Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Conference Photograph
- Conference Participants
- Part one Stellar Evolution and Wind Theory
- Part two Wolf-Rayet Ring Nebulae
- Part three Supernovae
- Supernovae and their circumstellar environment
- Radio supernovae and progenitor winds
- Circumstellar interaction in supernovae
- SN progenitor winds
- Supernovae with dense circumstellar winds
- Compact supernova remnants
- The evolution of compact supernova remnants
- Massive supernovae in binary systems
- The progenitor of SN 1993J
- Narrow lines from SN 1993J
- UV spectroscopy of SN 1993J
- Ryle Telescope observations of SN 1993J
- SN 1993J – early radio emission
- The circumstellar gas around SN 1987A and SN 1993J
- X-ray emission from SN 1987A and SN 1993J
- The interstellar medium towards SN 1993J in M81
- Part four Asymptotic Giant Branch stars
- Part five Planetary Nebulae
- Part six Novae and Symbiotic Stars
- Poster Papers
- Author Index
- Object Index
The progenitor of SN 1993J
from Part three - Supernovae
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Conference Photograph
- Conference Participants
- Part one Stellar Evolution and Wind Theory
- Part two Wolf-Rayet Ring Nebulae
- Part three Supernovae
- Supernovae and their circumstellar environment
- Radio supernovae and progenitor winds
- Circumstellar interaction in supernovae
- SN progenitor winds
- Supernovae with dense circumstellar winds
- Compact supernova remnants
- The evolution of compact supernova remnants
- Massive supernovae in binary systems
- The progenitor of SN 1993J
- Narrow lines from SN 1993J
- UV spectroscopy of SN 1993J
- Ryle Telescope observations of SN 1993J
- SN 1993J – early radio emission
- The circumstellar gas around SN 1987A and SN 1993J
- X-ray emission from SN 1987A and SN 1993J
- The interstellar medium towards SN 1993J in M81
- Part four Asymptotic Giant Branch stars
- Part five Planetary Nebulae
- Part six Novae and Symbiotic Stars
- Poster Papers
- Author Index
- Object Index
Summary
Supernova 1993J in the spiral galaxy M81 is the brightest supernova since SN 1987A and, like the latter, appears to be another peculiar type II supernova. Its early light curve is characterized by a very sharp initial peak (lasting for less than ten days) followed by a less rapid secondary brightening, which was qualitatively similar to the secondary brightening observed in SN 1987A.
Humphreys et al. (1993) have identified a candidate progenitor consistent with the position of the supernova. Combining their UBVR. photometry with the I magnitude obtained by Blakeslee & Tonry (1993), they concluded that the colors of the apparent progenitor require the presence of at least two bright stars. One star is an early-type supergiant (most likely a late-B to early-A supergiant), the other a late-type supergiant (most likely a G to early-K supergiant). The bolometric magnitudes of both stars are in the range of –6 to –8, with best-fit values of –7 to –7.5 (for an assumed distance of 3.3 Mpc). We have performed our own fits to the photometric data and obtained similar results. These best-fit magnitudes imply mainsequence masses of ∼ 15 M⊙, but the masses could be as low as 8 M⊙ or as large as 20 M⊙. The image of the candidate progenitor appears extended on some plates (Blakeslee & Tonry 1993). This suggests that, at the distance of M81, the two stars do not form a close binary (although either star could have an undetected binary companion).
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- Circumstellar Media in Late Stages of Stellar Evolution , pp. 187 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994
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