Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Sydney, 2001. / Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 23, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science to the School of Physics, Faculty of Science. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

Techn. University, Diss., 2005--München.

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Scattered light echoes provide a unique way to engage in late-time study of supernovae. Formed when light from a supernova scatters off of nearby dust, and arrives at Earth long after the supernova has initially faded from the sky, light echoes can be used to study the precursor supernova through both photometric and spectroscopic methods. The detection rate of light echoes, especially from Type II supernovae, is not well understood, and large scale searches are confounded by uncertainties in supernova ages and peak luminosities. We provide a novel spectroscopic search method for detecting light echoes, and test it with 4 hours of observations of NGC 6946 using the SITELLE Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer mounted on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Our procedure relies on fitting a sloped model to continuum emission, and identifying negatively-sloped continua with the downslope of the emission component of a highly-broadened P-Cygni profile in the H$\alpha$ line, characteristic of supernova ejecta. We find no clear evidence for light echoes from any of the ten known Type II supernovae in NGC 6946, and only one light echo candidate from potential historical supernovae predating 1917. We do however, present an upper limit in H$\alpha$ brightness of \SI{5e-17}{erg/s/cm^2/arcsec^2} for light echoes within this galaxy. We discuss extensions of our methodology, as well as viability of this type of study in other objects, and with other instruments. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

The discovery of several bright supernovae (SNe) in recent years has evoked a great deal of interest in these objects. The study of these objects are of importance not only as probes to the end stages of stellar evolution, but also as probes for cosmology. Though the basic classification of supernovae was restricted to type I and type II, pecularities became apparent over the last two decades that have been confirmed into new classes, currently designated as types Ia, Ib, Ic, IIL, IIP, IIn and IIb. Diversity in the behaviour of supernovae within a class has also become apparent, such as photometric and spectroscopic sequence in type Ia, and the existence of the super-luminous‚ hypernovae‚ which, at times are found to be associated with GRB events. Core collapse supernovae are the end stages of most stars, more massive than ~ 8M . As such, they provide a key test of stellar evolution. Further, they play a major role in driving the chemical and dynamical evolution of galaxies, and have also been proposed to be major contributors to dust epochs when the Universe was still young. SNe explosions provide unique natural laboratories for studying, in real time, the physics of a variety of combustion, hydrodynamic, nuclear and atomic processes. All subclasses of SNe, except for type Ia, are core collapse events. The differences in the observed properties of the various subclasses, and even within a single subclass, may be attributed to the progenitor mass, metallicity and environment. The light curve and the spectral development would enable obtaining certain critical parameters related to the progenitor. It is hence important to study individual SNe events. The aim of this work is to (a) study the individual objects in detail and obtain critical parameters such as the radioactive Nickel mass ejected during the explosion, the mass of the ejected material, velocity with which the material has been ejected, the explosion energy and the distance to the supernova; (b) estimate progenitor mass and radius; (c) group the individual events according to certain common properties and inter-compare the properties of the various groups to arrive at a possible evolutionary sequence of the progenitors. This thesis consists of 6 chapters. Chapter 1 gives a general introduction to the evolution of massive stars and supernovae. Chapter 2 describes the telescope and instrument, observations and reduction procedures. All data were obtained using the 2m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT), Hanle, India. The technical details of telescope and instrument are given in the chapter. This chapter also discusses in detail the various techniques used in photometric and spectroscopic data reductions. Chapter 3 discusses the properties of Type IIP supernovae with a detailed study of SN 2004A and SN 2008in. The distances to the supernovae are estimated using the Standard Candle Method (SCM) (Hamuy & Pinto, 2002) and the Expanding Photosphere Method (EPM)( Krishner & Kwan, 1974, 1975, Hamuy et al. 2001) . In addition, the explosion energy, radius of progenitor, the nickel mass and the mass ejected during the explosion are estimated using the observed light curves and the spectra (Hamuy 2003, Elmahamdi 2003, Litvinova & Nadyozhin 1985). The progenitor mass is also estimated based on the estimate of the ejected mass. Chapter 4 describes the evolution of the Type IIn supernova SN2005kd, which is characterized by narrow emission lines in the early spectra. Some Type IIn supernovae show a plateau phase in the light curve, and SN 2005kd is of this kind. The narrow emission lines in the spectra show that the SN ejecta interacted with the pre-supernova circumstellar material that is a result of mass loss from the progenitor during its evolution. Chapter 5 discusses the properties of stripped envelope core collapse supernovae using the observations of type Ib/c supernovae SN 2006jc, SN 2007ru, and SN 2009jf. SN 2006jc was found to be peculiar, with narrow He I emission lines arising due to the SN ejecta interaction with a helium enriched pre-supernova circumstellar material. SN 2007ru shows very broad lines in the spectra indicating a velocity of 20,000 kms−1 . The light curve evolution of SN 2007ru indicates a fast rise time and post-maximum decline more rapid than other broad-line Ic supernovae. The light curves of SN 2009jf are broad, with slow decline, indicating the presence of massive ejecta. He I line is identified with velocity of 16,000 km−1 . The photometric and spectroscopic evolution of all the above SNe are described in detail and compared with other similar supernovae. The various physical parameters related to the explosion and progenitors of SNe are also estimated. Chapter 6 is devoted to conclusions and future plans for the work in this thesis.

Orientador: Orlando Luis Goulart Peres / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T13:26:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TapiaHerrera_LuisCarlos1982-_M.pdf: 3198399 bytes, checksum: bd22a4c22f21d4db7bc8f29cda4bd521 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Apresentamos neste trabalho um estudo da fenomenologias dos neutrinos, que inicia com um modelo além do Modelo Padrão, que gera massa e decaimento para os neutrinos. O modelo foi proposto por Gelmini e Roncadelli [3], no modelo é introducido um tripleto escalar que interage com o dubleto de Higgs a través de um potencial escalar. O tripleto interage também com os leptons da teoria a través de um potencial de Yukawa, é este potencial que conjuntamente com a quebra espontânea da simetria gera as massas e decaimentos para os neutrinos. O modelo foi descartado experimentalmente mas modelos mais gerais que estão baseados no modelo de Gelmini e Roncadelli, ainda podem ser testados experimentalmente. Como seguinte passo no nosso trabalho, estudamos os fluxos de neutrinos de Supernovas que aconteceram no passado do Universo e que chegam até à Terra. Estudamos os efeitos de oscilação na matéria, por causa de que o neutrino atravessa médios de densidades altas dentro da Supernova. Fizemos a comparação dos fluxos de neutrinos e antineutrinos eletrônicos, levando em conta dois casos com e sem oscilação. Encontramos que a oscilação faz com que o fluxo de neutrinos e antineutrinos seja menor, e mais quente para energias maiores a 10 MeV. Estudamos conjuntamente o decaimento e suas consequencias no fluxo de neutrinos de Supernova relíquia. Encontramos uma forte dependência com a hierarquia de massas dos neutrinos. Concluímos que se a hierarquia de massas é normal, o decaimento faz com que o fluxo de neutrinos e antineutrinos eletrônicos seja incrementado. Se a hierarquia é invertida encontramos que o fluxo dos dois tipos de neutrinos é suprimido. Fizemos também uma comparação dos fluxos obtidos neste trabalho, com valores de fluxos reportados na literatura. Finalmente estudamos o comportamento do número de eventos dos fluxos de neutrinos e antineutrinos eletrônicos, para distintos tempos de vida dos neutrinos / Abstract: Here we present a study of the phenomenology of neutrinos, which starts with a model beyond the Standard Model, which generates mass and decay to neutrinos. The model was proposed by Gelmini and Roncadelli cite Gelmini: 1981, the model needs a triplet that interacts with the scaling doublet Higgs through different potential climb. The triplet also interacts with leptons theory through different potential of Yukawa, is this potential which, together with spontaneous symmetry breaking generates the masses and decays to neutrinos. The model was experimentally ruled out but more general models that are based on the model of Gelmini and Roncadelli, can still be tested experimentally. As a next step in our work, we study the flow of neutrinos from supernovae that happened in the past of the universe and reach the Earth. We studied the effects of oscillations in matter, because of the neutrino cross mean high densities within the Supernova. We compared the flow of neutrinos and antineutrinos electronics, taking into consider two cases with and without oscillation. We have found that the oscillation causes the flux of neutrinos and antineutrinos is smaller and warmer to higher energies to 10 MeV We studied together and the decay and its consequences in the flow of neutrinos from supernova relic. We find a strong dependence on the hierarchy mass of neutrinos. We conclude that if the hierarchy is normal masses, the decay is that the flux of neutrinos and electronic antineutrinos is incremented. If the hierarchy is found that the reverse flow of the two types of neutrinos is deleted. We also a comparison of fluxes obtained in this work, with values of flows reported in the literature. Finally we study the behavior of the number of events flows of neutrinos and antineutrinos electronics, for different lifetimes of neutrinos / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第23004号 / 理博第4681号 / 新制||理||1671(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科物理学・宇宙物理学専攻 / (主査)准教授 WENDELL Roger, 教授 中家 剛, 准教授 久徳 浩太郎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

The explosion of a massive star results in an immense expulsion of energy and stellar debris (ejecta) that are heated to extremely high temperatures forming what is known as a super va remnant (SNR). Presented is a CHANDRA 0.5-10 keV X-ray study of the SNR RCW 103, a bright SNR that contains the unusual compact object 1E 161348-5055. This study is the first dedicated and complete imaging and spatially resolved spectroscopic study of the SNR aimed at addressing the intrinsic properties of the SNR, including the explosion energy, ambient density, age, and distance. The SNR's X-ray spectrum is dominated by thermal X-ray emission, requiring globally two components with temperatures at ~0.6 keV and ~0.27 keV and di fferent ionization timescales and abundances. We identify clumpy regions of enhanced abundances suggesting the presence of ejecta. The SNR age is estimated at 1.0-3.7 kyr at a distance of 3.1 kpc. / May 2016

<p>Type Ia supernovae have been successfully used as <i>standardized candles</i> to study the expansion history of the Universe. In the past few years, these studies led to the exciting result of an accelerated expansion caused by the repelling action of some sort of <i>dark energy</i>. This result has been confirmed by measurements of cosmic microwave background radiation, the large-scale structure, and the dynamics of galaxy clusters. The combination of all these experiments points to a “concordance model” of the Universe with flat large-scale geometry and a dominant component of dark energy.</p><p>However, there are several points related to supernova measurements which need careful analysis in order to doubtlessly establish the validity of the concordance model. As the amount and quality of data increases, the need of controlling possible systematic effects which may bias the results becomes crucial. Also important is the improvement of our knowledge of the physics of supernovae events to assure and possibly refine their calibration as standardized candle.</p><p>This thesis addresses some of those issues through the quantitative analysis of supernova spectra. The stress is put on a careful treatment of the data and on the definition of spectral measurement methods. The comparison of measurements for a large set of spectra from nearby supernovae is used to study the homogeneity and to search for spectral parameters which may further refine the calibration of the standardized candle. One such parameter is found to reduce the dispersion in the distance estimation of a sample of supernovae to below 6%, a precision which is comparable with the current lightcurve-based calibration, and is obtained in an independent manner. Finally, the comparison of spectral measurements from nearby and distant objects is used to test the possibility of evolution with cosmic time of the intrinsic brightness of type Ia supernovae.</p>

Type Ia supernovae have been successfully used as standardized candles to study the expansion history of the Universe. In the past few years, these studies led to the exciting result of an accelerated expansion caused by the repelling action of some sort of dark energy. This result has been confirmed by measurements of cosmic microwave background radiation, the large-scale structure, and the dynamics of galaxy clusters. The combination of all these experiments points to a “concordance model” of the Universe with flat large-scale geometry and a dominant component of dark energy. However, there are several points related to supernova measurements which need careful analysis in order to doubtlessly establish the validity of the concordance model. As the amount and quality of data increases, the need of controlling possible systematic effects which may bias the results becomes crucial. Also important is the improvement of our knowledge of the physics of supernovae events to assure and possibly refine their calibration as standardized candle. This thesis addresses some of those issues through the quantitative analysis of supernova spectra. The stress is put on a careful treatment of the data and on the definition of spectral measurement methods. The comparison of measurements for a large set of spectra from nearby supernovae is used to study the homogeneity and to search for spectral parameters which may further refine the calibration of the standardized candle. One such parameter is found to reduce the dispersion in the distance estimation of a sample of supernovae to below 6%, a precision which is comparable with the current lightcurve-based calibration, and is obtained in an independent manner. Finally, the comparison of spectral measurements from nearby and distant objects is used to test the possibility of evolution with cosmic time of the intrinsic brightness of type Ia supernovae.