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We study optical radiation of aspherical supernovae (SNe) and present an approach to verify the asphericity of SNe with optical observations of extragalactic SNe. For this purpose, we have developed a multi-dimensional Monte-Carlo radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Masaomi Tanaka , Keiichi Maeda , Paolo A. Mazzali , Ken'ichi Nomoto

The dense wind environment (or circumstellar medium) may be ubiquitous for the regular Type II supernovae (SNe) before the explosion, the interaction of which with the SN ejecta could result in a wind breakout event. The shock generated by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 Kai Wang , Tian-Qi Huang , Zhuo Li

To assess the effectiveness of optical emission as a probe of spatial asymmetry in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), we apply the radiative transfer software, \supernu, to a unimodal CCSN model. The \snsph\ radiation-hydrodynamics software…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-30 Ryan T. Wollaeger , Aimee L. Hungerford , Chris L. Fryer , Allan B. Wollaber , Daniel R. van Rossum , Wesley Even

The Fermi LAT discovery that classical novae produce >100 MeV gamma-rays establishes that shocks and relativistic particle acceleration are key features of these events. These shocks are likely to be radiative due to the high densities of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Brian D. Metzger , Thomas Finzell , Indrek Vurm , Romain Hascoet , Andrei M. Beloborodov , Laura Chomiuk

We present a new Monte-Carlo radiative transfer code, which we have used to model the cyclotron line features in the environment of a variable magnetic field and plasma density. The code accepts an input continuum and performs only the line…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-20 Sandeep Kumar , Suman Bala , Dipankar Bhattacharya

We calculate synchrotron radio emission and gamma-ray emission due to bremsstrahlung, inverse-Compton scattering and $pi^0$-decay from the remnant of supernova which exploded in the circumstellar matter (CSM) formed by the progenitor's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Takafumi Shimizu , Kuniaki Masai , Katsuji Koyama

Recent detection of gravitational waves from a binary-neutron star merger (GW170817) and the subsequent observations of electromagnetic counterparts provide a great opportunity to study the physics of compact binary mergers. The optical and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-10 Kyohei Kawaguchi , Masaru Shibata , Masaomi Tanaka

A Monte Carlo code (ARTIS) for modelling time-dependent three-dimensional spectral synthesis in chemically inhomogeneous models of Type Ia supernova ejecta is presented. Following the propagation of gamma-ray photons, emitted by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 M. Kromer , S. A. Sim

Numerous core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) exhibit signatures of interaction with circumstellar material (CSM). Bright radio emission years after the SN is one such indication of dense CSM at large distances from the star, which may be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-13 Samantha C. Wu , Daichi Tsuna

We present the first results of a comprehensive supernova (SN) radiative-transfer (RT) code-comparison initiative (StaNdaRT), where the emission from the same set of standardized test models is simulated by currently-used RT codes. A total…

A treatment of line opacity in expanding medium is most crucial for the light curve (LC) modeling of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Spectral lines are the main source of opacity inside SN Ia ejecta from ultraviolet through infrared range.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. I. Sorokina , S. I. Blinnikov

Observational consequences of a jet-driven supernova (SN) explosion model are presented. The results are compared in detail with optical observations of SN 1998bw associated with a Gamma-Ray Burst. It is shown that the jet model is able to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-08 Keiichi Maeda

We propose an off-axis relativistic jet model for the Type Ic supernova SN 2007gr. Most of the energy ($\sim2\times10^{51}$ erg) in the explosion is contained in non-relativistic ejecta which produces the supernova. The optical emission is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Xu , S. Nagataki , Y. F. Huang

A nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants is employed to re-examine the nonthermal properties of the remnant of SN 1987A for an extended evolutionary period of 5--100 yr. It is shown that an efficient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-04-18 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

We present 1,800 multiwavelength Type Ib/c supernovae light curve models obtained by running the radiation transport code Sedona and varying the mass distribution, velocity profile, and abundance ejecta profiles of helium star progenitors.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-16 S. Karthik Yadavalli , V. Ashley Villar , Abigail Polin , S. E. Woosley , Maria R. Drout , Miranda Pikus

Carbon monoxide (CO) emission has been observed in a number of core-collapse supernovae (SNe) and is known to be an important coolant at late times. We have implemented a chemical reaction network in the radiative-transfer code CMFGEN to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-28 Collin McLeod , D. John Hillier , Luc Dessart

We present the results of a series of 3D special relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) jet in a massive circumstellar medium (CSM) surrounding the progenitor star. Our simulations reproduce the jet morphology…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-12 Akihiro Suzuki , Christopher M. Irwin , Keiichi Maeda

The theory of radiative transfer provides the link between the physical conditions in an astrophysical object and the observable radiation which it emits. Thus accurately modelling radiative transfer is often a necessary part of testing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. A. Sim , M. Kromer , F. K. Roepke , E. I. Sorokina , S. I. Blinnikov , D. Kasen , W. Hillebrandt

We present theoretical expectations for non-thermal emission due to the bulk Comptonization at the ultra-relativistic shock breakout. We calculate the transfer of photons emitted from the shocked matter with a Monte Carlo code fully taking…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Yukari Ohtani , Akihiro Suzuki , Toshikazu Shigeyama

We consider simple models based on core collapse or pair-formation supernovae to account for the light curve of the transient SCP06F6. A radioactive decay diffusion model provides estimates of the mass of the required radioactive nickel and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Emmanouil Chatzopoulos , J. Craig Wheeler , Jozsef Vinko