缺乏的超发光恒星爆炸
R M Quimby1, S R Kulkarni, M M Kasliwal
1Cahill Center for Astrophysics 249-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. quimby@astro.caltech.edu
Nature
|June 10, 2011
概括
发现了一种新型的发光超新星,比典型的Ia型事件亮10倍. 这些无爆炸会发出大量的紫外线,并且在高红移时可以观察到.
科学领域:
- 天文学 天文学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
背景情况:
- 超新星是恒星爆炸,释放大量的能量.
- 已知的超新星是由放射性衰变,爆炸冲击或环恒星物质相互作用驱动的.
- 以前的模型无法解释某些发光的超新星事件.
研究的目的:
- 报告一类新型发光超新星的发现和属性.
- 为了解释这些不寻常的恒星爆炸的能量来源和特征.
- 将以前无法解释的事件确定为这个新类的成员.
主要方法:
- 发现和观察四个新的发光超新星.
- 重新分析了两个以前无法解释的超新星事件 (SN 2005ap和SCP 06F6).
- 分析超新星的亮度,光谱特性 (缺乏),紫外线流和晚期衰变速率.
主要成果:
- 确定了一种新的超新星类别,比Ia型超新星亮大约10倍.
- 这些超新星缺乏气,表现出强烈,扩展的紫外线辐射,并显示与放射性不一致的衰变速率.
- 这些特性表明,无材料的辐射在很大半径 (∼10^15厘米) 上以很高的速度膨胀.
结论:
- 观测到的属性需要一个新的光超新星模型,与已知的机制不同.
- 这些事件可以观察到高红移 (z > 4),为早期宇宙提供了新的探测器.
- 这些发现扩大了我们对恒星爆炸现象及其多样性的理解.
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