From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the Context of the Ōtautahi–Oxford Interstellar Object Population Model

The Astrophysical Journal Letters American Astronomical Society 990:2 (2025) L30

Authors:

Matthew J Hopkins, Rosemary C Dorsey, John C Forbes, Michele T Bannister, Chris J Lintott, Brayden Leicester

Abstract:

The discovery of the third interstellar object (ISO), 3I/ATLAS (“3I”), provides a rare chance to directly observe a small body from another solar system. Studying its chemistry and dynamics will add to our understanding of how the processes of planetesimal formation and evolution happen across the Milky Way’s disk, and how such objects respond to the Milky Way’s potential. In this Letter, we present a first assessment of 3I in the context of the Ōtautahi–Oxford model, which uses data from Gaia in conjunction with models of protoplanetary disk chemistry and Galactic dynamics to predict the properties of the ISO population. The model shows that both the velocity and radiant of 3I are within the expected range. Its velocity predicts an age of over 7.6 Gyr and a high water mass fraction, which may become observable shortly. We also conclude that it is very unlikely that 3I shares an origin with either of the previous two ISO detections.

A long-lasting eruption heralds SN 2023ldh, a clone of SN 2009ip

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 701 (2025) a32

Authors:

A Pastorello, A Reguitti, L Tartaglia, G Valerin, Y-Z Cai, P Charalampopoulos, F De Luise, Y Dong, N Elias-Rosa, J Farah, A Farina, S Fiscale, M Fraser, L Galbany, S Gomez, M González-Bañuelos, D Hiramatsu, DA Howell, T Kangas, TL Killestein, P Marziani, PA Mazzali, E Mazzotta Epifani, C McCully, P Ochner, E Padilla Gonzalez, AP Ravi, I Salmaso, S Schuldt, AG Schweinfurth, SJ Smartt, KW Smith, S Srivastav, MD Stritzinger, S Taubenberger, G Terreran, S Valenti, Z-Y Wang, F Guidolin, CP Gutiérrez, K Itagaki, S Kiyota, P Lundqvist, KC Chambers, TJL de Boer, C-C Lin, TB Lowe, EA Magnier, RJ Wainscoat

Abstract:

We discuss the results of the spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the type IIn supernova (SN) 2023ldh. Survey archive data show that the SN progenitor experienced erratic variability in the years before exploding. Beginning May 2023, the source showed a general slow luminosity rise that lasted for over four months, with some superposed luminosity fluctuations. In analogy to SN 2009ip , we call this brightening ‘Event A’. During Event A, SN 2023ldh reached a maximum absolute magnitude of M r = −15.52 ± 0.24 mag. The light curves then decreased by about 1 mag in all filters for about two weeks reaching a relative minimum, which was followed by a steep brightening (Event B) to an absolute peak magnitude of M r = −18.53 ± 0.23 mag, replicating the evolution of SN 2009ip and similar to that of type IIn SNe. The three spectra of SN 2023ldh obtained during Event A show multi-component P Cygni profiles of H I and Fe II lines. During the rise to the Event B peak, the spectrum shows a blue continuum dominated by Balmer lines in emission with Lorentzian profiles, with a full width at half maximum velocity of about 650 km s −1 . Later, in the post-peak phase, the spectrum reddens, and broader wings appear in the H α line profile. Metal lines with P Cygni profiles and velocities of about 2000 km s −1 are clearly visible. Beginning around three months past maximum and until very late phases, the Ca II lines become among the most prominent features, while H α is dominated by an intermediate-width component with a boxy profile. Although SN 2023ldh mimics the evolution of other SN 2009ip -like transients, it is slightly more luminous and has a slower photometric evolution. The surprisingly homogeneous observational properties of SN 2009ip -like events may indicate similar explosion scenarios and similar progenitor parameters.

Early light curve excess in Type IIb supernovae observed with ATLAS

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 701 (2025) a128

Authors:

Bastian Ayala, Joseph P Anderson, G Pignata, Francisco Förster, SJ Smartt, A Rest, Martín Solar, Nicolas Erasmus, Raya Dastidar, Mauricio Ramirez, Jonathan Pineda-García

Abstract:

Context. Type IIb supernovae (SNe IIb) often exhibit an early light curve excess (EE) preceding the main peak powered by 56 Ni decay. The physical origin of this early emission remains an open question. Among the proposed scenarios, shock cooling (SC) emission, resulting from the interaction of the shock wave with extended envelopes, is considered the most plausible mechanism. However, the occurrence rate of such events has yet to be reliably constrained. Aims. This study aims to quantify the frequency of EE in SNe IIb and investigate its physical origin by analysing optical light curves from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey, ultimately providing qualitative constraints on their progenitor systems. Methods. We identified 74 potential SNe IIb from 153 spectroscopically classified events reported in the Transient Name Server (TNS), observed by ATLAS with peak fluxes exceeding 150 μJy (18.46 mag) and explosion epoch uncertainties below six days. Using a spectral reclassification method, we selected a sample of 66 SNe IIb and a cleaned sample of 59 SNe IIb for analysis. We then applied light curve model fitting and outlier analysis to identify objects exhibiting EE emission and studied their photometric properties. Results. We identify 20 SNe IIb with EE, corresponding to a frequency of approximately 30.5% to 50%, the higher value being obtained under the most stringent observational data-quality cuts. The duration and colour evolution of the early excess support its interpretation as shock cooling in extended envelopes. We also find that EE SNe IIb exhibit faster post-peak declines than non-EE events, while both groups show similar peak absolute magnitudes and rise-time distributions. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that EE and non-EE SNe IIb likely share similar initial progenitor masses but differ in their ejecta properties, potentially due to varying degrees of binary interaction. This study constrains EE SNe frequency and photometric properties, paving the way for future theoretical work, such as hydrodynamical modelling of EE SNe light curves, which could corroborate these results and contribute to constraining the evolutionary pathways of SNe IIb progenitor systems.

Observation of double parton scattering in same-sign W boson pair production in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Physics Letters B Elsevier (2025) 139892

Authors:

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An, C Anastopoulos, T Andeen, JK Anders, AC Anderson, A Andreazza, S Angelidakis, A Angerami, AV Anisenkov, A Annovi, C Antel, E Antipov, M Antonelli, F Anulli, M Aoki, T Aoki, MA Aparo, L Aperio Bella, M Apicella, C Appelt, A Apyan, M Arampatzi, SJ Arbiol Val, C Arcangeletti, ATH Arce, J-F Arguin, S Argyropoulos, J-H Arling, O Arnaez, H Arnold, G Artoni, H Asada, K Asai, S Asatryan, NA Asbah, RA Ashby Pickering, AM Aslam, K Assamagan, R Astalos, KSV Astrand, S Atashi, RJ Atkin, H Atmani, PA Atmasiddha, K Augsten, AD Auriol, VA Austrup, G Avolio, K Axiotis, A Azzam, D Babal, H Bachacou, K Bachas, A Bachiu, E Bachmann, MJ Backes, A Badea, TM Baer, P Bagnaia, M Bahmani, D Bahner, K Bai, JT Baines, L Baines, OK Baker, E Bakos, D Bakshi Gupta, LE Balabram Filho, V Balakrishnan, R Balasubramanian, EM Baldin, P Balek, E Ballabene, F Balli, LM Baltes, WK Balunas, J Balz, I Bamwidhi, E Banas, M Bandieramonte, A Bandyopadhyay, S Bansal, L Barak, M Barakat, EL Barberio, D Barberis, M Barbero, MZ 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Abstract:

This letter reports the measurement of double parton scattering in same-sign W boson pair production with the ATLAS detector. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb − 1 of proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. The study is performed in final states including two same-charge leptons, electron or muon, missing transverse momentum, and up to one jet. An excess of events is observed over the expected background contributions with a significance of 8.8 standard deviations. The measured fiducial cross section times leptonic branching fraction is 4.59 ± 0.64 fb. The measurement corresponds to a double parton scattering effective cross section of 10.6 ± 1.8 mb.

Testing and combining transient spectral classification tools on 4MOST-like blended spectra

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press 543:1 (2025) 247-272

Authors:

A Milligan, I Hook, C Frohmaier, M Smith, G Dimitriadis, Y-L Kim, K Maguire, A Möller, M Nicholl, SJ Smartt, J Storm, M Sullivan, E Tempel, P Wiseman, LP Cassarà, R Demarco, A Fritz, J Jiang

Abstract:

With the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) expected to provide an influx of transient spectra when it begins observations in early 2026 we consider the potential for real-time classification of these spectra. We investigate three extant spectroscopic transient classifiers: the Deep Automated Supernova and Host classifier (dash), Next Generation SuperFit (ngsf), and SuperNova IDentification (snid), with a focus on comparing the completeness and purity of the transient samples they produce. We manually simulate fibre losses critical for accurately determining host contamination and use the 4MOST Exposure Time Calculator to produce realistic, 4MOST-like, host-galaxy contaminated spectra. We investigate the three classifiers individually and in all possible combinations. We find that a combination of dash and ngsf can produce a supernova (SN) Ia sample with a purity of 99.9 per cent, while successfully classifying 70 per cent of SNe Ia. However, it struggles to classify non-SN Ia transients. We investigate photometric cuts to transient magnitude and the transient’s fraction of total fibre flux, finding that both can be used to improve non-SN Ia transient classification completeness by 8–44 per cent with SNe Ibc benefitting the most and superluminous (SL) SNe the least. Finally, we present an example classification plan for live classification and the predicted purities and completeness across five transient classes: Ia, Ibc, II, SL, and non-SN transients. We find that it is possible to classify 75 per cent of input spectra with 70 per cent purity in all classes except non-SN transients. Precise values can be varied using different classifiers and photometric cuts to suit the needs of a given study.