Supernovae in Deep Hubble Space Telescope Galaxy Cluster Fields: Cluster Rates and Field Counts

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2001-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0109089v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 332 (2002) 37

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

MNRAS, in press. Small modifications in final version include redshifts for all five detected SN host galaxies, upward revisio

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05274.x

We have searched for high-redshift supernova (SN) candidates in multiple deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archival images of nine galaxy-cluster fields. We detect six apparent SNe, with I814 between 21.6 and 28.4 mag. There is roughly 1 SN per deep (flux limit I814 > 26 mag), doubly-imaged, WFPC2 cluster field. Two SNe are associated with cluster galaxies (at redshifts z=0.18 and z=0.83), three are probably in galaxies not in the clusters (at z=0.49, z=0.60, and z=0.98), and one is at unknown z. After accounting for observational efficiencies and uncertainties (statistical and systematic) we derive the rate of type-Ia SNe within the projected central 500 kpc of rich clusters: R=0.20(+0.84)(-0.19) SNu in clusters at z=0.18 to 0.37, and R=0.41(+1.23)(-0.39) SNu in clusters at z=0.83 to 1.27 (95 per cent confidence interval; H_0=50; 1 SNu = 1 SN per century per 10^10 L_B_sun). Combining the two redshift bins, the SN rate at a mean redshift of z=0.41 is R(z=0.41) = 0.30(+0.58)(-0.28) SNu. The upper bounds argue against SNe-Ia being the dominant source of the large iron mass observed in the intra-cluster medium. We also compare our observed counts of field SNe (i.e., non-cluster SNe of all types) to recent model predictions. The observed field count is zero or one SN with I814 < 26 mag, and 1 to 3 SNe with I814 < 27 mag. These counts are about two times lower than some of the predictions. Since the counts at these magnitudes are likely dominated by type-II SNe, our observations may suggest obscuration of distant SNe-II, or a SN-II luminosity distribution devoid of a large high-luminosity tail.

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