Bibcode
Sonneborn, G.; Fransson, C.; Kirshner, R. P.; Rodriguez, P. M.; Wamsteker, W.
Referencia bibliográfica
American Astronomical Society, 182nd AAS Meeting, #55.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.893
Fecha de publicación:
5
1993
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
Low and high resolution IUE spectra (1150-3200 Angstroms) of SN 1993J in
NGC 3031 were obtained starting on 1993 March 30.2 UT. The initially
strong ultraviolet continuum faded rapidly by April 4 (a factor of 200
at lambda <1600 Angstroms); smaller decreases occurred at longer
wavelengths. The time of maximum light appears to have been prior to
March 30 at all UV wavelengths. The UV flux changes were initially
rapid, but slowed considerably after April 2. During this period the
spectrum remained devoid of significant spectral features, aside from
numerous interstellar absorption lines, N V lambda 1240 emission, and a
2200 Angstroms feature corresponding to a total extinction of E(B-V) ~
0.1. A short wavelength high dispersion spectrum taken March 30 shows N
V lambda lambda 1238.82--1242.80 emission features. The lambda 1242.80
line has a red wing extending ~ 200 km/sec; the lambda 1238.82 line is
narrow, with FWHM ~ 35 km/sec. The N V flux measured in the low
resolution spectra has followed a light curve similar to the UV
continuum, decreasing by a factor 43 between March 30.2 and April 4.5.
On March 30 the N V luminosity was L_{N V} ~ 10(6) Lsun,
assuming a distance of 3.5 Mpc to NGC 3031. The properties of the N V
line (narrow width, large flux, prompt appearance, rapid decay) suggest
that this emission arises in slowly moving, dense material close to the
progenitor, most likely a stellar wind, characteristic of late-type
supergiants. The high state of ionization strongly indicates that the
wind was ionized and heated by the UV and X-rays from the shock breakout
and the radiation resulting from the interaction of the ejecta and
circumstellar medium (e.g. Lundqvist & Fransson, A&A 192, 221
(1992)). The interaction of the SN ejecta with stellar wind material
creates one high velocity shock and one reverse shock, producing X-ray
and radio emission consistent with reported detections.