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2025ApJ...992..122K - Astrophys. J., 992, 122 (2025/October-2)

A Detection of Helium in the Bright Superluminous Supernova SN 2024rmj.

KUMAR H., BERGER E., BLANCHARD P.K., HIRAMATSU D., GOMEZ S., GAGLIANO A., ANDREWS M., BOSTROEM K.A., FARAH J., HOWELL D.A. and McCULLY C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present extensive ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared (NIR) photometric and spectroscopic observations of the nearby hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) SN 2024rmj at z = 0.1189. SN 2024rmj reached a peak absolute magnitude of Mg ≈ -21.9, placing it at the luminous end of the SLSN-I distribution. The light curve exhibits a pronounced prepeak bump (≈60 days before the main peak) and a postpeak bump (≈55 days after the main peak). The bulk of the light curve is otherwise well fit by a magnetar spin-down model, with typical values (spin: ≈2.1 ms; magnetic field: ≈6 × 1013 G; ejecta mass: ≈12 M⊙). The optical spectra exhibit characteristic SLSN-I features and evolution, but with a relatively high velocity of ≈8000 km s–1 postpeak. Most significantly, we find a clear detection of helium in the NIR spectra at He Iλ1.083 μm and λ2.058 μm, blueshifted by ≈15,000 km s–1 (13 days before peak) and ≈13,000 km s–1 (40 days after peak), indicating that helium is confined to the outermost ejecta; based on these NIR detections, we also identify likely contribution from He Iλ5876 in the optical spectra on a similar range of timescales. This represents the most definitive detection of helium in a bright SLSN-I to date, and indicates that progenitors with a thin helium layer can still explode as SLSNe.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Time domain astronomy - Transient sources - Near infrared astronomy - Spectroscopy - Supernovae - Type Ic supernovae - Helium-rich stars - Core-collapse supernovae

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