The peculiar case of the "double-humped" super-luminous supernova SN2006oz
Rachid Ouyed, Denis Leahy (Department of Physics, Astronomy,, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
TL;DR
This paper demonstrates that the dual-shock quark nova (dsQN) model can successfully explain the unique double-humped light curve of the super-luminous supernova SN2006oz, including its mysterious precursor.
Contribution
The study provides the first successful application of the dsQN model to reproduce the observed light curve of SN2006oz, explaining its peculiar features.
Findings
dsQN model reproduces SN2006oz light curve
Explains the precursor as the initial SN event
Main light curve powered by Quark-Nova re-energization
Abstract
SN2006oz is a super-luminous supernova with a mysterious bright precursor that has resisted explanation in standard models. However, such a precursor has been predicted in the dual-shock quark nova (dsQN) model of super-luminous supernovae -- the precursor is the SN event while the main light curve of the SLSN is powered by the Quark-Nova (QN; explosive transition of the neutron star to a quark star). As the SN is fading, the QN re-energizes the SN ejecta, producing a "double-humped" light curve. In this paper, we show the dsQN model successfully reproduces the observed light curve of SN2006oz.
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