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Title:
Could edge-lit type Ia supernovae be standard candles?
Authors:
RegőS, Enikő; Tout, Christopher A.; Wickramasinghe, Dayal; Hurley, Jarrod R.; Pols, Onno R.
Affiliation:
AA(aInstitute of Astronomy, The Observatories, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UKbAstrophysical Theory Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliacAmerican Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, USAdDepartment of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia), AB(aInstitute of Astronomy, The Observatories, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UKbAstrophysical Theory Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliacAmerican Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, USAdDepartment of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia), AC(aInstitute of Astronomy, The Observatories, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UKbAstrophysical Theory Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliacAmerican Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, USAdDepartment of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia), AD(aInstitute of Astronomy, The Observatories, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UKbAstrophysical Theory Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliacAmerican Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, USAdDepartment of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia), AE(aInstitute of Astronomy, The Observatories, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UKbAstrophysical Theory Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliacAmerican Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, USAdDepartment of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia)
Publication:
New Astronomy, Volume 8, Issue 4, p. 283-294. (NewA Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/2003
Origin:
ELSEVIER
DOI:
10.1016/S1384-1076(02)00221-X
Bibliographic Code:
2003NewA....8..283R

Abstract

The 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.
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