Death rate of massive stars at redshift ~0.3

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2004-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0407216v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Revised following referee's comments. Accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20041256

We report the first result of a supernova search program designed to measure the evolution of the supernova rate with redshift. To make the comparison with local rates more significant we copied, as much as possible, the same computation recepies as for the measurements of local rates. Moreover, we exploited the multicolor images and the photometric redshift technique to characterize the galaxy sample and accurately estimate the detection efficiency. Combining our data with the recently published meaurements of the SN Ia rate at different redshifts, we derived the first, direct measurement of the core collapse supernova rate at z = 0.26 as r_cc = 1.45^{+0.55}{-0.45} h^2 SNu [h=H_0/75]. This is a factor three {+/- 50%)} larger than the local estimate. The increase for a look back time of "only" 2.8 Gyr is more rapid than predicted by most of the published models of the SN rate evolution. Core-collapse SN rates measure the death rate of massive star and, because of the short time scale of evolution, can be translated in a measurement of the ongoing SFR. Assuming a Salpeter IMF and the standard scenario for core-collapse progenitors we derived to an estimate of the star formation rate at redshift 3.1^{+1.1}{-1.0} 10^-2 h^3 M_sun yr^-1 Mpc^{-3} which compare very well with a recent estimate based on the measurement of the Halpha luminosity density at the same redshift.

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