RT journal article T1 SN 2015ba: A Type IIP supernova with a long plateau A1 Dastidar, Raya A1 Misra, Kuntal A1 Hosseinzadeh, G. A1 Pastorello, A. A1 Pumo, M. L. A1 Valenti, S. A1 McCully, C. A1 Tomasella, L. A1 Arcavi, I. A1 Elias-Rosa, N. A1 Singh, Mridweeka A1 Gangopadhyay, Anjasha A1 Howell, D. A. A1 Morales Garoffolo, Antonia Isabel A1 Zampieri, L. A1 Kumar, Brijesh A1 Turatto, M. A1 Benetti, S. A1 Tartaglia, L. A1 Ochner, P. A1 Sahu, D. K. A1 Anupama, G. C. A1 Pandey, S. B. A2 Física Aplicada K1 techniques: photometric K1 techniques: spectroscopic K1 supernovae: general K1 supernovae: individual: SN 2015ba K1 galaxies: individual: IC 1029 AB We present optical photometry and spectroscopy from about a week after explosion to ∼272 dof an atypical Type IIP supernova, SN 2015ba, which exploded in the edge-on galaxy IC 1029.SN 2015ba is a luminous event with an absolute V-band magnitude of −17.1 ± 0.2 mag at50 d since explosion and has a long plateau lasting for ∼123 d. The distance to the SN isestimated to be 34.8±0.7Mpc using the expanding photosphere and standard candlemethods.High-velocity H Balmer components constant with time are observed in the late-plateau phasespectra of SN 2015ba, which suggests a possible role of circumstellar interaction at thesephases. Both hydrodynamical and analytical modelling suggest a massive progenitor of SN2015ba with a pre-explosion mass of 24–26 M . However, the nebular spectra of SN 2015baexhibit insignificant levels of oxygen, which is otherwise expected from a massive progenitor.This might be suggestive of the non-monotonical link between O-coremasses and the zero-agemain sequence mass of pre-supernova stars and/or uncertainties in the mixing scenario in theejecta of supernovae. PB Oxford University Press SN 1365-2966 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33081 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33081 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 11-nov-2026