Pair-instability Supernova Simulations: Progenitor Evolution, Explosion, and Light Curves
Abstract
Recently, the viability of the pair-instability supernova (PISN) scenario for explaining superluminous supernovae has all but disappeared except for a few slowly-evolving examples. However, PISNe are not predicted to be superluminous throughout the bulk of their mass range. In fact, it is more likely that the first PISN we see (if we have not seen one already) will not be superluminous. Here, we present hydrodynamic simulations of PISNe for four stellar models with unique envelope properties spanning the PISN mass range. In addition, we compute synthetic light curves (LCs) for comparison with current and future observations. We also investigate, in the context of our most massive model, the prospect of mixing in the supernova ejecta, alleviating discrepancies between current PISN models and the remaining superluminous candidate events. To this end, we present the first published 3D hydrodynamic simulations of PISNe. After achieving convergence between 1D, 2D, and 3D simulations, we examine mixing in the supernova ejecta and its affect on the bolometric LC. We observe slight deviations from spherical symmetry, which increase with the number of dimensions. We find no significant effects on the bolometric LC; however, we conclude that mixing between the silicon and oxygen rich layers caused bymore »
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- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel). The Raymond and Beverly Slacker School of Physics and Astronomy
- Keele Univ., Keele, Staffordshire (United Kingdom). School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Astrophysics group; Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba (Japan). Univ. of Tokyo Inst. for Advanced Study, Kavli Inst. for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI)
- Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Science
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1537193
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010263
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 846; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; astronomy & astrophysics; hydrodynamics; radiative transfer; supernovae
Citation Formats
Gilmer, Matthew S., Kozyreva, Alexandra, Hirschi, Raphael, Fröhlich, Carla, and Yusof, Norhasliza. Pair-instability Supernova Simulations: Progenitor Evolution, Explosion, and Light Curves. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa8461.
Gilmer, Matthew S., Kozyreva, Alexandra, Hirschi, Raphael, Fröhlich, Carla, & Yusof, Norhasliza. Pair-instability Supernova Simulations: Progenitor Evolution, Explosion, and Light Curves. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8461
Gilmer, Matthew S., Kozyreva, Alexandra, Hirschi, Raphael, Fröhlich, Carla, and Yusof, Norhasliza. Wed .
"Pair-instability Supernova Simulations: Progenitor Evolution, Explosion, and Light Curves". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8461. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1537193.
@article{osti_1537193,
title = {Pair-instability Supernova Simulations: Progenitor Evolution, Explosion, and Light Curves},
author = {Gilmer, Matthew S. and Kozyreva, Alexandra and Hirschi, Raphael and Fröhlich, Carla and Yusof, Norhasliza},
abstractNote = {Recently, the viability of the pair-instability supernova (PISN) scenario for explaining superluminous supernovae has all but disappeared except for a few slowly-evolving examples. However, PISNe are not predicted to be superluminous throughout the bulk of their mass range. In fact, it is more likely that the first PISN we see (if we have not seen one already) will not be superluminous. Here, we present hydrodynamic simulations of PISNe for four stellar models with unique envelope properties spanning the PISN mass range. In addition, we compute synthetic light curves (LCs) for comparison with current and future observations. We also investigate, in the context of our most massive model, the prospect of mixing in the supernova ejecta, alleviating discrepancies between current PISN models and the remaining superluminous candidate events. To this end, we present the first published 3D hydrodynamic simulations of PISNe. After achieving convergence between 1D, 2D, and 3D simulations, we examine mixing in the supernova ejecta and its affect on the bolometric LC. We observe slight deviations from spherical symmetry, which increase with the number of dimensions. We find no significant effects on the bolometric LC; however, we conclude that mixing between the silicon and oxygen rich layers caused by the Rayleigh–Taylor instability may affect spectra.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/aa8461},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 846,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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