Published October 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Rotating Type Ia SN progenitors: explosion and light curves

  • 1. Dpto. Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada (Spain)
  • 2. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania, 64100 Teramo (Italy)
  • 3. Dep. Fisica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)

Description

High redshift SNe Ia have been recently used to calibrate the cosmological distance scale and to infer the existence of the dark energy. The reliability of such a method depends on the effective knowledge of the absolute brightness of this class of supernovae. This would require a complete understanding of the physics of SNeIa.Starting from an accreting rotating white dwarf, the only progenitor that we found to be able to grow till the Chandrasekhar mass and undergo a thermonuclear explosion, we simulate the explosion, deriving the nucleosynthesis and the light curve. We explore the final outcome in the framework of a 1D delayed detonation model, where the characteristic density for which the transition from deflagration to detonation takes place is a free parameter.Although preliminary, our results imply that rotating white dwarfs produce a range of explosive conditions, characterized by different ignition densities and total masses. Maximum luminosities of successfully explosive models differ up to 0.11 mag. In a few cases, the formation of a small highly neutronised remnant is found

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
797
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 497-503
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Accretion, evolution, and outcomes
Acronym
International astrophysics conference on interacting binaries
Dates
4-10 Jul 2004
Place
Cefalu, Sicily (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37038168
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; DENSITY; DISTANCE; MASS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; SUPERNOVAE; VISIBLE RADIATION; WHITE DWARF STARS
Descriptors DEC
BINARY STARS; DWARF STARS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; MATTER; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; STARS; SYNTHESIS; VARIABLE STARS

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(c) 2005 American Institute of Physics