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The Subluminous Supernova 2007qd: A Missing Link in a Family of Low-Luminosity Type Ia Supernovae

Journal Article · · Astrophys.J.
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  1. Notre Dame U.
  2. Barcelona, IFAE
  3. Barcelona, IFAE; ICREA, Barcelona
  4. Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.
  5. UC, Berkeley
  6. Cape Town U., Dept. Math.
  7. Texas U.
  8. Stockholm U.; Stockholm U., OKC
  9. Rutgers U., Piscataway
  10. Pennsylvania U.
  11. Chicago U.; Fermilab
  12. Bohr Inst.; Stockholm U., OKC
  13. Szeged U.
  14. Penn State U.
We present multi-band photometry and multi-epoch spectroscopy of the peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2007qd, discovered by the SDSS-II Supernova Survey. It possesses physical properties intermediate to those of the peculiar SN 2002cx and the extremely low-luminosity SN 2008ha. Optical photometry indicates that it had an extraordinarily fast rise time of <= 10 days and a peak absolute B magnitude of -15.4 +/- 0.2 at most, making it one of the most subluminous SN Ia ever observed. Follow-up spectroscopy of SN 2007qd near maximum brightness unambiguously shows the presence of intermediate-mass elements which are likely caused by carbon/oxygen nuclear burning. Near maximum brightness, SN 2007qd had a photospheric velocity of only 2800 km/s, similar to that of SN 2008ha but about 4000 and 7000 km/s less than that of SN 2002cx and normal SN Ia, respectively. We show that the peak luminosities of SN 2002cx-like objects are highly correlated with both their light-curve stretch and photospheric velocities. Its strong apparent connection to other SN 2002cx-like events suggests that SN 2007qd is also a pure deflagration of a white dwarf, although other mechanisms cannot be ruled out. It may be a critical link between SN 2008ha and the other members of the SN 2002cx-like class of objects.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1967494
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-10-603-A; arXiv:1007.2850; oai:inspirehep.net:861905
Journal Information:
Astrophys.J., Journal Name: Astrophys.J. Vol. 720
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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