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IIb型超新星2001 ig的偏振光谱研究

Spectropolarimetry of the Type IIb Supernova 2001ig

J. R. Maund, J. C. Wheeler, F. Patat, L. Wang, D. Baade, P. A. Hoflich

摘要:

本文介绍了在2001年12月16日,2002年1月3日和2002年8月16日或爆炸后13,31和256天,用ESO VLT FORS 1对NGC 7424中的IIb型SN 2001 ig进行的分光偏振观测。这些观测是在SN演化的三个不同阶段:(1)富氢光球阶段,(2)II型到Ib型过渡阶段和(3)星云阶段。在这些阶段的每一个,观察显示出显着不同的偏振特性作为波长的函数。我们发现星际偏振度为0.17%。第一个时期的低固有极化(~0.2%)与几乎球形(偏离球对称<10%)的氢主导的喷出物一致。与SN 1987 A和IIP型SNe类似,当外层氢层在第31天变得光学薄时,观察到偏振度急剧增加(~1%);只有在这个时期,偏振才能被“主轴”很好地描述。数据的偏振角显示第一和第二个时期之间旋转了约40度,表明第一个时期的不对称性与第二个时期观察到的不对称性没有直接联系。对于大多数极化线,我们观察到的波长依赖的环结构,除了主轴上的Q-U平面。我们发现,IIb型SNe的偏振特性大致相似,但由于线混合效应,特别是与SN 2001 ig观察到的高速度产生显着差异。这表明SN 2001 ig的几何结构与SN 1993 J有关,并且这些事件可能来自类似的二元祖先系统。

英文摘要:

We present spectropolarimetric observations of the Type IIb SN 2001ig in NGC 7424; conducted with the ESO VLT FORS1 on 2001 Dec 16, 2002 Jan 3 and 2002 Aug 16 or 13, 31 and 256 days post-explosion. These observations are at three different stages of the SN evolution: (1) The hydrogen-rich photospheric phase, (2) the Type II to Type Ib transitional phase and (3) the nebular phase. At each of these stages, the observations show remarkably different polarization properties as a function of wavelength. We show that the degree of interstellar polarization is 0.17%. The low intrinsic polarization (~0.2%) at the first epoch is consistent with an almost spherical (<10% deviation from spherical symmetry) hydrogen dominated ejecta. Similar to SN 1987A and to Type IIP SNe, a sharp increase in the degree of the polarization (~1%) is observed when the outer hydrogen layer becomes optically thin by day 31; only at this epoch is the polarization well described by a ``dominant axis.'' The polarization angle of the data shows a rotation through ~40 degrees between the first and second epochs, indicating that the asymmetries of the first epoch were not directly coupled with those observed at the second epoch. For the most polarized lines, we observe wavelength-dependent loop structures in addition to the dominant axis on the Q-U plane. We show that the polarization properties of Type IIb SNe are roughly similar to one another, but with significant differences arising due to line blending effects especially with the high velocities observed for SN 2001ig. This suggests that the geometry of SN 2001ig is related to SN 1993J and that these events may have arisen from a similar binary progenitor system.

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