Do Type Ia Supernovae Explode inside Planetary Nebulae?

Do Type Ia Supernovae Explode inside Planetary Nebulae?

The nature of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosions remains an open issue, with several contending progenitor scenarios actively being considered. One such scenario involves an SN Ia explosion inside a planetary nebula (PN) in the aftermath of a stellar merger triggered by a common envelope (CE) epis...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal 2024-02, Vol.962 (1), p.63
Main Authors: Court, Travis, Badenes, Carles, Shiu-Hang, Lee, Patnaude, Daniel, García-Segura, Guillermo, Bravo, Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Common envelope evolution
Delay
Ejecta
Explosions
Ionization
Magellanic clouds
Milky Way
Nebulae
Nonequilibrium ionization
Planetary nebulae
Star mergers
Supernova
Supernova remnants
Type Ia supernovae
X ray spectra
X-ray astronomy
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Summary:The nature of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosions remains an open issue, with several contending progenitor scenarios actively being considered. One such scenario involves an SN Ia explosion inside a planetary nebula (PN) in the aftermath of a stellar merger triggered by a common envelope (CE) episode. We examine this scenario using hydrodynamic and nonequilibrium ionization simulations of the interaction between the SN ejecta and the PN cocoon into the supernova remnant (SNR) phase, focusing on the impact of the delay between the CE episode and the SN explosion. We compare the bulk dynamics and X-ray spectra of our simulated SNRs to the observed properties of known Type Ia SNRs in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. We conclude that models where the SN explosion happens in the immediate aftermath of the CE episode (with a delay ≲1000 yr) are hard to reconcile with the observations, because the interaction with the dense PN cocoon results in ionization timescales much higher than those found in any known Type Ia SNR. Models with a longer delay between the CE episode and the SN explosion (∼10,000 yr) are closer to the observations, and may be able to explain the bulk properties of some Type Ia SNRs.
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357