Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2006

Publication Title

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume

457

Issue

3

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Abstract

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 super-nova 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 measure-ments, 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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This manuscript has been published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal. Please find the published version here (note that a subscription is necessary to access this version):

http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2006/39/aa5530-06/aa5530-06.html

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