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Testing Progenitor Models Using the Late-Time Light Curve of Supernova 1992A

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2020-11-20 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

The dominant radioactive energy source powering Type Ia supernova light curves is expected to switch from the decay of 56^{56}Co to 57^{57}Co at very late epochs. We use archival HST images of SN1992A obtained more than 900 days after explosion to constrain its cobalt isotopic abundance ratio and compare it to the well-studied event SN2011fe. We confirm the 57^{57}Co / 56^{56}Co ratio for SN2011fe of 0.026±0.0040.026\pm 0.004 found by arXiv:1608.01155, consistent with a "double degenerate" progenitor scenario. For SN1992A, we find a ratio of 0.034±0.0100.034\pm 0.010, but the large uncertainty does not allow us to differentiate between progenitor models

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@article{arxiv.2011.09499,
  title  = {Testing Progenitor Models Using the Late-Time Light Curve of Supernova 1992A},
  author = {Cian Roche and Peter Garnavich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.09499},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure. Accepted by RNAAS on 17/11/2020

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