Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-11-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 4 figues, to appear in Proc. "From Twilight to Highlight - The Physics of Supernovae" ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop Garching
Scientific paper
10.1007/10828549_26
Detailed observations of a growing number of supernovae have determined a bloom of new peculiar events. In this paper we take a short tour through the SN diversity and discuss some important, physical issues related to it. Because of the role of SN Ia in determining the cosmological parameters, it is crucial to understand the physical origin of even subtle, observed differences. An important issue is also the reddening correction. We belive that the measure of interstellar lines on medium resolution spectra of SNe can be used to derive lower limits on the interstellar extinction. A few physical parameters of the progenitor, namely radius, mass, density structure and angular momentum, may explain most of the diversity of core-collapse events. In addition, if the ejecta expand into a dense circumstellar medium the ejecta-CSM interaction may dominate the observed outcome and provide a mean to probe the mass loss history of the SN progenitor in the last stages of its evolution.
Benetti Stefano
Cappellaro Enrico
Turatto Massimo
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