Matsuura, M;
Indebetouw, R;
Woosley, S;
Bujarrabal, V;
Abellan, FJ;
McCray, R;
Kamenetzky, J;
... Yates, J; + view all
(2017)
ALMA observations of Molecules in Supernova 1987A.
In: Marcowith, A and Renaud, M and Dubner, G and Ray, A and Bykov, A, (eds.)
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union.
(pp. pp. 294-299).
Cambridge University Press
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Abstract
Supernova (SN) 1987A has provided a unique opportunity to study how SN ejecta evolve in 30 years time scale. We report our ALMA spectral observations of SN 1987A, taken in 2014, 2015 and 2016, with detections of CO, 28SiO, HCO+ and SO, with weaker lines of 29SiO. We find a dip in the SiO line profiles, suggesting that the ejecta morphology is likely elongated. The difference of the CO and SiO line profiles is consistent with hydrodynamic simulations, which show that Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities causes mixing of gas, with heavier elements much more disturbed, making more elongated structure. Using 28SiO and its isotopologues, Si isotope ratios were estimated for the first time in SN 1987A. The estimated ratios appear to be consistent with theoretical predictions of inefficient formation of neutron rich atoms at lower metallicity, such as observed in the Large Magellanic Cloud (about half a solar metallicity). The deduced large HCO+ mass and small SiS mass, which are inconsistent to the predictions of chemical model, might be explained by some mixing of elements immediately after the explosion. The mixing might have made some hydrogen from the envelope to sink into carbon and oxygen-rich zone during early days after the explosion, enabling the formation of a substantial mass of HCO+. Oxygen atoms may penetrate into silicon and sulphur zone, suppressing formation of SiS. Our ALMA observations open up a new window to investigate chemistry, dynamics and explosive-nucleosynthesis in supernovae.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | ALMA observations of Molecules in Supernova 1987A |
| Event: | 331st Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union (IAU) |
| Location: | FRANCE |
| Dates: | 20 February 2017 - 24 February 2017 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1743921317004719 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317004719 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s term |
| Keywords: | supernovae: individual:Supernova 1987A, ISM: supernova remnants, ISM: molecules, ISM: abundances, radio lines: ISM |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069206 |
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