Constraints on the progenitor system and the environs of SN 2014J from deep radio observations

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We report deep EVN and eMERLIN observations of the Type Ia SN 2014J in the nearby galaxy M 82.

• Our observations represent, together with JVLA observations of SNe 2011fe and 2014J, the most sensitive radio studies of Type Ia SNe ever.
• By combining data and a proper modeling of the radio emission, we constrain the mass-loss rate from the progenitor system of SN 2014J to $\dot{M} \lesssim 7.0\times 10^{-10}\, {\rm M_{\odot}\, yr^{-1}}$ (3-$\sigma$; for a wind speed of $100\, {\rm km s^{-1}}$).
• If the medium around the supernova is uniform, then $n_{\rm ISM} \lesssim 1.3 {\rm cm^3}$ (3-$\sigma$), which is the most stringent limit for the (uniform) density around a Type Ia SN.