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作为Ia型超新星试验床的球状星团

Globular Clusters as Testbeds for Type Ia Supernovae

Eric Pfahl, Evan Scannapieco, Lars Bildsten

摘要:

关于Ia型超新星(SNIa)及其恒星祖先的物理学仍然存在基本的谜团。我们在这里认为,这些问题的重要线索可能出现的识别发生在河外球状星团的SNIa-恒星系统具有明确的年龄和金属丰度。我们估计,在距离D以内的球状星团中,SNIa的全天速率约为0.1 eta(D/100 Mpc)^[3]/年,其中eta是由于动力学产生通道而导致的单位质量的速率增强,而这些通道在银河场中是无法到达的。如果eta近似为2 - 10,正如观测和理论所建议的那样,精确的超新星天体测量和深度跟踪成像的共同努力应该可以识别出球状星团中> 1%的附近(D <100 Mpc)SNIa。

英文摘要:

Fundamental mysteries remain regarding the physics of Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) and their stellar progenitors. We argue here that important clues to these questions may emerge by the identification of those SNIa that occur in extragalactic globular clusters--stellar systems with well defined ages and metallicities. We estimate an all-sky rate of approximately 0.1 eta (D/100 Mpc)^3 per year for SNIa in globular clusters within a distance D, where eta is the rate enhancement per unit mass as a result of dynamical production channels that are inaccessible in the galactic field. If eta is approximately 2-10, as suggested by observations and theory, the combined efforts of accurate supernova astrometry and deep follow-up imaging should identify the > 1% of nearby (D < 100 Mpc) SNIa that occur in globular clusters.

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