分类： 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间： 2024-05-10 合作期刊: 《Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics》
摘要： The Multi-channel Photometric Survey Telescope (Mephisto) is a real-time, three-color photometric system designed to capture the color evolution of stars and transients accurately. This telescope system can be crucial in cosmological distance measurements of low-redshift (low-z, z ≲0.1) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). To optimize the capabilities of this instrument, we perform a comprehensive simulation study before its official operation is scheduled to start. By considering the impact of atmospheric extinction, weather conditions, and the lunar phase at the observing site involving the instrumental features, we simulate light curves of SNe Ia obtained by Mephisto. The best strategy in the case of SN Ia cosmology is to take the image at an exposure time of 130 s with a cadence of 3 days. In this condition, Mephisto can obtain hundreds of high-quality SNe Ia to achieve a distance measurement better than 4.5%. Given the on-time spectral classification and monitoring of the Lijiang 2.4 m Telescope at the same observatory, Mephisto, in the whole operation, can significantly enrich the well-calibrated sample of supernovae at low-z and improve the calibration accuracy of high-z SNe Ia.
分类： 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间： 2023-02-19
摘要： We present optical and ultraviolet (UV) observations of a luminous type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2015bq characterized by the early flux excess. This SN reaches a B-band absolute magnitude at $M_B = -19.68 \pm 0.41$ mag and a peak bolometric luminosity at $L = (1.75 \pm 0.37) \times 10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$, with a relatively small post-maximum decline rate [$\Delta m_{15}(B) = 0.82 \pm 0.05$ mag]. The flux excess observed in the light curves of SN 2015bq a few days after the explosion, especially seen in the UV bands, might be due to the radioactive decay of $^{56}$Ni mixed into the surface. The radiation from the decay of the surface $^{56}$Ni heats the outer layer of this SN. It produces blue $U-B$ color followed by monotonically reddening in the early phase, dominated iron-group lines, and weak intermediate-mass elements absorption features in the early spectra. The scenario of enhanced $^{56}$Ni in the surface is consistent with a large amount of $^{56}$Ni ($M_{ \rm ^{56}{\rm Ni}}$ = 0.97 $\pm 0.20$ $M_{\odot}$) synthesized during the explosion. The properties of SN 2015bq are found to locate between SN 1991T and SN 1999aa, suggesting the latter two subclasses of SNe Ia may have a common origin.
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