Using nebular spectra to reveal the progenitor and explosion mechanism of core-collpase supernovae

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The relation between the progenitor mass and the kinetic energy of the explosion is a key toward revealing the explosion mechanism of stripped-envelope (SE) core-collapse (CC) supernovae (SNe). In this work, we present a method to derive this relation using the nebular spectra of SESNe, based on the correlation between [O I]/[Ca II], which measures the progenitor mass, and [O I] width, which measures the expansion velocity of the ejecta. Using hydrodynamic simulations, we trigger explosions with different kinetic energy and progenitor mass. The models are compared with observation. We find the mass-energy scaling relation required to explain the observed mass-velocity correlation. We further demonstrate helium-rich and helium-deficient SNe follow the same mass-energy scaling relation.