OPTICAL AND NEAR-INFRARED POLARIMETRY OF HIGHLY REDDENED Type Ia SUPERNOVA 2014J: PECULIAR PROPERTIES OF DUST IN M82
2014
We present optical and near-infrared multi-band linear
polarimetryof the highly reddened Type Ia supernova (SN) 2014J that appeared in M82. SN 2014J exhibits large
polarizationat shorter
wavelengths, e.g., 4.8% in the
B band, which decreases rapidly at longer
wavelengths, while the
position angleof the
polarizationremains at approximately 40° over the observed
wavelengthrange. These polarimetric properties suggest that the observed
polarizationis likely predominantly caused by the interstellar dust within M82. Further analysis shows that the
polarizationpeaks at a
wavelengthsmuch shorter than those obtained for the Galactic dust. The
wavelengthdependence of the
polarizationcan be better described by an inverse power law rather than by the Serkowski law for Galactic interstellar
polarization. These points suggest that the nature of the dust in M82 may be different from that in our Galaxy, with
polarizingdust grains having a mean radius of <0.1 μm.
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