Published January 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Radio emission from supernovae. I. One to twelve year old supernovae

  • 1. Stichting Radiostraling van Zon en Melkweg, Dwingeloo (Netherlands)
  • 2. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM (USA)
  • 3. Catania Universita (Italy)
  • 4. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (USA)
  • 5. E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Washington, DC (USA)

Description

All recorded optical supernovae brighter than 14.0 mag from SN 1970A to SN 1981A were observed in May 1982 using VLA at 6 cm. Apart from the known radio supernovae (SN 1970G, SN 1979C, and SN 1980K), radio emissions were not detected from any of the objects to a limit of about 0.5 mJy. Limits on mass-loss rates from the presupernova systems are established. It is found that Type Ia Sns originate in systems which contain very little circumstellar material at the time of explosion. These systems are very different from those which originate Type Ib Sns. With some exceptions, Type II SNs originate with the high presupernova mass-loss rates expected from red supergiant progenitors with original main-sequence masses greater than about 8 solar masses. 16 references

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
336
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
421-428
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOA