Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-08-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
24 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
A description of the light curves of microlensed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as extended and expanding sources is presented. We give examples of what microlensing by stellar-mass Chang-Refsdal lenses can do to a small percentage of supernova light curves. We find that in addition to overall brightening, significant changes in light--curve shapes can also occur. Peaks can be distorted, plateaus can appear, and even secondary peaks can be formed. The effects of both the relative motion of the lens and the supernova and the expansion of the supernova are given and compared. The effects of relative motion are more pronounced when a distant supernova ($z_s \sim 1$) impacts well within the Einstein ring of a nearby microlens ($z_d \sim 0.05$) and are less important for more distant deflectors. We also find that the increase in shear that comes with increased deflector distance tends to reduce the time variability of microlensing. We briefly discuss the probability of observing these effects.
Bagherpour Hamed
Branch David
Chen Bohui
Kantowski Ronald
Richardson Dean
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