Search for gamma-ray emission from a galactic supernova with the anticoincidence system of SPI

The detection of the very early gamma-emission of a Type Ia supernova (SNIa) could provide a deep insight on the explosion mechanism and nature of the progenitor. However, this has not been yet possible as a consequence of the expected low luminosity and the distance at which all the events have occ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Caixach, M., Jean, Pierre, Isern, Jordi, Bravo, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/280111
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/280111
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Supernovae: general
Transients: supernovae
Supernovae
Gamma-rays: stars
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Sumario:The detection of the very early gamma-emission of a Type Ia supernova (SNIa) could provide a deep insight on the explosion mechanism and nature of the progenitor. However, this has not been yet possible as a consequence of the expected low luminosity and the distance at which all the events have occurred up to now. An SNIa occurring in our Galaxy could provide a unique opportunity to perform such a measurement. The problem is that the optical flux would probably be so attenuated by interstellar extinction that it would prevent triggering the observations with gamma-spectrometers at the due time. In this paper, we analyse the possibility of using the anticoincidence system (ACS) of the spectrometer SPI on board of the INTEGRAL space observatory for detecting the early gamma-ray emission of an SNIa as a function of the explosion model and distance, as well as of pointing direction. Our results suggest that such detection is possible at about 6-12 d after the explosion, and at the same time, we can discard missing any hidden explosion during the lifetime of INTEGRAL.