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Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) show both continuum-like and absorption-like line features. The pseudo equivalent width (pEW) and Doppler shift of absorption-line-like features, such as Si II 6150A, Ca II HK 3750A, and the Ca II IR-triplet 8150A quantities that are often associated with the optical depth and the velocity of a shell of interacting material, are important tools for interpreting and classifying the SN Ia spectra. In this paper, we examine the nature of spectral features in SN Ia spectra using W7 model spectra and a technique that we call "knock-out" spectra. We show that the P-Cyg profiles of Si II 6150A and many other features are largely emission dominated, rather than absorption dominated, and that the concepts of "absorption line" and "continuum" are therefore not adequate to describe the nature of spectral features in SNe Ia. Apparent absorption features, like Si II 6150A, are frequently just coincidental troughs between two (or more) uncorrelated emission features. In this situation, the pEW measured between these emission peaks is little related to the true strength of the presumed absorption feature. Furthermore, using the same knock-out technique, we de

Author

van Rossum, Daniel R.

Published

2012

Language

EN