Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-12-04
Astron.J.123:745-752,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
27 pages, accepted for publication by the Astronomical Journal (Feb. 2002)
Scientific paper
10.1086/338318
The Asiago Supernova Catalog is used to carry out a comparative study of supernova absolute-magnitude distributions. An overview of the absolute magnitudes of the supernovae in the current observational sample is presented, and the evidence for subluminous and overluminous events is examined. The fraction of supernovae that are underluminous (M_B > -15) appears to be higher (perhaps much higher) than one fifth but it remains very uncertain. The fraction that are overluminous (M_B < -20) is lower (probably much lower) than 0.01. The absolute-magnitude distributions for each supernova type, restricted to events within 1 Gpc, are compared. Although these distributions are affected by observational bias in favor of the more luminous events, they are useful for comparative studies. We find mean absolute blue magnitudes (for H_0=60) of -19.46 for normal Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), -18.04 for SNe Ibc, -17.61 and -20.26 for normal and bright SNe Ibc considered separately, -18.03 for SNe II-L, -17.56 and -19.27 for normal and bright SNe II-L considered separately, -17.00 for SNe II-P, and -19.15 for SNe IIn.
Baron Eddie
Branch David
Casebeer Darrin
Millard Jennifer
Richardson Dean
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