Distances with <4% precision from type Ia supernovae in young star-forming environments
Abstract
The luminosities of Type Ia supernovae (SN), the thermonuclear explosions of white dwarf stars, vary systematically with their intrinsic color and light-curve decline rate. These relationships have been used to calibrate their luminosities to within ~0.14–0.20 mag from broadband optical light curves, yielding individual distances accurate to ~7–10%. Here we identify a subset of SN Ia that erupt in environments having high ultraviolet surface brightness and star-formation surface density. When we apply a steep model extinction law, these SN can be calibrated to within ~0.065–0.075 mag, corresponding to ~3–4% in distance — the best yet with SN Ia by a substantial margin. The small scatter suggests that variations in only one or two progenitor properties account for their light-curve-width/color/luminosity relation.
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1168987
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-16202
Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; arXiv:1410.0961
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
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- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 347; Journal Issue: 6229; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- astrophysics; GRQC
Citation Formats
Kelly, P. L., Filippenko, A. V., Burke, D. L., Hicken, M., Ganeshalingam, M., and Zheng, W. Distances with <4% precision from type Ia supernovae in young star-forming environments. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.1261475.
Kelly, P. L., Filippenko, A. V., Burke, D. L., Hicken, M., Ganeshalingam, M., & Zheng, W. Distances with <4% precision from type Ia supernovae in young star-forming environments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1261475
Kelly, P. L., Filippenko, A. V., Burke, D. L., Hicken, M., Ganeshalingam, M., and Zheng, W. 2015.
"Distances with <4% precision from type Ia supernovae in young star-forming environments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1261475. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1168987.
@article{osti_1168987,
title = {Distances with <4% precision from type Ia supernovae in young star-forming environments},
author = {Kelly, P. L. and Filippenko, A. V. and Burke, D. L. and Hicken, M. and Ganeshalingam, M. and Zheng, W.},
abstractNote = {The luminosities of Type Ia supernovae (SN), the thermonuclear explosions of white dwarf stars, vary systematically with their intrinsic color and light-curve decline rate. These relationships have been used to calibrate their luminosities to within ~0.14–0.20 mag from broadband optical light curves, yielding individual distances accurate to ~7–10%. Here we identify a subset of SN Ia that erupt in environments having high ultraviolet surface brightness and star-formation surface density. When we apply a steep model extinction law, these SN can be calibrated to within ~0.065–0.075 mag, corresponding to ~3–4% in distance — the best yet with SN Ia by a substantial margin. The small scatter suggests that variations in only one or two progenitor properties account for their light-curve-width/color/luminosity relation.},
doi = {10.1126/science.1261475},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1168987},
journal = {Science},
issn = {0036-8075},
number = 6229,
volume = 347,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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