8 papers
The double white dwarf merger model for the progenitors of SN 2021yfj-like events
Dongdong Liu, Chengyuan Wu, Takashi J. Moriya +4
Context. Recently, a new class of supernovae with prominent narrow emission features of Si, S and Ar has been reported, i.e. SN 2021yfj-like events (SNe Ien). Their progenitor orig…
Surrogate models for type II supernovae: Probing low-energy explosions and interaction-free regimes
Zhengyang Zhang, Shuai Zha, Nikhil Sarin +3
To address the computational bottleneck of analyzing type II supernova samples from surveys such as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, we present two STELLA-based neural-network…
SN 2022erq: A Superluminous Thermonuclear Supernova with Escalating Preexplosion Mass Loss
Qian Zhai, Jujia Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang +51
We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of the superluminous Type Ia supernova SN 2022erq. Its early spectra, dominated by iron-group elements with weak intermediate-mass…
Elemental Abundances from Off-center Carbon Burning in Accreting CO White Dwarfs: Implications for SN 2021yfj-like events
Chengyuan Wu, Dongdong Liu, Takashi J. Moriya +3
SN 2021yfj is a recently discovered interacting supernova that exhibits narrow emission lines of Si, S, and Ar, indicating the presence of circumstellar material (CSM) enriched wit…
Can dwarf novae produce type Ia supernovae?
Ruijie Li, Chengyuan Wu, Zhibin Dai +1
Accreting white dwarfs (WDs) are considered one of the most promising progenitor candidates for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Dwarf novae (DNe), a subclass of cataclysmic variables…
Supernovae interacting with Si and S-rich circumstellar matter from double white dwarf mergers
Takashi J. Moriya, Chengyuan Wu, Dongdong Liu +2
We present that supernovae interacting with a dense Si and S-rich circumstellar matter like SN 2021yfj can originate from mergers of two white dwarfs. A C+O white dwarf accreting H…