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From progenitor to afterlife

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

Roger. A. Chevalier
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Mario Livio
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Eva Villaver
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
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Summary

The sequence of massive-star supernova types IIP (plateau light curve), IIL (linear light curve), IIb, IIn (narrow line), Ib, and Ic roughly represents a sequence of increasing mass loss during the stellar evolution. The mass loss affects the velocity distribution of the ejecta composition; in particular, only the IIP's typically end up with H moving at low velocity. Radio and x-ray observations of extragalactic supernovae show varying mass-loss properties that are in line with expectations for the progenitor stars. For young supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and circumstellar interaction provide probes of the inner ejecta and higher velocity ejecta, respectively. Among the young remnants, there is evidence for supernovae over a range of types, including those that exploded with much of the H envelope present (Crab Nebula, 3C 58, 0540–69) and those that exploded after having lost most of their H envelope (Cas A, G292.0+1.8).

Introduction: Core-collapse supernovae

Core-collapse supernovae show considerable diversity among their properties. A basic observational division is into the SNe II (Type II supernovae), which have hydrogen in their spectra, and SNe Ib/c, which do not (or have weak hydrogen lines). The reason for the difference is that the progenitors of the SN Ib/c have lost their H envelopes, and perhaps more, during their evolution leading up to the supernova.

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Massive Stars
From Pop III and GRBs to the Milky Way
, pp. 199 - 208
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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  • From progenitor to afterlife
    • By Roger. A. Chevalier, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
  • Edited by Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Eva Villaver, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
  • Book: Massive Stars
  • Online publication: 04 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511770593.015
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  • From progenitor to afterlife
    • By Roger. A. Chevalier, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
  • Edited by Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Eva Villaver, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
  • Book: Massive Stars
  • Online publication: 04 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511770593.015
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  • From progenitor to afterlife
    • By Roger. A. Chevalier, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
  • Edited by Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Eva Villaver, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
  • Book: Massive Stars
  • Online publication: 04 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511770593.015
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