detection of a snia progenitor?
DESCRIPTION
Rasmus Voss (MPE) and Gijs Nelemans (Nijmegen) and also Gijs Roelofs (Cfa) Cees Bassa (McGill) . Detection of a SNIa progenitor?. SN2007on in the X-rays. Voss & Nelemans (2008), Nature, 451, 802-804 Roelofs, Bassa, Voss & Nelemans astro-ph/0802.2097 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Rasmus Voss (MPE)and
Gijs Nelemans (Nijmegen)and also
Gijs Roelofs (Cfa)Cees Bassa (McGill)
Detection of a SNIa progenitor?
SN2007on in the X-rays
Voss & Nelemans (2008), Nature, 451, 802-804Roelofs, Bassa, Voss & Nelemans astro-ph/0802.2097Nelemans, Voss, Roelofs & Bassa astro-ph/0802.2239
Outline
Original idea (should be something)
SN2007on (there is something)
Follow-up (but is it real?)
SN2007sr (for this one there is nothing)
Progenitors of type Ia SNae
Why?Why?
We want to understand supernovae
Type Ia supernovae are important for cosmologyType Ia supernovae produce the majority of iron
Progenitors of type Ia SNae
Single degenerate:Single degenerate:
Double degenerate:Double degenerate:
Exploding white dwarfs
Accretion onto a WD by a non-degenerate starcauses it to exceed the Chandrasekhar mass
Two WDs with a combined mass above the Chandrasekhar mass merge
Progenitors of type Ia SNae
Single degenerate:Single degenerate:
Double degenerate:Double degenerate:
Exploding white dwarfs
Accretion onto a WD by a non-degenerate starcauses it to exceed the Chandrasekhar mass
Two WDs with a combined mass above the Chandrasekhar mass merge
Maybe both worksDella Valle & Livio (1994)Scannapieco & Bildsten (2005)Manucci et al. (2006)Sullivan et al. (2006)
Progenitors of type Ia SNae
Previous workPrevious work
Optical upper limits -5.5 in the V-bandMaoz & Manucci (2008)
Hydrogen and helium in the spectrum
Mass loss rate of progenitor below ~10-5M
sol/yearMattila et al. (2005)
Surviving star G star at Tychos supernovaRuiz-Lapuente et al. (2004)
Variable absorption lines Progenitor wind with V~50 km/sPatat et al. (2007)
Progenitors of type Ia SNae
Single degenerate:Single degenerate:
Double degenerate:Double degenerate:
Exploding white dwarfs
Accretion onto a WD by a non-degenerate starcauses it to exceed the Chandrasekhar mass
Two WDs with a combined mass above the Chandrasekhar mass merge
Progenitors of type Ia SNae
Single degenerate:Single degenerate:
Double degenerate:Double degenerate:
Exploding white dwarfs
Accretion onto a WD by a non-degenerate starcauses it to exceed the Chandrasekhar mass
The burning of the accreted matter on the surface of the WD causes strong X-ray emission!
Two WDs with a combined mass above the Chandrasekhar mass merge
No exchange of material before they touch, and therefore no X-rays (although models with the creation of an accretion disk exist)
Archival data
FeasibilityFeasibility
2006mr
2004W
2002cv
NGC 1316
NGC 4649
NGC 3190
18.1 Mpc
15.9 Mpc
22.4 Mpc
<2.2 1038 erg/s
<5.9 1037 erg/s
<1.3 1038 erg/s
November 5, 2007November 5, 2007
NGC 1404 20 Mpc
SN2007on
SN2007on
21 counts within 2”Background expectation 6.9
Chandra ACISChandra ACIS75 ks 75 ks
SN2007on
Hardness:
S 0.3-1.0 keV
M 1.0-2.0 keV
H 2.0-8.0 keV
Chandra ACISChandra ACIS75 ks 75 ks
SN2007on follow-up
Chandra ACIS-SChandra ACIS-S40 ks 40 ks
2-4 counts within 1”Background expectation 1.4
SN2007on follow-up
Chandra ACIS-SChandra ACIS-S40 ks 40 ks
2-4 counts within 1”Background expectation 1.4
Luminosity decreased with 90-95% probability
Might be a source 50-95%
SN2007on follow-up
Optical offsetOptical offset1.18” 1.18”
Probability of 1-5%
SN2007on progenitor
For and against
Chance coincidence probability0.3% (but 4 trials)
SoftnessLess than 10%
Upper limits on source shows that it has weakenedwith 90-95% probability
Probability of off-set1-5%
Might actually be a source afterwards50-95%
Don't make up your mind yetWait for more Chandra data!
SN2007sr
Chandra ACISChandra ACIS450 ks450 ks
December 7, 2007December 7, 2007
Antennae 13-20 Mpc
Saviane et al. (2008)
H0=75 km/s/Mpc
SN2007sr
(But off-axis)
But sub-luminous?(25 Mpc)
13-20 Mpc
Saviane et al. (2008)
H0=75 km/s/Mpc
December 7, 2007December 7, 2007
Antennae
Bloom et al. (2007)Pojmanski et al. (2008)
Chandra ACISChandra ACIS450 ks450 ks
SN2007sr
Galactic, LMC & SMC supersoft sourcesGreiner (2000)
Supersoft sources in M31Di Stefano et al. (2004)In M101, M51, M83 & NGC 4967Di Stefano & Kong (2004)
Conclusions
Detection of a bright X-ray progenitor of SN2007on?
Interesting upper limits on the progenitor of SN2007sr