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HET Optical spectra covering the evolution from about 6 days before to about 5 weeks after maximum light and the ROTSE-IIIb unfiltered light curve of the "Branch-normal" Type Ia Supernova SN 2005hj are presented. The host galaxy shows HII…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Robert Quimby , Peter Höflich , J. Craig Wheeler

We present JEKYLL, a new code for modelling of supernova (SN) spectra and lightcurves based on Monte-Carlo (MC) techniques for the radiative transfer. The code assumes spherical symmetry, homologous expansion and steady state for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 M. Ergon , C. Fransson , A. Jerkstrand , C. Kozma , M. Kromer , K. Spricer

Recent studies have demonstrated the diversity in type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at early times and highlighted a need for a better understanding of the explosion physics as manifested by observations soon after explosion. To this end, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 M. R. Magee , S. A. Sim , R. Kotak , W. E. Kerzendorf

Radiation transport codes are often used in astrophysics to construct spectral models. In this work we demonstrate how producing these models for a time series of data can provide unique information about supernovae (SNe). Unlike previous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-05 Chris Ashall , Paolo Mazzali

We present advances in modeling Type IIP supernovae using MESA for evolution to shock breakout coupled with STELLA for generating light and radial velocity curves. Explosion models and synthetic light curves can be used to translate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-27 Jared A. Goldberg , Lars Bildsten , Bill Paxton

The interpretation of supernova (SN) spectra is essential for deriving SN ejecta properties such as density and composition, which in turn can tell us about their progenitors and the explosion mechanism. A very large number of atomic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 I. Maurer , A. Jerkstrand , P. A. Mazzali , S. Taubenberger , S. Hachinger , M. Kromer , S. Sim , W. Hillebrandt

We describe our recent progress in modeling supernova-fallback disks and neutron star (NS) atmospheres. We present a first detailed spectrum synthesis calculation of a SN-fallback disk composed of iron. We assume a thin disk with a radial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Werner , T. Nagel , T. Rauch , V. Suleimanov

We report on a simultaneous modelling of the expansion and radio light curves of SN1993J. We have developed a simulation code capable of generating synthetic expansion and radio light curves of supernovae by taking into consideration the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 I. Marti-Vidal , J. M. Marcaide , A. Alberdi , J. C. Guirado , M. A. Perez-Torres , E. Ros

We study optical light curve(LC) relations of type Ia supernovae(SNe~Ia) for their use in cosmology using high-quality photometry published by the Carnegie-Supernovae-Project (CSP-I). We revisit the classical luminosity-decline-rate…

We present the first spectropolarimetric observations of a hydrogen-free superluminous supernova at z=0.1136, namely SN 2015bn. The transient shows significant polarization at both the observed epochs: one 24 days before maximum light in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 C. Inserra , M. Bulla , S. A. Sim , S. J. Smartt

With the aim of improving our knowledge on supernova (SN) 1987A-like objects and, more in general, on H-rich SNe, we have developed a new analytic model to describe their post-explosive evolution. The distinctive features of this model are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-21 M. L. Pumo , S. P. Cosentino

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be one of the major acceleration sites of galactic cosmic rays (CRs) and an important class of objects for high-energy astrophysics. SNRs produce multi-wavelength, non-thermal emission via…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 Haruo Yasuda , Shiu-Hang Lee

The remnant of SN 1987A is the best-studied object of its kind. The rich data-set of its thermal and non-thermal emission across the electromagnetic spectrum poses a unique testbed for the elaboration of particle-acceleration theory. We use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-14 Robert Brose , Jonathan Mackey , Sean Kelly , Nathan Grin , Luca Grassitelli

Most of the physical information about astrophysical objects is obtained via the analysis of their electromagnetic spectra. Observed data coupled with radiation transfer models in physical conditions representative of stars, planets,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-29 Maria Bergemann , Richard Hoppe

Early-time radiative signals from type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) can provide important constraints on the explosion mechanism and the progenitor system. We present observations and analysis of SN 2019np, a nearby SN Ia discovered within 1-2…

Due to its proximity, SN 1987A offers a unique opportunity to directly observe the geometry of a stellar explosion as it unfolds. Here we present spectral and imaging observations of SN 1987A obtained ~10,000 days after the explosion with…

SN 2005kd is among the most luminous supernovae (SNe) to be discovered at X-ray wavelengths. We have re-analysed all good angular resolution (better than $20"$ FWHM PSF) archival X-ray data for SN 2005kd. The data reveal an X-ray light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Vikram V. Dwarkadas , C. Romero-Cañizales , R. Reddy , F. E. Bauer

A new method is presented for calculating the time evolution of spherically symmetric Type Ia Supernova in the post-explosion phase, enabling light curves and spectra to be simulated in a physically self-consistent way. The commonly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Daniel R. van Rossum

We present a 3-dimensional model of supernova remnants (SNRs) where the hydrodynamical evolution of the remnant is modeled consistently with nonlinear diffusive shock acceleration occuring at the outer blast wave. The model includes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shiu-Hang Lee , Tsuneyoshi Kamae , Donald C. Ellison

We examine the basic physics of type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) light curves with a view toward interpreting the relations between peak luminosity, peak width, and late-time slope in terms of the properties of the underlying explosion models. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip A. Pinto , Ronald G. Eastman