Radiative Transfer Modeling of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae. I: A Grid for Ejecta Parameter Inference

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Main Authors: Yadavalli, S. Karthik, Villar, V. Ashley, Polin, Abigail, Woosley, S. E., Drout, Maria R., Pikus, Miranda
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author Yadavalli, S. Karthik
Villar, V. Ashley
Polin, Abigail
Woosley, S. E.
Drout, Maria R.
Pikus, Miranda
author_facet Yadavalli, S. Karthik
Villar, V. Ashley
Polin, Abigail
Woosley, S. E.
Drout, Maria R.
Pikus, Miranda
contents We present 1,800 multiwavelength Type Ib/c supernovae light curve models obtained by running the radiation transport code Sedona and varying the mass distribution, velocity profile, and abundance ejecta profiles of helium star progenitors. To create a flexible but physically-informed grid, we use autoencoders to construct a representation of ejecta profiles derived from stellar evolution models. We present simulated nearest-neighbor multiband light curves matches to SN 1994I, SN 2007gr, and iPTF13bvn to demonstrate that realistic light curves can be generated in our grid. We show that the ejecta velocity distribution, in particular, strongly influences the light curve, while variation in Ni-56 alone has a limited impact on the bolometric light curve, even in extreme and unphysical mixing schemes; however, mixing can modestly impact color evolution. Finally, we show that the Ni-56 mass, ejecta mass, and both the magnitude and structure of ejecta velocity distribution can be inferred from the multiband light curves, enabling improved inference over widely used semianalytical models.
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spellingShingle Radiative Transfer Modeling of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae. I: A Grid for Ejecta Parameter Inference
Yadavalli, S. Karthik
Villar, V. Ashley
Polin, Abigail
Woosley, S. E.
Drout, Maria R.
Pikus, Miranda
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present 1,800 multiwavelength Type Ib/c supernovae light curve models obtained by running the radiation transport code Sedona and varying the mass distribution, velocity profile, and abundance ejecta profiles of helium star progenitors. To create a flexible but physically-informed grid, we use autoencoders to construct a representation of ejecta profiles derived from stellar evolution models. We present simulated nearest-neighbor multiband light curves matches to SN 1994I, SN 2007gr, and iPTF13bvn to demonstrate that realistic light curves can be generated in our grid. We show that the ejecta velocity distribution, in particular, strongly influences the light curve, while variation in Ni-56 alone has a limited impact on the bolometric light curve, even in extreme and unphysical mixing schemes; however, mixing can modestly impact color evolution. Finally, we show that the Ni-56 mass, ejecta mass, and both the magnitude and structure of ejecta velocity distribution can be inferred from the multiband light curves, enabling improved inference over widely used semianalytical models.
title Radiative Transfer Modeling of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae. I: A Grid for Ejecta Parameter Inference
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10648