用Monte Carlo方法拟合超新星SN1993J的早期光谱

通过把从光球辐射出来的连续能谱能量分成大量的光子包，然后用ＭｏｎｇｅＣａｒｌｏ方法跟踪这些光子包从光球向超新星包层外运动的过程，这一方法能很好的解决超新星的光谱拟合中的谱线覆盖问题，由于同时编制了用于构造超新星包层中的密度结构和丰度分布的程序，以及大量的用比较观测和理论拟合的绘图和支持程序，使我们的ＭｏｎｔｅＣａｒｌｏ光谱拟合软件包能够很好的运用于超新星的早期光谱研究。本文给出了ＳＮ１９９３Ｊ在１     

超新星SN1993J的光谱观测

SN1993J was first discovered by a Spanish amateur astronomer F. Garcia in NGC3031 (M81) on March 28, 1993. It's the closest supernova in the northern hemisphere since 1937. Because of its many special properties, it drove attentions of astronomers when it was discovered.     

超新星1993J的UBVRI多色测光

利用北京天文台兴隆站60/90cm施密特望远镜上的2048×2048CCD照相机对超新星1993J爆发的第二次极大进行了UBVRI五色测光.     

超新星1993J研究

本文给出北京天文台2.16m望远镜SN1993J光谱观测结果.     

超新星1993J4月15日光谱的模型拟合

本文利用蒙特卡罗光谱合成方法，对１９９３年由哈勃空间望远镜和里克天文台同时得到的超新星１９９３Ｊ的紫外及光学波段的光谱，进行研究并将拟合的结果与别人的模型进行了比较。假设太阳丰度及幂律为２０左右的大气密度结构，模型可以与观测较好地符合。通过计算得到光球速度为９５００ｋｍｓ－１左右，光谱的黑体温度为７９９０Ｋ。对于强线如Ｈα及ＨｅＩλ５８７６的特殊谱线轮廓，我们发现大气结构需要是双幂律的，即光球外陡降的内层大气外面，密度变化相当平缓。内外大气的幂律近似为２０和３，交界点在１３０００ｋｍｓ－１左右。外层平缓的大气同时起到了使远紫外光谱变得像观测到的那样平滑的作用。     

超新星1993J4月15日光谱的模型拟合

本利用蒙特卡罗光谱合成方法，对１９９３年由哈勃空间望远镜和里克天台同时得到的超新星１９９３Ｊ的紫外及光学波段的光谱，进行研究并将拟合的结果与别人的模型进行了比较。假设太阳丰度及幂律为２０左右的大气密度结构，模型可以与观测较好地符合。通过计算得到光球速度为９５００ｋｍｓ＾－１左右，光谱的黑体温度为７９９０Ｋ。对于强线如Ｈα及ＨｅＩλ５８７６的特殊谱线轮廓，我们发现大气结构需要是双幂律的，即光球外     

SN 1996W:中国天文学家首次发现的河外超新星

1996年4月10日，使用北京天文台兴隆观测站60cm望远镜及其主焦上的TI215CCD照相机[1]，在NGC4027天区发现了一颗超新星．这是今年开始的超新星巡天计划的第一个结果．这颗超新星已被McDonald天文台的王力帆证实，并被分类为Ⅱ型超新星．国际天文学会中央电报局已将它列为SN1996W[2]．     

超新星1994I的光球相光谱

本文给出用北京天文台２．１６ｍ光学望远镜观测的超新星１９９４Ｉ的光球相光谱。这些光谱表现出类似于Ｉｃ型超新星１９８７Ｍ的特征。我们用蒙特卡罗光谱合成模型对４月１０日的光谱做了拟合。采用Ｎｏｍｏｔｏ等人Ｃ＋Ｏ模型的元素丰度及修改过的Ｗ７密度结构，计算的光谱与观测的光谱符合得相当好。计算得到４月１０日，超新星的光球速度约为１０００ｋｍ／ｓ，其黑体温度约为８０００Ｋ。另外，我们的光谱拟合可以为Ｃ＋Ｏ星作为Ｉｃ型超新星的前身星提供证据。     

The bolometric light curve of SN 1993J and the nature of its progenitor

We have constructed the bolometric light curve of SN 1993J based on UBVRI(JHK) photometric data obtained from various sources and assumingA _V = 0 and a distance modulus of 27.6. Effective temperatures and photosphere radius at various times have been obtained from detailed blackbody fits. The bolometric light curve shows two maxima. The short rise time to the second maximum, and the luminosities at the minimum and the second maximum are used to constrain the properties of the progenitor star. The total mass of the hydrogen envelope M_H, in the star is found to be ≲ 0.2 M_⊙ at the time of explosion, and the explosion ejected about 0.05 M_⊙ of Ni⁵⁶. Thin hydrogen envelope combined with a sufficient presupernova luminosity suggest that the exploding star was in a binary with a probable period range of 5yr ≤P _orb ≤ 11yr.     

Modelling the April 15 spectrum of Supernova 1993 J

We present the modeling of the ultraviolet and optical spectra obtained simultaneously on 1993 April 15 with the HST and at Lick Observatory. A Monte Carlo code is employed in the modeling and a comparison is made between models reported by different groups. With an atmosphere similar to the Sun in chemical composition, the observed spectral lines are well reproduced by a power law density structure of index around 20 except the strong H and HeI λ5876 lines which have peculiar absorption profiles. The photospheric velocity is found to be 9500 km/s and the blackbody temperature of the spectrum is 7990 K. For H and HeI λ5876, we suggest a two-component density structure which has a smoother layer located immediately outside the steeply decreasing inner envelope. The power law indices are most probably 20 and 3, respectively, with the transition point at about 13 000 km/s. In addition, this outer smooth layer serves to flatten the far UV spectrum as observed.     

使用SOFM方法进行恒星光谱自动分类

ＳＯＦＭ是人工神经网络的非监督学习算法,可以将数据组织到一个特征图上,而保存 大多数原始数据空间的拓扑特征．使用这种方法进行恒星光谱自动分类,分类结果与哈佛 序列十分相似．ＳＯＦＭ方法应该是进行大数量恒星光谱样本在线分类的有用方法,它能 够自动执行,因此可用于处理大数量天体光谱．     

Modelling the binary progenitor of Supernova 1993J

We have developed a detailed stellar evolution code capable of following the simultaneous evolution of both stars in a binary system, together with their orbital properties. To demonstrate the capabilities of the code, we investigate potential progenitors for the Type IIb Supernova 1993J, which is believed to have been an interacting binary system prior to its primary exploding. We use our detailed binary stellar evolution code to model this system to determine the possible range of primary and secondary masses that could have produced the observed characteristics of this system, with particular reference to the secondary. Using the luminosities and temperatures for both stars (as determined by Maund et al.) and the remaining mass of the hydrogen envelope of the primary at the time of explosion, we find that if mass transfer is 100 per cent efficient, the observations can be reproduced by a system consisting of a  15 M_⊙  primary and a  14 M_⊙  secondary in an orbit with an initial period of 2100 days. With a mass transfer efficiency of 50 per cent, a more massive system consisting of a  17 M_⊙  primary and a  16 M_⊙  secondary in an initial orbit of 2360 days is needed. We also investigate some of the uncertainties in the evolution, including the effects of tidal interaction, convective overshooting and thermohaline mixing.     

Spectroscopic observations of SN1987a in the LMC

This paper describes the results of optical spectroscopy of SN1987a carried out at Mt John University Observatory on a regular basis since 1987 February 25. Typical spectra are presented in an evolutionary sequence, and velocities of Balmer and selected metallic lines are measured in either emission or absorption. The velocities are interpreted together with the results of photoelectric photometry. The Barnes-Evans relationship has been applied to the photometry to give an angular diameter of the photosphere. The expansion velocity of the photosphere is initially about 3700 km s^-1 which is similar to the asymptotic value from weaker absorption lines such as the MgIb line. After 40 days the photosphere appears to expand more slowly and it reaches a maximum size of about 145 A.U. after about 100 days before receding inwards. The photometry and spectroscopy together result in a distance modulus of 18.3 ± 0.2.     

Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Modeling of Lightning Observed in Galileo Images of Jupiter

We study lightning on Jupiter and the clouds illuminated by the lightning using images taken by the Galileo orbiter. The Galileo images have a resolution of ∼25 km/pixel and are able to resolve the shape of single lightning spots, which have half widths (radii) at half the maximum intensity in the range 45-80 km. We compare the shape and width of lightning flashes in the images with simulated flashes produced by our 3D Monte Carlo light-scattering model.The model calculates Monte Carlo scattering of photons in a 3D opacity distribution. During each scattering event, light is partially absorbed. The new direction of the photon after scattering is chosen according to a Henyey-Greenstein phase function. An image from each direction is produced by accumulating photons emerging from the cloud in a small range (bins) of emission angles. The light source is modeled either as a point or a vertical line.A plane-parallel cloud layer does not always fit the data. In some cases the cloud over the light source appears to resemble cumulus clouds on Earth. Lightning is estimated to occur at least as deep as the bottom of the expected water cloud. For the six flashes studied, we find that the clouds above the lightning are optically thick (τ>5). Jovian flashes are more regular and circular than the largest terrestrial flashes observed from space. On Jupiter there is nothing equivalent to the 30-40-km horizontal flashes that are seen on Earth.     

Ionization freeze-out and hydrogen excitation in the SN IIP atmosphere

We study the nonstationary recombination of hydrogen in the atmosphere of SN 1987A by taking into account ion-molecular processes. The hydrogen excitation due to nonstationary recombination is shown to be enough to explain the observed hydrogen lines in a time interval until day 30 in the absence of additional excitation mechanisms. Thus, the problem of a deficit in the hydrogen excitation that has recently been found in modeling the hydrogen spectrum of SN 1987A at an early photospheric stage by assuming statistical ionization equilibrium is resolved. The mass of the radioactive ⁵⁶Ni with a spherically symmetric distribution in the outer layers is shown to be close to 10^?6 M _⊙. Our model predicts the appearance of a blue peak in the Hα profile between days 20 and 30. This peak bears a close similarity to the observed peak known as the Bochum event. The presence of this peak in the model is attributable to nonstationary recombination and to a substantial contribution of hydrogen neutralization involving H^? and H₂.