Early Spectral Evolution of the Rapidly Expanding Type Ia SN 2006X

Abstract

We present optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of Type Ia supernova (SN) 2006X from --10 to +91 days after the $B$-band maximum. This SN exhibits one of the highest expansion velocity ever published for SNe Ia. At premaximum phases, the spectra show strong and broad features of intermediate-mass elements such as Si, S, Ca, and Mg, while the O{\sc i}$\lambda$7773 line is weak. The extremely high velocities of Si{\sc ii} and S{\sc ii} lines and the weak O{\sc i} line suggest that an intense nucleosynthesis might take place in the outer layers, favoring a delayed detonation model. Interestingly, Si{\sc ii}$\lambda$5972 feature is quite shallow, resulting in an unusually low depth ratio of Si{\sc ii}$\lambda$5972 to $\lambda$6355, $\mathcal{R}$(Si{\sc ii}). The low $\mathcal{R}$(Si{\sc ii}) is usually interpreted as a high photospheric temperature. However, the weak Si{\sc iii}$\lambda$4560 line suggests a low temperature, in contradiction to the low $\mathcal{R}$(Si{\sc ii}). This could imply that the Si{\sc ii}$\lambda$5972 line might be contaminated by underlying emission. We propose that $\mathcal{R}$(Si{\sc ii}) may not be a good temperature indicator for rapidly expanding SNe Ia at premaximum phases.

20 pages, 7 figures, (Received 2008 August 17; Accepted 2009 April 13)

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