Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, no figures, to appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters, requires aaspp4.sty to latex
Scientific paper
10.1086/312773
We derive a method for inverting emission line profiles formed in supernova ejecta. The derivation assumes spherical symmetry and homologous expansion (i.e., $v(r) \propto r$), is analytic, and even takes account of occultation by a pseudo-photosphere. Previous inversion methods have been developed which are restricted to optically thin lines, but the particular case of homologous expansion permits an analytic result for lines of {\it arbitrary} optical depth. In fact, we show that the quantity that is generically retrieved is the run of line intensity $I_\lambda$ with radius in the ejecta. This result is quite general, and so could be applied to resonance lines, recombination lines, etc. As a specific example, we show how to derive the run of (Sobolev) optical depth $\tau_\lambda$ with radius in the case of a pure resonance scattering emission line.
Hendry Martin A.
Ignace Richard
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