posted on 2012-10-24, 09:07authored byP. Ferrero, D. A. Kann, A. Zeh, S. Klose, E. Pian, E. Palazzi, N. Masetti, D. H. Hartmann, J. Sollerman, J. Deng, A. V. Filippenko, J. Greiner, M. A. Hughes, P. Mazzali, W. Li, E. Rol, R. J. Smith, N. R. Tanvir
The supernova SN 2006aj associated with GRB 060218 is the second-closest GRB-SN observed to date (z=0.033). We present Very Large Telescope, Liverpool Telescope, and Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope multi-color photometry of SN 2006aj. This supernova is found to be subluminous and rapidly evolving. Its early light curve includes an additional wavelength-dependent component, which can be interpreted as shock break-out. We compare the photometric evolution of multi-band light curves with the corresponding properties of the present sample of more than 10 GRB-SNe with precisely known redshifts. Using host-galaxy extinction measurements, we derive extinction-corrected GRB-SN luminosities and place SN 2006aj in the context of this GRB-selected supernova sample as well as in the context of local stripped-envelope supernovae.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2006, 457 (3), pp. 857-U72
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VoR (Version of Record)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
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EDP Sciences for European Southern Observatory (ESO)