Supernova lightCURVE POPulation Synthesis I: Including interacting binaries is key to understanding the diversity of type II supernova lightcurves

@article{Eldridge2018SupernovaLP,
  title={Supernova lightCURVE POPulation Synthesis I: Including interacting binaries is key to understanding the diversity of type II supernova lightcurves},
  author={Jan J. Eldridge and L Xiao and Elizabeth R. Stanway and Nat'alia V. N. Rodrigues and N. -Y. Guo},
  journal={Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia},
  year={2018},
  volume={35}
}
  • J. EldridgeL. Xiao N. Guo
  • Published 1 November 2018
  • Physics
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Abstract We present results of a supernova lightcurve population synthesis, predicting the range of possible supernova lightcurves arising from a population of progenitor stars that include interacting binary systems. We show that the known diversity of supernova lightcurves can be interpreted as arising from binary interactions. Given detailed models of the progenitor stars, we are able to the determine what parameters within these stars determine the shape of their supernova lightcurve. The… 
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