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2001PASP..113..920L - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 113, 920-936 (2001/August-0)
Spectropolarimetry of the type II supernovae 1997ds, 1998A, and 1999gi.
LEONARD D.C. and FILIPPENKO A.V.
Abstract (from CDS):
The low continuum polarization inferred for SN 1997ds and SN 1998A and the amplitude of (or limits on) the polarization modulations are consistent with those measured at similar epochs for SN 1987A and the Type II plateau SN 1999em and supports the growing consensus that core-collapse events with hydrogen envelopes substantially intact at the time of explosion are not significantly aspherical during the early photospheric phase. The spectral shape of the high continuum polarization of SN 1999gi closely resembles a ``Serkowski'' ISP curve (characterized by pmax=5.8%, θ=154°, and λmax=5300 Å) and is inconsistent with the wavelength-independent nature of electron scattering expected for an aspherical SN atmosphere. Since Galactic reddening is minimal along this line of sight, the majority of the observed polarization in SN 1999gi is believed to be due to ISP of the host galaxy, although significant (up to p~2%) intrinsic polarization cannot be ruled out. The potential power of SN spectropolarimetry to study the properties of interstellar dust in external galaxies is described and applied to the SN 1999gi data, where it is shown that if the polarization is indeed predominantly interstellar in origin, then RV=3.0±0.2 for the dust along this line of sight in NGC 3184.
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Journal keyword(s): ISM: Dust, Extinction - Polarization - supernovae: individual (SN 1997ds) - supernovae: individual (SN 1998A) - supernovae: individual (SN 1999gi)
Simbad objects: 20
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