Probing explosion geometry of core-collapse supernovae with light curves of the shock breakout
Abstract
We consider supernova shock breakout in aspherical core-collapse supernovae. We perform hydrodynamical calculations to investigate the propagation of a strong shock wave in a compact star and the subsequent emergence from the surface. Using the results combined with a simple emission model based on blackbody radiation, we clarify how aspherical energy depositions affect shock breakout light curves.
- Publication:
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Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312013063
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..279..285S
- Keywords:
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- supernovae: general;
- shock waves;
- X-rays: bursts