W. Hillebrandt B. Leibundgut (Eds.

From Twilight
to Highlight:
The Physics
of Supernovae
Proceedings of the ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop
Held at Garching, Germany, 29-31 July 2002

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Contents

Part I Pre-Supernova Evolution of Massive Stars

Massive Star Evolution Through the Ages

A. Heger, S.E. Woosley, C.L. Fryer, N. Lunger 3
The Progenitor of SN 1987A: A Progress Report
P. Podsiadlowski, N. Ivanovo 13
The Slow Merger of Massive Stars
N. Ivanovo, P. Podsiadlowski 19
Observable Effects of Shocks
in Compact and Extended Presupernovae
S. Blinnikov, N. Chugai, P. Lundqvist, D. Nadyozhin, S. Woosley,
E. Sorokina 23
Constraining the Masses of the Progenitors
of Core-Collapse Supernovae
S.J. Smartt 27
Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors
in Hubble Space Telescope Images
S.D. Van Dyk, W. Li, A.V. Filippenko 33

Part II Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions

Core Collapse and Then? The Route to Massive Star Explosions

H.-Th. Janka, R. Buras, K. Kifonidis, T. Plewa, M. Rampp 39
The Mechanism of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions:
A Status Report
A. Burrows, T.A. Thompson 53
A New Twist on the Core Collapse Supernova Mechanism?
A. Mezzacappa, J.M. Blondin 63
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The Impact of Improved Weak Interaction Physics

in Core-Collapse Supernova Simulations
O.E.B. Messer, M. Liebendorfer, W.R. Hix, A. Mezzacappa,
S. W. Bruenn 70

Supernova Explosion Physics

W. Kundt 75
The Neutrino Burst from Supernovae and Neutrino Oscillations
K. Sato, K. Takahashi, S. Ando 81
Gamma-Ray Bursts and Jet-Powered Supernovae
S.E. Woosley, W. Zhang, A. Heger 87
Supernova Explosions from Accretion Disk Winds
A.I. MacFadyen 97

Formation and Evolution of Hypernova Progenitors

in Massive Binary Systems
P.C. Joss, J.A. Becker 104

Part III Progenitors of Thermonuclear Supernovae

Type la Supernovae: Progenitors and Diversities

K. Nomoto, T. Venishi, C. Kobayashi, H. Umeda, T. Ohkubo,
I. Hachisu, M. Kato 115

Are Cataclysmic Variables the Progenitors

of Thermonuclear Supernovae?
S. Starrfield 128

Search for Double Degenerate Progenitors

of Supernovae Type la with SPY
R. Napiwotzki, N. Christlieb, H. Drechsel, H.-J. Hagen, U. Heber,
D. Homeier, C. Karl, D. Koester, B. Leibundgut, T.R. Marsh, S. Moehler,
G. Nelemans, E.-M. Pauli, D. Reimers, A. Renzini, L. Yungelson 134
Search for the Companions of Galactic SNe la
P. Ruiz-Lapuente, F. Comeron, S. Smartt, R. Kurucz, J. Mendez,
R. Canal, A. Filippenko, R. Chornock 140

Part IV Models of Thermonuclear Supernova Explosions

Small Steps Toward Realistic Explosion Models

of Type la Supernovae
J.C. Niemeyer, M. Reinecke, C. Travaglio, W. Hillebrandt 151
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Influence of Geometry in the Delayed Detonation Model of SNIa

D. Garcia-Senz, E. Bravo 158
Thermonuclear Supernovae: Is Deflagration Triggered
by Floating Bubbles?
E. Bravo, D. Garcia-Senz 165

Part V Supernova Spectra and Light Curves

Optical Spectra and Light Curves of Supernovae

A. V. Filippenko 171
Optical, Infrared, and Bolometric Light Curves
of Type la Supernovae
N.B. Suntzeff 183
Infrared Light Curves of Type la Supernovae
M.M. Phillips, K. Krisciunas, N.B. Suntzeff, M. Roth, L. Germany,
P. Candia, S. Gonzalez, M. Hamuy, W.L. Freedman, S.E. Persson,
P.E. Nugent, G. Aldering, A. Conley 193
Variety in Supernovae
M. Turatto, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro 200

Faint Core-Collapse Supernovae

A. Pastorello, E. Baron, S. Benetti, D. Branch, E. Cappellaro, F. Patat,
M. Turatto, L. Zampieri, M. Hamuy, M. Armstrong, P. Meikle 210
Peculiar, Low Luminosity Type II Supernovae:
Site of Black Hole Formation?
L. Zampieri, A. Pastorello, M. Turatto, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti,
G. Altavilla, P. Mazzali, M. Hamuy 216
Evidence for Core Collapse in the Type Ib/c SN 1999ex
M. Hamuy, M. Stritzinger, M.M. Phillips, N.B. Suntzeff, J. Maza,
P.A. Pinto 222

The Dusty Type Hn Supernova 1998S

P. Meikle, A. Fassia, T.R. Geballe, P. Lundqvist, N. Chugai, D. Farrah,
J. Sollerman 229
SN IIP 1999em: Observations Until Dust Formation
A. Elmhamdi, I.J. Danziger, N. Chugai, A. Pastorello 237
Physical Properties of SNe IIP Derived from a Comparison
of Theoretical Models with Observations
D.K. Nadyozhin 241
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The Properties of SN 2002ap and Other Type Ic Hypernovae

P.A. Mazzali, K. Nomoto, J. Deng, K. Maeda, Y. Qiu 246
Freeze-Out Effects in Hydrogen and Helium Lines of SN 1987A
at the Early Photospheric Epoch
V.P. Utrobin, N.N. Chugai . 253

The Collisionless Shock in SN 1006 -

Resolving the Narrow Component with UVES
J. Sollerman, P. Ghavamian, P. Lundqvist 258
Prospects for SNIa Explosion Mechanism Identification
Through SNRs
C. Badenes, E. Bravo 264
Light Curves of Type la Supernovae
as a Probe for an Explosion Model
E. Sorokina, S. Blinnikov 268
Inflection Points on the Light Curves of Type la Supernovae
N.N. Pavliouk, D. Yu. Tsvetkov 276
Gamma-Rays from Supernovae
R. Diehl 280
X-Ray and Radio Bright Type Ic SN2002ap -
A Hypernova Without an Associated GRB
F.K. Sutaria, A. Ray, P. Chandra 287
Search for Very High Energy 7-Rays from the SNR 1006
with the HEGRA CT1 Air Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
V. Vitale and the HEGRA Collaboration 292

Part VI Supernovae and Their Environment

Circumstellar Interaction Around Supernovae

R.A. Chevalier 299
Constraining Circumstellar Matter in SNe la —
High-Resolution Optical Studies with VLT/UVES
P. Lundqvist, J. Sollerman, B. Leibundgut, E. Baron, C. Fransson,
K. Nomoto 309
X-Ray Emission Caused by Circumstellar Interaction
in Supernovae
T.K. Nymark, C. Fransson 315
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Light Echoes in Type la Supernovae

F. Patat 321

Part VII Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution

Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Evolution

F.-K. Thielemann, D. Argast, F. Brachwitz, W.R. Hix, P. Hoflich,
M. Liebendorfer, G. Martinez-Pinedo, A. Mezzacappa, K. Nomoto,
I. Panov 331
Extremely Metal-Poor Stars: Tracing the Early Stages
of Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution
F. Primas 344
Supernova Signatures in Meteorites
U. Ott, G. W. Lugmair 354
The Chemical Yields Produced by a Zero Metal Generation
of Core Collapse Supernovae and Their Comparison
with the Chemical Composition of Extremely Metal Poor Stars
M. Limongi, A. Chieffi, 367
Bipolar Jets in Hypernova Explosions
and Abundance Patterns in Metal-Poor Stars
K. Maeda, K. Nomoto 373
Type la Supernova Progenitors, Lifetime,
and Cosmic Supernova Rate
C. Kobayashi, K. Nomoto 379
Galaxy Formation: Feedback from Supernovae
D.H. Hartmann, J.M. Myers, L.-S. The 384

Part VIII Supernova Searches

The Search for Nuclear Supernovae

S. Mattila, P. Meikle, R. Greimel 391
An Intermediate Redshift Supernova Search at ESO:
Preliminary Results
G. Altavilla, M. Riello, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, F. Patat,
M. Prevedello, M. Turatto, L. Zampieri 395
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An Intermediate Redshift Supernova Search at ESO:
Reduction Tools and Efficiency Tests
M. Riello, G. Altavilla, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, F. Patat,
M. Prevedello, M. Turatto, L. Zampieri 400
The Nearby Supernova Factory
E. Pecontal, G. Aldering, G. Adam, P. Antilogus, P. Astier, Y. Copin,
F. Henault, J.-P. Lemonnier, P. Nugent, R. Pain, A. Pecontal,
S. Perlmutter, R. Quimby, G. Smadja, M. Wood- Vasey 404
The Supernova Program of the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope
Legacy Survey
R. Pain and the SNLS Collaboration 408
Author Index 413