E. Müller-Bravo, Matt Nicholl, Emmy Paraskeva, Daniel E. Reichart, Stuart Ryder, Melissa Shahbandeh, Ben Shappee, Nathan Smith, David R. Young

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We present high-cadence optical, ultraviolet (UV), and near-infrared data of the nearby (D ≈ 23 Mpc) Type II supernova (SN) 2021yja. Many Type II SNe show signs of interaction with circumstellar material (CSM) during the first few days after explosion, implying that their red supergiant (RSG) progenitors experience episodic or eruptive mass loss. However, because it is difficult to discover SNe early, the diversity of CSM configurations in RSGs has not been fully mapped. SN 2021yja, first detected within ≈ 5.4 hours of explosion, shows some signatures of CSM interaction (high UV luminosity and radio and x-ray emission) but without the narrow emission lines or early light-curve peak that can accompany CSM. Here we analyze the densely sampled early light curve and spectral series of this nearby SN to infer the properties of its progenitor and CSM. We find that the most likely progenitor was an RSG with an extended envelope, encompassed by low-density CSM. We also present archival Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the host galaxy of SN 2021yja, which allows us to place a stringent upper limit of ≲ 9 M _☉ on the progenitor mass. However, this is in tension with some aspects of the SN evolution, which point to a more massive progenitor. Our analysis highlights the need to consider progenitor structure when making inferences about CSM properties, and that a comprehensive view of CSM tracers should be made to give a fuller view of the last years of RSG evolution.

Original language	English
Article number	31
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	935
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac75f0
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2022

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Hosseinzadeh, G., Kilpatrick, C. D., Dong, Y., Sand, D. J., Andrews, J. E., Bostroem, K. A., Janzen, D., Jencson, J. E., Lundquist, M., Meza Retamal, N. E., Pearson, J., Valenti, S., Wyatt, S., Burke, J., Hiramatsu, D., Howell, D. A., McCully, C., Newsome, M., Gonzalez, E. P., ... Young, D. R. (2022). Weak Mass Loss from the Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II SN 2021yja. Astrophysical Journal, 935(1), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac75f0

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