Could edge-lit type Ia supernovae be standard candles?

dc.contributor.authorRegos, E
dc.contributor.authorTout, Christopher A
dc.contributor.authorWickramasinghe, Dayal
dc.contributor.authorHurley, Jarrod
dc.contributor.authorPols, O
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:14:03Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:14:03Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:48:13Z
dc.description.abstractThe progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have not been identified. Though they are no longer fashionable, we investigate the consequences if a significant number of SNe Ia were edge-lit detonations (ELDs) of carbon/oxygen white dwarfs that have accreted a critical mass of helium. Our best understanding of the Phillips relation between light curve speed and peak luminosity assigns both these phenomena to the amount of 56Ni produced. In ELDs there are two sites of 56Ni synthesis. If the peak luminosity is determined primarily by the CO ratio in the core it is primarily a function of the initial main-sequence mass of the progenitor of the CO white dwarf. If the light curve decay speed is determined by the total mass of iron group elements ejected this is a function of the total mass of the ELD at the time of explosion because both the CO core and the He envelope are substantially converted to 56Ni. In general, binary star evolution ensures that these two masses are correlated and an empirical relation between peak luminosity and light curve shape can be expected. However when we perform population synthesis for progenitors of different metallicities we find a systematic shift in this relation that would make distant ELD SNe Ia fainter than those nearby. The abundances of alpha-rich isotopes, such as 44Ca, in the solar system indicate that only about 40 per cent of SNe Ia could be edge-lit so any systematic effect that could be present would be correspondingly diluted. A systematic effect is still expected even if we examine only the small subset of ELDs that accrete from a naked helium star, rather than a He white dwarf.
dc.identifier.issn1384-1076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/88415
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceNew Astronomy
dc.subjectKeywords: Binaries: close; Cosmology: observations; Distance scale; Stars: evolution; Supernovae: general
dc.titleCould edge-lit type Ia supernovae be standard candles?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage294
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage283
local.contributor.affiliationRegos, E, Observatories
local.contributor.affiliationTout, Christopher A, University of Cambridge
local.contributor.affiliationWickramasinghe, Dayal, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHurley, Jarrod, Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationPols, O, Monash University
local.contributor.authoremailu7600909@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidWickramasinghe, Dayal, u7600909
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor020110 - Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub18101
local.identifier.citationvolume8
local.identifier.doi10.1016/S1384-1076(02)00221-X
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84867935686
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByMigrated
local.type.statusPublished Version

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