The Core-collapse rate from the Supernova Legacy Survey

Details The Core-collapse rate from the Supernova Legacy Survey The Core-collapse rate from the Supernova Legacy Survey

2009-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/0904.1066v1

A&A 499, 653-660(2009)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

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We use three years of data from the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) to study the general properties of core-collapse and type Ia supernovae. This is the first such study using the "rolling search" technique which guarantees well-sampled SNLS light curves and good efficiency for supernovae brighter than $i^\prime\sim24$. Using host photometric redshifts, we measure the supernova absolute magnitude distribution down to luminosities $4.5 {\rm mag}$ fainter than normal SNIa. Using spectroscopy and light-curve fitting to discriminate against SNIa, we find a sample of 117 core-collapse supernova candidates with redshifts $z<0.4$ (median redshift of 0.29) and measure their rate to be larger than the type Ia supernova rate by a factor $4.5\pm0.8(stat.) \pm0.6 (sys.)$. This corresponds to a core-collapse rate at $z=0.3$ of $[1.42\pm 0.3(stat.) \pm0.3(sys.)]\times10^{-4}\yr^{-1}(h_{70}^{-1}\Mpc)^{-3}$.

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