Kavli Affiliate: Kaisey Mandel
| Summary:
We present photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations of the strongly-lensed H-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) 2025wny at $z = 2.0155$. We use integral-field Keck-II/KCWI spectroscopy to obtain rest-frame ultraviolet spectra spanning $11$ to $61$ days after maximum light. We use Pan-STARRS photometry to constrain the brightest image’s magnification, finding $μ_A=19.4pm1.6$, a factor of $sim$2-4 higher than mass-modeling estimates. We fit the Pan-STARRS photometry with a magnetar energy-injection model including $^56$Ni decay using the Modular Open Source Fitter for Transients (MOSFiT); the model can reproduce the near-maximum light curve with parameters typical of local universe SLSNe-I, including a magnetar spin period $P_rm spin=4.1^+0.7_-1.0,mathrmms$ and magnetic field $B_perp=2.4^+1.1_-0.8times10^14,mathrmG$; however, the late-time plateau suggests an additional power source. Spectroscopically, iron-group element line blanketing is virtually absent in the rest-frame UV spectra, and the absorption features match previously identified SLSN-I features from abundance tomography. Based on narrow ISM line metallicity estimates, SN 2025wny exploded in a sub-solar-metallicity galaxy. From host-galaxy lines in our rest-frame UV-to-optical spectrum we estimate high-velocity outflows of $sim$575 km s$^-1$ and an exceptionally high Ly$α$ escape fraction of $f_esc^Lyα=0.23pm0.03$. SN 2025wny matches lower-redshift SLSNe reasonably well. Upcoming surveys like LSST and Roman will discover additional high-redshift SLSNe, further testing whether SLSNe-I explosions remain consistent at the population level in the early universe.
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