Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-04-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
22 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
We propose an off-axis relativistic jet model for the Type Ic supernova SN 2007gr. Most of the energy ($\sim2\times10^{51}$ erg) in the explosion is contained in non-relativistic ejecta which produces the supernova. The optical emission is coming from the decay process of $\rm ^{56}Ni$ synthesized in the bulk SN ejecta. Only very little energy ($\sim10^{48}$ erg) is contained in the relativistic jet with initial velocity about 0.94 times the speed of light. The radio and X-ray emission comes from this relativistic jet. With some typical parameters of a Wolf-Rayet star (progenitor of Type Ic SN), i.e., the mass loss rate $\dot{M}=1.0 \times10^{-5} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$ and the wind velocity $v_{\rm w}=1.5\times10^{3} \rm km s^{-1}$ together with an observing angle of $\theta_{\rm obs} = 63.3^{\circ}$, we can obtain the multiband light curves that fit the observations well. All the observed data are consistent with our model. Thus we conclude that SN 2007gr contains a weak relativistic jet and we are observing the jet from off-axis.
Huang Yun-Feng
Nagataki Shigehiro
Xu Minzhong
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