niri observations of type ia supernovae
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Christopher L. Gerardy University of Texas, Austin Peter Garnavich Notre Dame Peter Hoeflich, UT Austin J. Craig Wheeler, G. “Howie” Marion Robert A. Fesen Dartmouth College K. NomotoUniv. Tokyo K. Motohara K. Maeda Gemini Science 2004 24 May 2004. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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NIRI Observations of Type Ia Supernovae
Christopher L. GerardyUniversity of Texas, Austin
Peter Garnavich Notre Dame
Peter Hoeflich, UT Austin
J. Craig Wheeler,
G. “Howie” Marion
Robert A. Fesen Dartmouth College
K. Nomoto Univ. Tokyo
K. Motohara
K. Maeda
Gemini Science 200424 May 2004
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Type Ia SNe
• WD in a close binary
– Grows to near Mch
via accretion
• Thermonuclear runaway– C/O => 56Ni, Si/S,
Mg/O/Ne
• Standard(izable) candles Created with BinSim by R. Hynes
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Devil in the details...
• Progenitor Systems?
• Final stages prior to runaway?
• Physics of the burning front– Ignition– Detonation or Deflagration
• Relevance to Cosmology:– Bias, evolution, “Secondary Parameters”
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Devil in the details...
• Progenitor Systems?
• Final stages prior to runaway?
• Physics of the burning front– Ignition– Detonation or Deflagration
• Relevance to Cosmology:– Bias, evolution, “Secondary Parameters”
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Burning Physics: Deflagration
• Propagates via thermal conduction
• Subsonic
• Unburned layers have time to react=> expand– quenches burning
• RT unstable– Plumes, mixing of
chemical layers
• Large unburned massGamezo et al. 2004
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Burning Physics: Detonation• Propagates via
compression
• Supersonic– No time to react
• Pure detonation=> complete burning to Ni
• “Delayed Detonation”– Early phase of slow
burning; expansion
• Layered structure
• Nearly complete burning
C/O
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Burning Physics: Detonation• Propagates via
compression
• Supersonic– No time to react
• Pure detonation=> complete burning to Ni
• “Delayed Detonation”– Early phase of slow
burning; expansion
• Layered structure
• Nearly complete burning
C/O
Ni
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Burning Physics: Detonation• Propagates via
compression
• Supersonic– No time to react
• Pure detonation=> complete burning to Ni
• “Delayed Detonation”– Early phase of slow
burning; expansion
• Layered structure
• Nearly complete burning
Ni
Si/S
C/OMg/O/Ne
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Why NIR observations?
• Probe different chemical species– Particularly C I for SNe Ia
• Clean line profiles– Large Vel.– Severe blending in
UV/Optical
Filippenko 1997, ARA&A, 35, 309
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Why NIR observations?
• Probe different chemical species– Particularly C I for SNe Ia
• Clean line profiles– Large Vel.– Severe blending in
UV/Optical– NIR: Fewer strong
lines, less blendingGerardy, 2002
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NIRI Spectroscopy
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NIRI Spectroscopy
• SN 2002fk:– No C I
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NIRI Spectroscopy
• SN 2002fk:– No C I– MgII velocities
10500-14500 km/s
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NIRI Spectroscopy
• SN 2002fk:– No C I– MgII velocities
10500-14500 km/s– >90% of the WD
mass has undergone nuclear burning
– No large mass of unburned C/O
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NIRI Spectroscopy
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NIRI Spectroscopy
• SN 2003hv:
– Fe-edge velocity ~13,000 km/s
– Sharp rise; sawtooth shaped line profile. Only highest Fe/Ni/Co emission seen
– Abrupt Fe-Si interface
– No Plumes
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Future Prospects• Time-series
– Combined constraints from “full scan” through ejecta envelope
• High S/N– Detailed examination of line-profiles– Small-scale structure
• Multi-wavelength– NIR: Fe,Mg,C/O; Opt: Si/S, CSM; UV:opacity,
clumping, metallically; MIR: Isotopes, IR catastrophe?
• Late-epoch observations
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Late-Epoch Observations• @ late-epoch (>200 d)
NIR Fe II becomes optically thin
• Probe global distribution of 56Ni
• Kinematic Offset from off-center detonation
• Signature of high-density burning– New physics
– Will affect LC (~0.1mag)
Subaru/OHS
SN 2003du~+300d
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Summary
• NIR spectroscopy is a powerful tool for probing the physics of Type Ia SNe
– More detonation-like, not very deflagration-like– New physics in early phases of explosion– “Secondary Parameters?”
• Coming soon to Gemini?– GNIRS key project– Optical/NIR coordinated w/Spitzer MIR obs.