A Physical Basis for the H-band Blue-edge Velocity and Light-Curve Shape Correlation in Context of Type Ia Supernova Explosion Physics

Abstract

Our recent work demonstrates a correlation between the high-velocity blue edge, $v_{edge}$, of the iron-peak Fe/Co/Ni $H$-band emission feature and the optical light curve shape of normal, transitional and sub-luminous type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia). We explain this correlation in terms of SN Ia physics. $v_{edge}$ corresponds to the sharp transition between the complete and incomplete silicon burning regions in the ejecta. It measures the point in velocity space where the outer ${}^{56}$Ni mass fraction, $X_{\mathrm{Ni}}$, falls to the order of 0.03-0.10. For a given ${}^{56}$Ni mass, $M{(}^{56}Ni)$, $v_{edge}$ is sensitive to the specific kinetic energy $E_{\mathrm{kin}}$($M{(}^{56}Ni)/M_{WD}$) of the corresponding region. Combining $v_{edge}$ with light curve parameters (i.e., s${}_{BV}$, $\Delta m_{15,s}$ in $B$ and $V$) allows us to distinguish between explosion scenarios. The correlation between $v_{edge}$ and light-curve shape is consistent with explosion models near the Chandrasekhar limit. However, the available sub-$M_{Ch}$ WD explosion model based on SN 1999by exhibits velocities which are too large to explain the observations. Finally, the sub-luminous SN 2015bo exhibits signatures of a dynamical merger of two WDs demonstrating diversity among explosion scenarios at the faint end of the SNe Ia population.

Accepted for publication in to ApJ

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