All known Type Ia supernovae models fail to reproduce the observed $t_0-M_{\text{Ni56}}$ correlation

Abstract

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are likely the thermonuclear explosions of carbon-oxygen white-dwarf stars, but their progenitor systems remain elusive. A few theoretical scenarios for the progenitor systems have been suggested, which have been shown to agree with some observational properties of SNe Ia. However, several computational challenges prohibit a robust comparison to the observations. We focus on the observed $t_0-M_{\text{Ni56}}$ relation, where $t_0$ (the $\gamma$-rays' escape time from the ejecta) is positively correlated with $M_{\text{Ni56}}$ (the synthesized ${}^{56}$Ni mass). Comparing to the $t_0-M_{\text{Ni56}}$ relation bypasses the need for radiation transfer calculations, as the value of $t_0$ can be directly inferred from the ejecta. We show that all known SNe Ia models fail to reproduce the observed $t_0-M_{\text{Ni56}}$ correlation.

4 pages, 1 figure. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2008.08592

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