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Eight X-ray observations of V4743 Sgr (2002), observed with Chandra and XMM-Newton are presented. The nova turned off some time between days 301.9 and 371, and the X-ray flux subsequently decreased from day 301.9 to 526 following an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-08 J. M. Ramírez-Velasquez

A goal of supernova remnant (SNR) evolution models is to relate fundamental parameters of a supernova (SN) explosion and progenitor star to the current state of its SNR. The SNR hot plasma is characterized by its observed X-ray spectrum,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-02 D. A. Leahy , Yuyang Wang , Bryson Lawton , Sujith Ranasinghe , Miroslav Filipovic

Gravitational wave observations need accompanying electromagnetic signals to accurately determine the sky positions of the sources. The ejecta of neutron star mergers are expected to produce such electromagnetic transients, called…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-13 Christopher J. Fontes , Chris L. Fryer , Aimee L. Hungerford , Ryan T. Wollaeger , Stephan Rosswog , Edo Berger

We calculate multicolor light curves (LCs) of supernovae (SNe) from red supergiants (RSGs) exploded within dense circumstellar medium (CSM). Multicolor LCs are calculated by using a multi-group radiation hydrodynamics code STELLA. If CSM is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-07 Takashi Moriya , Nozomu Tominaga , Sergei I. Blinnikov , Petr V. Baklanov , Elena I. Sorokina

We describe a code designed for hot media {(T $\ge$} a few 10$^4$ K), optically thick to Compton scattering. It computes the structure of a plane-parallel slab of gas in thermal and ionization equilibrium, illuminated on one side or on both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Anne-Marie Dumont , Suzy Collin

We compare parameters of well-observed type II SN1999em derived by M.Hamuy and D.Nadyozhin based on Litvinova-Nadyozhin (1985) analytic fits with those found from the simulations with our radiative hydro code Stella. The difference of SN…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. I. Blinnikov , P. V. Baklanov , A. V. Kozyreva , E. I. Sorokina

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

A nonlinear kinetic theory, combining cosmic-ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) with their gas dynamics, is used to re-examine the nonthermal properties of the remnant of SN 1987A for an extended evolutionary period of 5-50…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-16 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

We investigate the low-luminosity supernova SN 2016bkv and its peculiar early-time interaction. For that, we compute radiative transfer models using the CMFGEN code. Because SN 2016bkv shows signs of interaction with material expelled by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-01 Maxime Deckers , Jose H. Groh , Ioana Boian , Eoin J. Farrell

The acceleration times of the highest-energy particles which emit gamma-rays in young and middle-age SNRs are comparable with SNR age. If the number of particles starting acceleration was varying during early times after the supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 O. Petruk , S. Orlando , M. Miceli , F. Bocchino

A new numerical code, designed for the detailed numerical treatment of nonlinear diffusive shock acceleration, is used for modeling of particle acceleration and radiation in young supernova remnants. The model is based on spherically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 V. N. Zirakashvili , F. A. Aharonian

For supernova powered by the conversion of kinetic energy into radiation due to the interactions of the ejecta with a dense circumstellar shell, we show that there could be X-ray analogues of optically super-luminous SNe with comparable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Tony Pan , Daniel J. Patnaude , Abraham Loeb

The interaction of supernova ejecta with a surrounding circumstellar medium (CSM) generates a strong shock which can convert the ejecta kinetic energy into observable radiation. Given the diversity of potential CSM structures (arising from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-08 David Khatami , Daniel Kasen

We discuss Monte-Carlo techniques for addressing the 3-dimensional time-dependent radiative transfer problem in rapidly expanding supernova atmospheres. The transfer code SEDONA has been developed to calculate the lightcurves, spectra, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel Kasen , R. C. Thomas , Peter Nugent

Emission features formed through Raman scattering with atomic hydrogen provide unique and crucial information to probe the distribution and kinematics of a thick neutral region illuminated by a strong far UV emission source. We introduce a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Seok-Jun Chang , Hee-Won Lee

Neutrinos are guaranteed to be observable from the next galactic supernova (SN). Optical light and gravitational waves are also observable, but may be difficult to observe if the location of the SN in the galaxy or the details of the…

We present a simple analytic model, that captures the key features of the emission of radiation from material ejected by the merger of neutron stars (NS), and construct the multi-band and bolometric luminosity light curves of the transient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-12 Eli Waxman , Eran Ofek , Doron Kushnir , Avishay Gal-Yam

We introduce a new code for computing time-dependent continuum radiative transfer and non-equilibrium ionization states in static density fields with periodic boundaries. Our code solves the moments of the radiative transfer equation,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Finlator , F. Ozel , R. Dave

Binary neutron star mergers are expected to produce fast dynamical ejecta, with mildly relativistic velocities extending to $\beta=v/c>0.6$. In a preceding paper, we derived an analytic description of the time-dependent radio to X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-27 Gilad Sadeh , Noya Linder , Eli Waxman

We present the results of the first {\it XMM-Newton} observation of the interacting type IIn supernova 1995N, performed in July 2003. We find that the 0.2--10.0 keV unabsorbed flux dropped at a value of $\simeq 1.8 \times 10^{-13}$ erg…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 L. Zampieri , P. Mucciarelli , A. Pastorello , M. Turatto , E. Cappellaro , S. Benetti