Cosmic Explosions (eBook)

Preface 6
Contents 9
List of Contributors 17
Supernovae: Individual 23
A Decade of Radio and X-ray Observations of SN 1993J 24
Imaging of SN 1993J 33
Nine Years of VLBI Imaging of Supernova 1993J 42
On the SN 1993J Radio Shell Structure 48
Optical, Ultraviolet, and Infrared Observations of SN 1993J 56
Simulated Radio Images and Light Curves of SN 1993J 66
X-ray Observations of SN 1993J 72
Modeling the Radio and X-ray Emission of SN 1993J and SN 2002ap 78
Detection of the Binary Companion to the Progenitor of SN 1993J 89
Supernova 1987A: The Birth of a Supernova Remnant 94
SN 1987A at Radio Wavelengths 105
High-Resolution Radio Imaging of Young Supernovae: SN 1979C, SN 1986J, and SN 2001gd 112
VLBI Observations of SN 1979C and SN 1986J 119
SN 1994W: Evidence of Explosive Mass Ejection a Few Years Before Explosion 124
A Most Energetic Type Ic Supernova: SN 2003L 129
Radio Monitoring of Supernova 2001ig: The First Year 134
Synthetic Spectra of the Type Ia SN 2002bo 140
Supernovae: Observations 145
Radio Supernovae 146
Low Frequency Radio and X-ray Properties of Core- Collapse Supernovae 153
Supernova Spectra 159
Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae 169
The Early Spectroscopy of Supernovae 174
Optical Light Curves of Supernovae 179
Late Light Curves of Type Ia SNe 189
Photometric Observations of Recent Supernovae 195
Observational Properties of Type II Plateau Supernovae 200
X-ray Spectra of Young Supernovae 205
Supernovae: Progenitors/Remnants 210
Pre-Supernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars 211
Radiation Bursts from a Presupernova Collapsar 216
Radio Observations of Supernova Remnants in the M82 Starburst 220
Deep Radio Imaging with MERLIN of the Supernova Remnants in M82 227
Thermonuclear Supernova Explosions and Their Remnants: The Case of Tycho 232
Supernovae: Models 238
Models of Supernova Explosions: Where Do We Stand? 239
Core-Collapse Supernovae at the Threshold 250
Two New Possible Mechanisms of Supernova- Like Explosions 260
Tests for Supernova Explosion Models: from Light Curves to X- ray Emission of Supernova Remnants 266
Understanding Type II Supernovae 272
Magnetorotational Mechanism of Supernova Type II Explosion 278
Nucleosynthesis in Black-Hole-Forming Supernovae 283
Nucleosynthesis in Multi-Dimensional Simulations of SNII 293
56Ni Mass in Type IIP SNe: Light Curves and Ha Luminosity Diagnostics 298
Effects of Small-Scale Fluctuations of Neutrino Flux in Supernova Explosions 304
Neutrino Gas in Equilibrium with Self- Interaction 310
Weak Interaction Processes in Core- Collapse Supernovae 316
Synthetic Spectra for Type Ia Supernovae at Early Epochs 322
On the Stability of Thermonuclear Burning Fronts in Type Ia Supernovae 328
Explosion Models for Thermonuclear Supernovae Resulting from Different Ignition Conditions 334
Supernovae: Searches/Statistics 347
Supernova Statistics 348
The Infrared Supernova Rate 356
The Rate and the Origin of Type Ia SNe in Radio Galaxies 361
Supernovae in Galaxy Clusters 366
Using Multi-Band Photometry to Classify Supernovae 371
Supernova and Gamma-Ray Burst Connections 376
Optical and Near-IR Observations of SN 1998bw 377
SN 1998bw and Other Hyperenergetic Type Ic Supernovae 387
The Supernova/GRB Connection 398
Optical Bumps in Cosmological GRBs as Supernovae 406
Long GRBs and Supernovae from Collapsars 411
How Common are Engines in Ib/ c Supernovae? 418
Gamma-Ray Bursters 423
Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Big Picture 424
The Surroundings of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Constraints on Progenitors 431
The Radio Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts 441
Gamma-ray Bursts 449
X-ray Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts 457
Particle Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts 465
The First Steps in the Life of a GRB 473
Physical Restrictions to Cosmological 480
Gamma-Ray Burst Models 480
Dynamical Evolution of .-cooled DisksFollowing Compact Binary Mergers 486
On the Central Engine of Short Gamma- ray Bursts 491
Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursters, and Cosmology 497
The Expanding and Accelerating Universe 498
Observations of Type Ia Supernovae and Challenges for Cosmology 511
The Standard Candle Method for Type II Supernovae and the Hubble Constant 520
Observing the First Stars, One Star at a Time 527
The Host Galaxies of High- Redshift Type Ia Supernovae 538
Constraints on SN Ia Progenitors and ICM Enrichment from Field and Cluster SN Rates 544
Expected Changes of SNe with Redshift due to Evolution of Their Progenitors 549
Dark Energy: Nature and Robustness 555
Brane Universes Tested by Supernovae 561
A Geometric Determination of the Distance to SN 1987A and the LMC 567