Low-frequency radio view of a fast-blue optical transient - AT 2018cow
Abstract
We present low-frequency (0.40 - 1.25 GHz) radio observations and modeling of a Fast Blue Optical Transient (FBOT), AT2018cow [Nayana & Chandra(2021)]. Our data are best modeled as an inhomogeneous synchrotron emitting region expanding into an ionized circumstellar medium. We estimate the mass-loss rate of the progenitor star and shock parameters at multiple epochs post-explosion and find that the progenitor has gone through an enhanced phase of mass-loss close to its end-of-life.
- Publication:
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IAU Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921322002058
- Bibcode:
- 2024IAUS..361..602N
- Keywords:
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- supernovae: individual: AT2018cow;
- radio continuum: general;
- stars: mass loss