Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu 
(Gaia16cfr)

Brennan, S. J.; Fraser, M.; Johansson, J.; Pastorello, A.; Kotak, R.; Stevance, H. F.; Chen, T.-W.; Eldridge, J. J.; Bose, S.; Brown, P. J.; Callis, E.; Cartier, R.; Dennefeld, M.; Dong, Subo; Duffy, P.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Hsiao, E.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Martin-Carrillo, A.; Monard, B.; Pignata, G.; Sand, D.; Shappee, B. J.; Smartt, S. J.; Tucker, B. E.; Wyrzykowski, L.; Abbot, H.; Benetti, S.; Bento, J.; Blondin, S.; Chen, Ping; Delgado, A.; Galbany, L.; Gromadzki, M.; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Hanlon, L.; Harrison, D. L.; Hiramatsu, D.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Holoien, T. W.-S.; Howell, D. A.; Inserra, C.; Kankare, E.; Kozłowski, S.; Müller-Bravo, T. E.; Maguire, K.; McCully, C.; Meintjes, P.; Morrell, N.; Nicholl, M.; O’Neill, D.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Poleski, R.; Prieto, J. L.; Rau, A.; Reichart, D. E.; Schweyer, T.; Shahbandeh, M.; Skowron, J.; Sollerman, J.; Soszyński, I.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Szymański, M.; Tartaglia, L.; Udalski, A.; Ulaczyk, K.; Young, D. R.; van Leeuwen, M.; van Soelen, B.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1228

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Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)

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Chen, T.-W.
High Energy Astrophysics, MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Brennan, S. J., Fraser, M., Johansson, J., Pastorello, A., Kotak, R., Stevance, H. F., et al. (2022). Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(4), 5666-5685. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1228.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000B-FC19-E

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We present the bolometric light curve, identification and analysis of the progenitor candidate, and preliminary modelling of AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr). We find a progenitor consistent with a ∼ 22–25 M⊙ yellow hypergiant surrounded by a dusty circumstellar shell, in agreement with what has been previously reported. We see evidence for significant photometric variability in the progenitor, as well as strong Hα emission consistent with pre-existing circumstellar material. The age of the environment, as well as the resolved stellar population surrounding AT 2016jbu, supports a progenitor age of >10 Myr, consistent with a progenitor mass of ∼22 M⊙. A joint analysis of the velocity evolution of AT 2016jbu and the photospheric radius inferred from the bolometric light curve shows the transient is consistent with two successive outbursts/explosions. The first outburst ejected material with velocity ∼650 km s−1, while the second, more energetic event ejected material at ∼4500 km s−1. Whether the latter is the core collapse of the progenitor remains uncertain. We place a limit on the ejected 56Ni mass of <0.016 M⊙. Using the Binary Population And Spectral Synthesis (BPASS) code, we explore a wide range of possible progenitor systems and find that the majority of these are in binaries, some of which are undergoing mass transfer or common-envelope evolution immediately prior to explosion. Finally, we use the SuperNova Explosion Code (SNEC) to demonstrate that the low-energy explosions within some of these binary systems, together with sufficient circumstellar material, can reproduce the overall morphology of the light curve of AT 2016jbu.