UV Light Curves of Thermonuclear Supernovae

2000/03/17 by S. I. Blinnikov, E. I. Sorokina
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph

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published as Astron. Astrophys. v. 356, p. L30-L32 (2000) · 3 pages, 2 figures, aa.cls LaTeX, accepted by Astron.Asrophys.Letters

arxiv created 2000/03/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Ultraviolet light curves are calculated for several thermonuclear supernova models using a multifrequency radiation hydrodynamic code. It is found that Chandrasekhar-mass models produce very similar light curves both for detonation and deflagration. Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass models essentially differ from ``normal'' Chandrasekhar ones regarding behaviour of their UV fluxes. Differences in absolute brightness and in shape of light curves of thermonuclear supernovae could be detectable up to 300 Mpc with modern UV space telescopes.

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