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    A Catalog Of Near-Infrared Spectra From Type Ia Supernovae

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    2009-09
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    Marion, G. H.
    Hoflich, P.
    Gerardy, C. L.
    Vacca, W. D.
    Wheeler, J. C.
    Robinson, E. L.
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    We present 41 near-infrared (NIR, 0.7-2.5 mu m) spectra from normal Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) obtained at epochs ranging from 14 days before to 75 days with respect to the maximum light date in the V band. All data were obtained at the Infrared Telescope Facility using the SpeX instrument. We identify many spectral features, measure the Doppler velocities, and discuss the chemical distribution of explosion products in SNe Ia. We describe procedures for smoothing data, fitting continua, and measuring absorption features to ensure consistency for measurement and analysis. This sample provides the first opportunity to examine and compare a large number of SNe Ia in this wavelength region. NIR data are a rich source of information about explosion products whose signatures are blended or obscured in other spectral regions and NIR observations probe a greater radial depth than optical wavelengths. We analyze similarities and differences in the spectra and we show that the progressive development of spectral features for normal SNe Ia in the NIR is consistent with time. We confirm the presence of O I, Mg II, Ca II, Si II, Fe II, and Co II in these SNe. Possible identifications are made for S I, Si III, Mn II, and Fe III. There is no evidence in these data for H I, He I, C I, or C II. As the explosion products expand and cool, progressively deeper layers are revealed. Thus, a time sequence of spectra examines the chemical structure and provides direct evidence of the physical properties of SNe Ia from the outer layers to deep inside the SN. Measured Doppler velocities indicate that burning products in SNe Ia are distributed in distinct layers with no large-scale mixing. Carbon is not detected in these data, in agreement with previous results with NIR data establishing very low limits on carbon abundance in SNe Ia. Carbon burning products, O and Mg, are plentiful in the outer layers suggesting that the entire progenitor is burned in the explosion. The data provide a resource for investigations of cross-correlations with other data libraries that may further constrain SN Ia physics and improve the effectiveness of SNe Ia as cosmological distance indicators.
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    Astronomy
    Subject
    cosmology: observations
    infrared: general
    line: identification
    supernovae: general
    light-curve shapes
    thermonuclear supernovae
    white-dwarfs
    sn 1994d
    detonation
    spectropolarimetry
    nucleosynthesis
    spectrograph
    constant
    rotation
    astronomy & astrophysics
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2152/34523
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    Marion, G. H., C. L. Gerardy, W. D. Vacca, J. C. Wheeler, and E. L. Robinson. >A Catalog of Near-Infrared Spectra from Type Ia Supernovae.> The Astronomical Journal Vol., 138, No. 3 (Sep., 2009): 727.
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