1207.3630 (Shlomo Dado et al.)

Super Luminous Supernova and Gamma Ray Bursts    [PDF]

Shlomo Dado, Arnon Dar

We use a simple analytical model to derive a closed form expression for the bolometric light-curve of super-luminus supernovae (SLSNe) powered by a plastic collision between the fast ejecta from ordinary core collapse supernovae (SNe) of type Ib/c and slower massive circum-stellar shells, ejected in major eruptions of their progenitor stars during the late stage of their life preceding their SN explosion. We demonstrate that this expression reproduces well the bolometric luminosity of SLSNe with and without an observed gamma ray burst (GRB), and requires only a modest amount ($M\lsim 0.1\,M_\odot$) of radioactive $^{56}$Ni synthesized in the SN explosion in order to explain their late-time luminosity. Ordinary stripped-envelope SNe of type Ib/c, rather than 'hypernovae', can produce most of the SLSNe and long duration GRBs.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3630