A unified energy-reservoir model containing contributions from {sup 56}Ni and neutron stars and its implication for luminous type Ic supernovae
- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)
Most type Ic core-collapse supernovae produce {sup 56}Ni and neutron stars (NSs) or black holes. The dipole radiation of nascent NSs has usually been neglected in explaining supernovae (SNe) with peak absolute magnitudes M{sub peak} in any band ≳−19.5 mag, while the {sup 56}Ni can be neglected in fitting most type Ic superluminous supernovae whose M{sub peak} in any band is ≲−21 mag, since the luminosity from a magnetar (highly magnetized NS) can outshine that from a moderate amount of {sup 56}Ni. For luminous SNe Ic with −21≲M{sub peak}≲−19.5 mag, however, both contributions from {sup 56}Ni and NSs cannot be neglected without serious modeling since they are not SLSNe and the {sup 56}Ni mass could be up to ∼0.5 M{sub ⊙}. In this paper we propose a unified model that contains contributions from both {sup 56}Ni and a nascent NS. We select three luminous SNe Ic-broad-lined, SN 2010ay, SN 2006nx, and SN 14475, and show that, if these SNe are powered by {sup 56}Ni, the ratio of M{sub Ni} to M{sub ej} is unrealistic. Alternatively, we invoke the magnetar model and the hybrid ({sup 56}Ni + NS) model and find that they can fit the observations, indicating that our models are valid and necessary for luminous SNe Ic. Owing to the lack of late-time photometric data, we cannot break the parameter degeneracy and thus distinguish among the model parameters, but we can expect that future multi-epoch observations of luminous SNe can provide stringent constraints on {sup 56}Ni yields and the parameters of putative magnetars.
- OSTI ID:
- 22882905
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 807; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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