来自白矮星的一种微弱类型的超新星,与富含的伴侣一起
H B Perets1, A Gal-Yam, P A Mazzali
1Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. hperets@cfa.harvard.edu
Nature
|May 21, 2010
概括
一个微弱的超新星,SN 2005E,挑战了现有的模型. 它的低质量和古老的恒星环境表明,它起源于积白矮星,与典型的核心崩或Ia型超新星不同.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 超新星物理学 超新星物理学
背景情况:
- 超新星起源于巨大的恒星核心崩 (类型Ib/c,II) 或白矮星爆炸 (类型Ia).
- 类型Ia超新星发生在年轻和老恒星环境中.
- 核心崩的超新星与年轻的恒星群体有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查SN 2005E的起源,一个微弱的Ib型超新星.
- 为了确定SN 2005E是否符合已建立的超新星形成模型.
主要方法:
- 分析SN 2005E在银河系NGC 1032的旧恒星环境中的位置.
- 进行光谱观测,以确定喷射物组成和速度.
- 弹射物质的质量估计.
主要成果:
- SN 2005E的喷射质量非常低 (约为0.3太阳质量).
- 喷射物组成主要是由燃烧产品,具有高速度.
- 超新星环境是一个古老的恒星群体,与核心崩不一致.
- 的丰富度高于典型的超新星;放射性44Ti可能存在.
结论:
- SN 2005E的特征强烈反对核心崩的起源.
- 由于其喷射物组成,它不太可能是次光或常规的Ia型超新星.
- 最有可能的起源是低质量,古老的祖先,可能是二进制星系中的积白矮星.
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