VLT-FORS1 Spectropolarimetry of Core-Collapse Supernovae

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Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20920005m&link_type=abstract

2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #200.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The technique of spectropolarimetry can be used to study the geometry of supernova explosions that cannot be spatially resolved. Asymmetries are thought to be inherent to the core-collapse supernova mechanism and, in particular, crucial for the link between supernovae and gamma-ray bursts.
We have employed the ESO VLT FORS1 instrument to obtain high signal-to-noise observations of core-collapse supernovae at different stages in their evolution. Here, we present a montage of multi-epoch spectropolarimetric observations of a sample of 14 core-collapse supernovae with a range of subtypes: Type II, Type IIb, Type Ib, and Type Ic. We emphasize the differences among these supernovae depending on the amount of hydrogen present in their spectra or lack thereof.

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