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Title: Distances with <4% precision from type Ia supernovae in young star-forming environments

Journal Article · · Science
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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.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1168987
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16202; arXiv:1410.0961
Journal Information:
Science, Vol. 347, Issue 6229; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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