Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-08
Brown, P. J., et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 4517
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, including 8 figures. Submitted to AJ
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4517
We present ultravioliet (UV) observations of supernovae (SNe) obtained with the UltraViolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on board the Swift spacecraft. This is the largest sample of UV light curves from any single instrument and covers all major SN types and most subtypes. The UV light curves of SNe Ia are fairly homogenous while SNe Ib/c and IIP show more variety in their light curve shapes. The UV-optical colors clearly differentiate SNe Ia and IIP, particularly at early times. The color evolution of SNe IIP, however, makes their colors similar to SNe Ia at about 20 days after explosion. SNe Ib/c are shown to have varied UV-optical colors. The use of UV colors to help type SNe will be important for high redshift SNe discovered in optical observations. These data can be added to ground based optical and near infrared data to create bolometric light curves of individual objects and as checks on generic bolometric corrections used in the absence of UV data. This sample can also be compared with rest-frame UV observations of high redshift SNe observed at optical wavelengths.
Berk Daniel Vanden
Brown Peter J.
Gehrels Neil
Holland Stephen T.
Immler Stefan
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