Continued NuSTAR monitoring of the unprecedented metamorphosis of SN2014C

  • Margutti, Raffaella (PD/PI)

Project: Research project

Project Details

Description

Mass loss in evolved massive stars is one of the least understood yet fundamental aspects of stellar evolution. HOW and WHEN do massive stars lose their H-envelopes? This central question motivates this proposal. We request a continuation of our successful NuSTAR program that led to the first detection of a H-poor extragalactic SN in the hard X-rays. We request NuSTAR observations to map the unique situation of the interaction of the H-stripped SN2014C with a H-rich shell ejected by its progenitor star, as part of our approved gamma-ray to radio follow-up. Our goal is to complete the mapping of the density profile of the H-rich material at R>7d17 cm to determine its location and total mass, and hence the mass-loss history of the progenitor in the years before stellar death.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date3/10/173/9/19

Funding

  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NNX17AI13G)

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