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来自一个超级Chandrasekhar质量的白矮星的Ia型超新星SNLS-03D3bb
D Andrew Howell1, Mark Sullivan, Peter E Nugent
1Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 60 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada. howell@astro.utoronto.ca
Nature
|September 22, 2006
概括
对一种特殊的超新星的观测表明,一些Ia型超新星可能起源于超级Chandrasekhar质量的祖先. 这一发现挑战了标准模型,并可能解释年轻恒星群体中的过度发光事件.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
背景情况:
- 类型Ia超新星对于推断宇宙加速膨胀和暗能量存在至关重要.
- 这些超新星通常被认为是碳氧白矮星的热核爆炸,达到Chandrasekhar质量 (1.4太阳质量).
- 这个质量极限被认为是标准触发器,使它们成为可靠的宇宙距离指标.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究高红移超新星的性质,SNLS-03D3bb,具有不寻常的属性.
- 为了确定SNLS-03D3bb是否起源于一个超过Chandrasekhar质量的祖先.
- 探索超级Chandrasekhar质量超新星对宇宙学和恒星群体的影响.
主要方法:
- 对高红移超新星SNLS-03D3bb.bb.的观测数据的分析.
- 将SNLS-03D3bb的亮度和动能与理论模型进行比较.
- 基于观察到的超新星特征,对原始质量影响的检查.
主要成果:
- SNLS-03D3bb具有非常高的亮度和低的动能.
- 这些属性强烈暗示它是一个质量超过Chandrasekhar极限 (超Chandrasekhar质量) 的祖先恒星.
- 这种类型的超新星可能优先发生在年轻的恒星群体中,这可能解释了这种环境中的过度发光事件.
结论:
- 超级Chandrasekhar质量的超新星的存在挑战了对Ia型事件的统一原始质量的假设.
- 这些事件可能不符合标准化的关系,影响它们作为距离指标的使用.
- 未来的宇宙学研究必须考虑这些不寻常的超新星的潜在污染.
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