Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #337.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have been very successful tools for studying the history of cosmic expansion and led to the discovery of the accelerating universe and dark energy. However, the explosion mechanism and progenitors for SNe Ia are still not fundamentally well understood. We present results from late time (up to 600 days past maximum brightness) HST and ground based observations of two typical members of the SN 2002cx-like subclass of peculiar SNe Ia: SN 2005hk and SN 2008A. At late times, these objects are characterized by significant amounts of high density, low velocity material giving a unique opportunity to resolve spectral features that are blended in normal SNe Ia. We identify permitted Fe I and Fe II lines, allowing us to calculate a characteristic temperature, and use the ratio between permitted and forbidden Ca II lines to constrain the density. We find that the density stays extraordinarily high out to late phases, implying enhanced cooling. However, we do not confirm the presence of the "infrared catastrophe” that is generically predicted by SN models as the ejecta cools. We also constrain explosion models for these objects: the lack of [0 I] 6300 A emission allows us to rule out the possibility that these peculiar objects are pure deflagration explosions that leave large amounts of unburned material in the innermost layers of the ejecta. Understanding what makes these SNe so different from their normal cousins has the promise to clarify these key systematic uncertainties in their use for cosmology.
Foley Ryan J.
Garnavich Peter M.
Jha Saurabh W.
McCully Curtis
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