2011MNRAS.414.2985D -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 414, 2985-3005 (2011/July-2)
Core-collapse explosions of Wolf–Rayet stars and the connection to type IIb/Ib/Ic supernovae.
DESSART L., HILLIER D.J., LIVNE E., YOON S.-C., WOOSLEY S., WALDMAN R. and LANGER N.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) time-dependent radiative-transfer simulations of supernova (SN) IIb/Ib/Ic spectra and light curves, based on ∼1051 erg piston-driven ejecta, with and without 56Ni, produced from single and binary Wolf–Rayet (WR) stars evolved at solar and sub-solar metallicities. Our bolometric light curves show a 10-d long post-breakout plateau with a luminosity of 1–5 {x} 107 L☉, visually brighter by ≳10 mag than the progenitor WR star. In our 56Ni-rich models, with ∼3 M☉ ejecta masses, this plateau precedes a 20 to 30 d long re-brightening phase initiated by the outward-diffusing heat wave powered by radioactive decay at depth. A larger ejecta mass or a deeper 56Ni location increases the heat diffusion time and acts to both delay and broaden the light-curve peak. Discriminating between the two effects requires spectroscopic modelling. In low ejecta-mass models with moderate mixing, γ-ray leakage starts as early as ∼50 d after explosion and causes the nebular luminosity to steeply decline by ∼0.02 mag/d. Such signatures, which are observed in standard SNe IIb/Ib/Ic, are consistent with low-mass progenitors derived from a binary-star population. We propose that the majority of stars with an initial mass ≲20 M☉ yield SNe II-P if `effectively' single, SNe IIb/Ib/Ic if part of a close binary system, and SN-less black holes if more massive. Our ejecta, with outer hydrogen mass fractions as low as ≳0.01 and a total hydrogen mass of ≳0.001 M☉, yield the characteristic SN IIb spectral morphology at early times. However at later times, ∼15 d after the explosion, only Hα may remain as a weak absorption feature. Our binary models, characterized by helium surface mass fractions of ≳0.85, systematically show He I lines during the post-breakout plateau, irrespective of the 56Ni abundance. Synthetic spectra show a strong sensitivity to metallicity, which offers the possibility to constrain it directly from SN spectroscopic modelling.
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2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2011 RAS
Journal keyword(s):
radiative transfer - stars: atmospheres - stars: evolution - supernovae: individual: SN 2008D
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