Young and Massive Binary Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae and Their Circumstellar Matter
arXiv:0710.0319 · doi:10.1086/586700
Abstract
We present new evolutionary models for Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) progenitors, introducing mass-stripping effect on a main-sequence (MS) or slightly evolved companion star by winds from a mass-accreting white dwarf (WD). The mass-stripping attenuates the rate of mass transfer from the companion to the WD. As a result, quite a massive MS companion can avoid forming a common envelope and increase the WD mass up to the SN Ia explosion. Including the mass-stripping effect, we follow binary evolutions of various WD + MS systems and obtain the parameter region in the initial donor mass - orbital period plane where SNe Ia occur. The newly obtained SN Ia region extends to donor masses of 6-7 M_\sun, although its extension depends on the efficiency of mass-stripping effect. The stripped matter would mainly be distributed on the orbital plane and form very massive circumstellar matter (CSM) around the SN Ia progenitor. It can explain massive CSM around SNe Ia/IIn(IIa) 2002ic and 2005gj as well as tenuous CSM around normal SN Ia 2006X. Our new model suggests the presence of very young (\lesssim 10^8 yr) populations of SNe Ia, being consistent with recent observational indications of young population SNe Ia.
15 pages including 12 figures, to appear in ApJ, minor corrections to ver. 1
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