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Ia型超新星紫外线多样性的研究:模型与观测的比较

Studying the Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae in the Ultraviolet: Comparing Models with Observations

E. S. Walker, S. Hachinger, P. A. Mazzali, R. S. Ellis, M. Sullivan, A. Gal-Yam, D. A. Howell

摘要:

在紫外线(UV)中,Ia型超新星(SNe Ia)在其性质上比在光学上表现出更大的多样性。使用一个固定的蒙特卡罗辐射转移代码,在最大光的光谱网格创建不同的热光度和SN喷出物外层的金属量。然后将这个模型网格与一个高红移的Ia型超新星样本进行比较,以测试观测到的变星是否可以单独用光度和金属丰度的变化来解释。在近似恒定的光谱下,宽带紫外光通量和颜色的色散可以很容易地由模型网格匹配。特别是,UV 1-b的颜色被认为是一个很好的示踪剂的金属含量的外部喷出物,这可能反过来反映在SN祖金属。这些模型在再现其他观察到的趋势方面不太成功,例如主要紫外线特征的波长,这些特征由光学或中间波段光度指数的反向荧光光子主导。这可以解释为这些详细的观测值对相对丰度的适度变化具有更大的敏感性。具体而言,没有一个单一的因素负责观察到的趋势。由于其复杂的起源,这些趋势似乎并不是光度或金属丰度的良好指标。

英文摘要:

In the ultraviolet (UV), Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) show a much larger diversity in their properties than in the optical. Using a stationary Monte-Carlo radiative transfer code, a grid of spectra at maximum light was created varying bolometric luminosity and the amount of metals in the outer layers of the SN ejecta. This model grid is then compared to a sample of high-redshift SNe Ia in order to test whether the observed diversities can be explained by luminosity and metallicity changes alone. The dispersion in broadband UV flux and colours at approximately constant optical spectrum can be readily matched by the model grid. In particular, the UV1-b colour is found to be a good tracer of metal content of the outer ejecta, which may in turn reflect on the metallicity of the SN progenitor. The models are less successful in reproducing other observed trends, such as the wavelengths of key UV features, which are dominated by reverse fluorescence photons from the optical, or intermediate band photometric indices. This can be explained in terms of the greater sensitivity of these detailed observables to modest changes in the relative abundances. Specifically, no single element is responsible for the observed trends. Due to their complex origin, these trends do not appear to be good indicators of either luminosity or metallicity.

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