Supernova Explosions: Lessons from Spectropolarimetry

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2003-11-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311299v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear on the proceedings of the workshop on 3-D Signatures in Stellar Explosions honoring J. Craig Wheeler's 60th Birthday

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Supernova can be polarized by an asymmetry in the explosion process, an off-center source of illumination, scattering in an envelope distorted by rotation or a binary companion, or scattering by the circumstellar dust. Careful polarimetry is the most powerful tool to study the 3-D geometry of supernovae. A deep understanding of the 3-D geometry of SNe is essential in using them for calibrated distance indicators.

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