The core collapse supernova rate from the SDSS-II supernova survey

Journal Article · Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/792/2/135· OSTI ID:22365074

Taylor, Matt; Cinabro, David ^[1]; Dilday, Ben ^[2]; Galbany, Lluis ^[3]; Gupta, Ravi R. ^[4]; Kessler, R. ^[5]; Marriner, John ^[6]; Nichol, Robert C. ^[7]; Richmond, Michael ^[8]; Schneider, Donald P. ^[9]; Sollerman, Jesper ^[10]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 (United States)
2. Spokane, WA 99203 (United States)
3. Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, Santiago (Chile)
4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (United States)
5. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States)
6. Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510 (United States)
7. Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Dennis Sciama Building, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2FX (United Kingdom)
8. School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 (United States)
9. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
10. The Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Astronomy, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)

We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II Supernova Survey (SDSS-II SNS) data to measure the volumetric core collapse supernova (CCSN) rate in the redshift range (0.03 < z < 0.09). Using a sample of 89 CCSN, we find a volume-averaged rate of 1.06 ± 0.19 × 10{sup –4}((h/0.7){sup 3}/(yr Mpc{sup 3})) at a mean redshift of 0.072 ± 0.009. We measure the CCSN luminosity function from the data and consider the implications on the star formation history.

• OSTI ID: 22365074
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 792, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
LUMINOSITY
RED SHIFT
SUPERNOVAE
TYPE II SUPERNOVAE