Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aas...183.3107h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 183rd AAS Meeting, #31.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.1340
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
Due to their extreme luminosities at maximum light, type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have long been considered among the most attractive cosmological standard candles. Although nearly all work to date has been devoted to attempts to use these objects to determine the local rate of expansion of the universe (Ho), SNe Ia also provide one of the few direct techniques for measuring the deceleration parameter qo. However, in a recent study of nine well-observed events based largely on data obtained at CTIO, Phillips (1993, ApJ, 413, L105) found clear evidence for a significant intrinsic dispersion in SNe Ia absolute magnitudes amounting to ~ 0.8 mag in B, ~ 0.7 mag in V, and ~ 0.5 mag in I. Such a range in peak luminosity could introduce a subtantial Malmquist bias into searches for distant (z <= 0.3) SNe Ia which, if uncorrected, could lead to an erroneous value of qo. In this paper we present the Hubble diagram for 13 SNe Ia discovered and observed in the course of the Calan/Tololo Supernova Survey. This sample, which covers the redshift range 0.01 <= z <= 0.1, provides unequivocal evidence for an intrinsic spread in the peak luminosities of type Ia events. The data also confirm Phillips' conclusion that the maximum-light luminosity is strongly correlated with the initial decline rate of the B light curve. Interestingly, the most luminous SNe in our sample all occurred in spiral galaxies, which is true for Phillips' sample of nearby SNe Ia as well. This is opposite to what one would expect if dust extinction were important. These findings are consistent with recent speculations that the progenitors of SNe Ia are white dwarfs covering a range of masses, and also suggest that the brightest events may be found in galaxies which are still actively forming stars. The implications for the use of SNe Ia to measure qo are briefly discussed. This research has been supported by Grant 92/0312 from Fondo Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnología (FONDECYT-Chile).
Aviles Roberto
Hamuy Mario
Maza Jose
Phillips Marcia
Suntzeff Nicholas B.
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