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We have studied the influence of the presupernova structure and the degree of Ni-56 mixing on the bolometric light curve of SN 1987A in terms of radiation hydrodynamics in the one-group approximation by abandoning LTE and by taking into…

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We present a rapid analytic framework for predicting kilonova light curves following neutron star (NS) mergers, where the main input parameters are binary-based properties measurable by gravitational wave detectors (chirp mass and mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-07 Matt Nicholl , Ben Margalit , Patricia Schmidt , Graham P. Smith , Evan J. Ridley , James Nuttall

Since the emergence of the new class of extremely bright transients, super-luminous supernovae (SLSNe), three main mechanisms to power their light curves (LCs) have been discussed. They are the spin-down of a magnetar, interaction with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Matthew S. Gilmer , Alexandra Kozyreva , Raphael Hirschi , Carla Fröhlich

Supernova (SN) explosions, through the metals they release, play a pivotal role in the chemical evolution of the Universe and the origin of life. Nebular phase spectroscopy constrains such metal yields, for example through forbidden line…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-18 Luc Dessart , D. John Hillier

We carry out a comprehensive study of supernova ejecta-companion interaction in massive binary systems. We aim to physically understand the kinematics of the interaction and predict observational signatures. To do this we perform…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-10 Ryosuke Hirai , Philipp Podsiadlowski , Shoichi Yamada

We present SN2018kzr, the fastest declining supernova-like transient, second only to the kilonova, AT2017gfo. SN2018kzr is characterized by a peak magnitude of $M_r = -17.98$, peak bolometric luminosity of ${\sim} 1.4 \times 10^{43}$erg…

Bolometric light curves play an important role in understanding the underlying physics of various astrophysical phenomena, as they allow for a comprehensive modeling of the event and enable comparison between different objects. However,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-29 Matwey V. Kornilov , T. A. Semenikhin , M. V. Pruzhinskaya

Rings around exoplanets (exorings) are one of the most expected discoveries in exoplanetary research. There is an increasing number of theoretical and observational efforts for detecting exorings, but none of them have succeeded yet. Most…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-09 Jorge I. Zuluaga , Mario Sucerquia , Jaime A. Alvarado-Montes

We present a Bayesian framework for joint and coherent analyses of multimessenger binary neutron star signals. The method, implemented in our bajes infrastructure, incorporates a joint likelihood for multiple datasets, support for various…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 Matteo Breschi , Rossella Gamba , Gregorio Carullo , Daniel Godzieba , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Albino Perego , David Radice

The observations of a macronova/kilonova accompanied by gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger (GW170817) confirmed that neutron star coalescences produce copious ejecta. The coincident gamma-ray detection implies the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Shigeo S. Kimura , Kohta Murase , Imre Bartos , Kunihito Ioka , Ik Siong Heng , Peter Mészáros

Fast material ejected dynamically over $<10$ ms during the merger of a binary neutron-star (BNS) system can give rise to distinctive electromagnetic counterparts to the system's gravitational-wave emission that can serve as a "smoking gun"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-23 Luciano Combi , Daniel M. Siegel

Understanding the details of $r$-process nucleosynthesis in binary neutron star mergers (BNSM) ejecta is key to interpreting kilonova observations and identifying the role of BNSMs in the origin of heavy elements. We present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-04 Fabio Magistrelli , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Albino Perego , David Radice

Kilonovae, the electromagnetic transients produced from two merging neutron stars, exhibit evolving spectral signatures in ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation. Starting around one week post-merger, equilibrium assumptions…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 S. Bromley , E. Garbe , N. McElroy , C. Ballance , M. Fogle , P. Stancil , S. Loch

We present theoretical UBVI- and bolometric light curves of SNe Ia for several explosion models, computed with our multi-group radiation hydro code. We employ our new corrected treatment for line opacity in the expanding medium. The results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Elena Sorokina , Sergey Blinnikov

We build three simple bipolar ejecta models for core collapse supernovae (CCSNe), as expected when the explosion is driven by strong jets, and show that for an observer located in the equatorial plane of the ejecta, the light curve has a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 Noa Kaplan , Noam Soker

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

We introduce a fast ($\sim 1$-$50$ ms) and generalised framework for modelling interaction-powered transients. The framework solves the thin-shell equations of motion for ejecta colliding with circumstellar material (CSM), and supports…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-20 Nikhil Sarin , Ryosuke Hirai

Neutrinos from supernovae, especially those emitted during the late phase of core collapse, are essential for understanding the final stages of massive star evolution. We have been dedicated to developing methods for the analysis of…