Paper

Direct Analysis of the Broad-Line SN 2019ein: Connection with the Core-Normal SN 2011fe

DerKacy, James M, Washington, I, Yarbrough, Zach, Burrow, Anthony, Baron, E, Hoeflich, Peter

2023

Overview

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are important cosmological probes and contributors to galactic nucleosynthesis, particularly of the iron group elements. To improve both their reliability as cosmological probes and to understand galactic chemical evolution, it is vital to understand the binary progenitor system and explosion mechanism. The classification of SNe Ia into Branch groups has led to some understanding of the similarities and differences among the varieties of observed SNe Ia. However, partly due to small sample size, little work has been done on the broad-line or 02bo group. We perform direct spectral analysis on the pre-maximum spectra of the broad-line SN 2019ein and compare and contrast it to the core-normal SN~2011fe. Both SN 2019ein and SN 2011fe were first observed spectroscopically within two days of discovery, allowing us to follow the spectroscopic evolution of both supernovae in detail. We find that the optical depths of the primary features of both the CN and BL supernovae are very similar, except that there is a velocity shift between them. We further examine the SN 2002bo-like subclass and show that for nine objects with pre-maximum spectra in the range -6 -- -2 days with respect to B-maximum all the emission peaks of the Si II {\\lambda}6355 line of BL are blueshifted pre-maximum, making this a simple classification criterion.

• Publisher: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
• Subject: Chemical evolution / Classification / Galactic evolution / Line spectra / Nuclear fusion / Spectra / Spectrum analysis / Stellar evolution / Supernovae