Linear spectropolarimetry of 35 Type Ia supernovae with VLT/FORS: an analysis of the Si II line polarization (CROSBI ID 270279)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Cikota, Aleksandar ; Patat, Ferdinando ; Wang, Lifan ; Wheeler, J. Craig ; Bulla, Mattia ; Baade, Dietrich ; Höflich, Peter ; Cikota, Stefan ; Clocchiatti, Alejandro ; Maund, Justyn R. ; Stevance, Heloise F. ; Yang, Yi
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Linear spectropolarimetry of 35 Type Ia supernovae with VLT/FORS: an analysis of the Si II line polarization
Spectropolarimetry enables us to measure the geometry and chemical structure of the ejecta in supernova explosions, which is fundamental for the understanding of their explosion mechanism(s) and progenitor systems. We collected archival data of 35 Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia), observed with FORS on the Very Large Telescope at 127 epochs in total. We examined the polarization of the Si II λ6355 Å line (pSiII) as a function of time which is seen to peak at a range of various polarization degrees and epochs relative to maximum brightness. We reproduced the Δm15-pSiII relationship identified in a previous study, and show that subluminous and transitional objects display polarization values below the Δm15-pSiII relationship for normal SNe Ia. We found a statistically significant linear relationship between the polarization of the Si II λ6355 Å line before maximum brightness and the Si II line velocity and suggest that this, along with the Δm15-pSiII relationship, may be explained in the context of a delayed-detonation model. In contrast, we compared our observations to numerical predictions in the Δm15-vSiII plane and found a dichotomy in the polarization properties between Chandrasekhar and sub-Chandrasekhar mass explosions, which supports the possibility of two distinct explosion mechanisms. A subsample of SNe display evolution of loops in the q-u plane that suggests a more complex Si structure with depth. This insight, which could not be gleaned from total flux spectra, presents a new constraint on explosion models. Finally, we compared our statistical sample of the Si II polarization to quantitative predictions of the polarization levels for the double-detonation, delayed-detonation, and violent-merger models.
supernovae ; polarization
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Podaci o izdanju
490 (1)
2019.
578-599
objavljeno
0035-8711
1365-2966
10.1093/mnras/stz2322