Observational techniques meeting #10
Spectroscopy (Cont.)
Supernovae
SNe Ia
Si II “6100” Si II “4000” Ca II
SNe Ia
SNe Ib
He I 5876 or Na D 5890? He I 6678 and 7065 Ca II IR triplet
SNe Ic
Ca II IR triplet No Si II OII 3727 Hβ 4861 OIII Hα 6563 SII 6700
SNe Ic Ca No SI II Si II? He I
SNe Ic Ia or Ic ?
SNe II
SNe II - normal HαHα Ca II Fe
SNe II – underluminous/low v Low-velocity P-cygni
SNe IIn HαHα HβHβ HγHγ HδHδ Blue continuum Classic IIn profile
SNe IIb He
SNe II - young
SNe IIn: pseudo continuum Kiewe et al. 2011; SN 2005cl
SNe IIn: hottest objects Komossa et al. 2010
Variable stars
Stars
Galaxies
Galaxies – old stars
Galaxies – young stars
Galaxies – highest redshift Lehnert et al. 2010, Nature; 14.8 hours with in J-band (1.14 micron)
Active galactic nuclei (Quasars, QSOs)
Active galactic nuclei
Topics for student talks: Cosmic microwave background: history + basic instrumentation CMB: recent developments MM/SubMM instrumentation: SCUBA -> ALMA Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect; detection; implications Light echoes IFU spectrographs Neutrino detectors TEV telescopes Cosmic-ray observatories Gravitational wave detectors MIR/FIR instrumentation Future radio arrays: LOFAR, SKA
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