Study of the type IIP supernova 2008gz

Roy et al. 2011, MNRAS accepted

Supernovae: Catastrophic cosmic explosions Energy released ~10^46 J Responsible for chemical enrichment of

galaxies Trigger new star formation SNe link to neutron stars, black holes,

GRBs, …..

Progenitors & Process 1. White dwarf binary: thermonuclear

Accretion

Chandrasekhar limit

Explosion

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Progenitors & Process

2. Massive stars: Core collapseStar >10M_sunIron core - Chandrasekhar limitRadiation pressure reducesGravitational core collapseRemnant: neutron star, black hole

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Supernova family (spectra and light curve) Type I Type II

Ia Silicon lines no Hydrogen Ib no Si but rich He Ic no Si, poor/or no He Ibc_pec (no H but unusual LC and spectra)

IIP, show plateau in the light curve with Hydrogen IIL, linear decay of light curve IIn, narrow emission lines IIb, early time dominant H (like II) But later similar to Ib

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Supernovae family: (early spectra and light curve) SN type I > 55%

SN type II ~ 41%

Core collapse SNe Ib, Ic, Ibc_pec, IIL, IIP, IIb, IIn

Smith, N. et al. 2010

Type IIP SNe show variation in their luminosity, velocity and Ni production.

Supernova 2008gz

Host: Spiral galaxy NGC 3672

Explosion date (UT): 5.83 Nov 2008

RΑ (J2000): 11h 25m 3s

DEC (J2000): -09º 47' 51''

Observations: BVRI data 1m, ST ARIES, India 2m, IGO IUCAA, India 3.6m, NTT ESO, Chile Spectra 2m, IUCAA 3.5m, TNG 3.6m, NTT 6m, SAO Russia

Light curve in BVRI magnitudes

+87d to +275d since explosion SN detected very close to end

of plateau phase Time of inflection 115± 5 days

Bolometric light curve

Nebular phase governed by radioactive decay of Ni to Co to Fe

=> tail luminosity is proportional to Ni synthesized.

(Arnett 1980, 1996)

Derived tail luminosity

= 1.51± 0.29 * 10^41 erg/s

Comparison of absolute V mag to other IIP SNe

Unusual V dropping ~1.5mag

during plateau to nebular phase

SN 2008gz spectra (late plateau to deep nebular )

Late plateau Nebular

Late nebular

Velocity profile of different elements

Photospheric velocity is a good indicator of explosion energy

(Dessart et al. 2010)

=>SN 2008gz has explosion energy 2.3*10^51erg similar to SN2004et

Summary Photometric and spectral nature of this event is similar to

normal type IIP SNe 2004et and 1999em. The plateau phase lasted about 115±5 days.

Photospheric velocity ~ 4000 km/s at similar epoch comparable to SN 2004et.

Explosion energy 2-3 * 10^51 erg/s. SN 2008gz exhibits rarely observed drop of 1.5 mag in V,

within 30 days from plateau to nebular phase. Synthesized Ni during the explosion 0.05± 0.01 M_sun.