The Volumetric Rate of Calcium-rich Transients in the Local Universe

Frohmaier, Chris; Sullivan, Mark; Maguire, Kate; Nugent, Peter

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aabc0b

Title: The Volumetric Rate of Calcium-rich Transients in the Local Universe

Journal Article · Fri May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · The Astrophysical Journal (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aabc0b· OSTI ID:1457006

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Univ. of Southampton, Southampton (United Kingdom); Univ. of Portsmouth, Portsmouth (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Southampton, Southampton (United Kingdom)
Queen's Univ. Belfast, Belfast (United Kingdom)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Here, we present a measurement of the volumetric rate of "calcium-rich" optical transients in the local universe, using a sample of three events from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). This measurement builds on a detailed study of the PTF transient detection efficiencies and uses a Monte Carlo simulation of the PTF survey. We measure the volumetric rate of calcium-rich transients to be higher than previous estimates: 1.21_-0.39^+1.13 10^-5 events yr^-1Mpc^-3. This is equivalent to 33%-94% of the local volumetric Type Ia supernova rate. This calcium-rich transient rate is sufficient to reproduce the observed calcium abundances in galaxy clusters, assuming an asymptotic calcium yield per calcium-rich event of ~0.05 M_⊙. As a result, we also study the PTF detection efficiency of these transients as a function of position within their candidate host galaxies. We confirm as a real physical effect previous results that suggest that calcium-rich transients prefer large physical offsets from their host galaxies.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

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Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Vol. 858, Issue 1; Related Information: © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.; ISSN 1538-4357

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