Type II-P supernovae in the mid-infrared
Abstract
We present detailed analysis of mid-infrared (MIR) data for 9 type II-P supernovae from the public Spitzer database. Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from observed fluxes are fitted with simple models to get basic information about the dust as the presumed source of MIR radiation. We found two SNe, 2005ad and 2005af, which likely have newly-formed dust in their environment, while in the other seven cases the observed MIR flux may originate from pre-existing circumstellar or interstellar dust.
- Publication:
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Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..279..401S
- Keywords:
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- supernova;
- circumstellar dust;
- infrared excess