Spectropolarimetry of Type IIn SN2010jl: Peering Into the Heart of a Monster
Abstract
We report results for two epochs of spectropolarimetry on the luminous type IIn SN2010jl, taken at ~36 and 85 days post-explosion with VLT FORS2-PMOS. The high signal-to-noise data demonstrate distinct evolution in the continuum and the broad lines point to a complex origin for the various emission components and to a potentially common polarization signal for the type IIn class even over 1-2 orders of magnitude in luminosity output.
- Publication:
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Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..279..325B
- Keywords:
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- (stars:) supernovae: individual (SN2010jl);
- techniques: spectroscopic;
- polarimetric