Throughout the last 20 years 7 supernovae (SNe) have been discovered within Arp 299. One of these is unclassified, leaving 6 core-collapse events; 2 type II, 2 type Ib, a type IIb and one object of indistinct type; Ib/IIb. We analyse the relative numbers of these types, together with their positions with respect to host galaxy properties, to investigate implications for both progenitor characteristics and star formation (SF) properties. Our findings are: 1) the ratio of 'stripped envelope' (SE) events to other type II is higher than that found in the local Universe. 2) All SE SNe are more centrally concentrated within the system than the other type II. 3) All SN environments have similar metallicities and there are no significant metallicity gradients across the system. 4) The SE SNe all fall on bright SF regions while the other type II are found to occur away from bright HII regions. We draw two different -but non-mutually exclusive- interpretations on the system and its supernovae: 1) The distribution of SNe, and the relatively high fraction of types Ib and IIb events over other type II can be explained by the young age of the most recent SF in the system, where insufficient time has expired for the observed to match the 'true' relative SN rates. This explanation provides additional independent evidence that both types Ib and IIb SNe arise from progenitors of shorter stellar lifetime and hence higher mass than other type II. 2) Given the assumption that types Ib and IIb trace higher mass progenitor stars, the relatively high frequency of types Ib and IIb to other type II, and also the centralisation of the former over the latter with respect to host galaxy light implies that in the centrally peaked and enhanced SF within this system, the initial mass function is biased towards the production of high mass stars.
Integral field spectroscopy of supernova explosion sites: constraining mass and metallicity of the progenitors -- II. Type II-P and II-L supernovae
利用积分场光谱学已经观测到了附近星系中II-P和II-L型超新星的13个爆炸点，使得对爆炸点的空间和光谱研究成为可能。我们利用同时代超新星祖先星的母恒星星族的性质来推导它的金属丰度和初始质量（c.f. Paper I）。母恒星星族的光谱通过强线方法得到金属丰度的估计，并通过与简单的恒星星族（SSP）模型的比较得到年龄。这些金属丰度和年龄参数被采用的祖星。通过与恒星演化模型的比较，利用恒星的年龄或寿命来推导恒星的初始质量。利用这种技术，我们能够确定我们样品中SN祖细胞的金属丰度和初始质量。我们的结果表明，一些II型超新星的祖先可能是质量与SN Ib/c祖先相当的恒星。
