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    Li, Wenxiong; Wang, Xiaofeng; Bulla, Mattia; Pan, Yen-Chen; Wang, Lifan; Mo, Jun; Zhang, Jujia; Wu, Chengyuan; Zhang, Jicheng; Zhang, Tianmeng; Xiang, Danfeng; Lin, Han; Sai, Hanna; Zhang, Xinghan; Chen, Zhihao; Yan, Shengyu

    The Astrophysical journal, 01/2021, Letnik: 906, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    We study a sample of 16 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) having both spectroscopic and photometric observations within 2-3 days after the first light. The early B − V colors of such a sample tend to show a continuous distribution. For objects with normal ejecta velocity (NV), the C ii λ6580 feature is always visible in the early spectra, while it is absent or very weak in the high-velocity (HV) counterpart. Moreover, the velocities of the detached high-velocity features (HVFs) of the Ca II near-IR triplet (CaIR3) above the photosphere are found to be much higher in HV objects than in NV objects, with typical values exceeding 30,000 km s−1 at 2-3 days. We further analyze the relation between the velocity shift of late-time Fe II lines (vFe II) and host galaxy mass. We find that all HV objects have redshifted vFe II, while NV objects have both blue- and redshifted vFe II. It is interesting to point out that the objects with redshifted vFe II are all located in massive galaxies, implying that HV and a portion of NV objects may have similar progenitor metallicities and explosion mechanisms. We propose that, with a geometric/projected effect, the He-detonation model may account for the similarity in birthplace environment and the differences seen in some SNe Ia, including B − V colors, C II features, CaIR3 HVFs at early times, and vFe II in the nebular phase. Nevertheless, some features predicted by He-detonation simulation, such as the rapidly decreasing light curve, deviate from the observations, and some NV objects with blueshifted nebular vFe II may involve other explosion mechanisms.