Bibcode
Ferrero, P.; Kann, D. A.; Zeh, A.; Klose, S.; Pian, E.; Palazzi, E.; Masetti, N.; Hartmann, D. H.; Sollerman, J.; Deng, J.; Filippenko, A. V.; Greiner, J.; Hughes, M. A.; Mazzali, P.; Li, W.; Rol, E.; Smith, R. J.; Tanvir, N. R.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 457, Issue 3, October III 2006, pp.857-864
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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 supernova 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 measurements, 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.