Chandra X-ray constraints on the candidate Ca-rich gap transient SN 2016hnk
Chandra X-ray constraints on the candidate Ca-rich gap transient SN 2016hnk
We present a Chandra observation of SN 2016hnk, a candidate Ca-rich gap transient. This observation was specifically designed to test whether or not this transient was the result of the tidal detonation of a white dwarf by an intermediate-mass black hole. Since we detect no X-ray emission 28 days after the discovery of the transient, as predicted from fall-back accretion, we rule out this model. Our upper limit of $\sim 10$ M$_\odot$ does not allow us to rule out a neutron star or stellar-mass black hole detonator due limits on the sensitivity of Chandra to soft X-rays and unconstrained variables tied to the structure of super-Eddington accretion disks. Together with other Chandra and multiwavelength observations, our analysis strongly argues against the intermediate-mass black hole tidal detonation scenario for Ca-rich gap transients more generally.
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Sell, P.H.
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Arur, K.
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Maccarone, T.J.
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Kotak, R.
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Knigge, C.
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Sand, D.J.
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Valenti, S.
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Arur, K.
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Maccarone, T.J.
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Kotak, R.
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Knigge, C.
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Sand, D.J.
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Sell, P.H., Arur, K., Maccarone, T.J., Kotak, R., Knigge, C., Sand, D.J. and Valenti, S.
(2018)
Chandra X-ray constraints on the candidate Ca-rich gap transient SN 2016hnk.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 475 (1), .
(doi:10.1093/mnrasl/sly011).
Abstract
We present a Chandra observation of SN 2016hnk, a candidate Ca-rich gap transient. This observation was specifically designed to test whether or not this transient was the result of the tidal detonation of a white dwarf by an intermediate-mass black hole. Since we detect no X-ray emission 28 days after the discovery of the transient, as predicted from fall-back accretion, we rule out this model. Our upper limit of $\sim 10$ M$_\odot$ does not allow us to rule out a neutron star or stellar-mass black hole detonator due limits on the sensitivity of Chandra to soft X-rays and unconstrained variables tied to the structure of super-Eddington accretion disks. Together with other Chandra and multiwavelength observations, our analysis strongly argues against the intermediate-mass black hole tidal detonation scenario for Ca-rich gap transients more generally.
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Submitted date: 7 December 2017
Accepted/In Press date: 16 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 January 2018
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