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PISN 2018ibb: radioactive emission of [O III] lines

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-01-14 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

Supernova 2018ibb of the PISN category related to the dynamical instability of oxygen core in a supermassive star induced by pair-creation shows at the nebular stage strong [\oiii] emission lines of an uncertain origin. I propose a simple model that demonstrates a possibility of [O III] lines emission from the supernova oxygen matter ionized and heated by the 56^{56}Co radioactive decay. The reason is pinpointed by which the [O III] line luminosity among supernovae of PISN category can vary in a broad range.

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@article{arxiv.2501.07134,
  title  = {PISN 2018ibb: radioactive emission of [O III] lines},
  author = {Nikolai N. Chugai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07134},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Astronomy Letters, accepted