Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-07-02
Astron.J. 118 (1999) 2675-2688
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Submitted to the Astronomical Journal, 24 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/301143
We present calibrated photometric measurements of the earliest detections of nearby type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The set of ~30 new, unfiltered CCD observations delineate the early rise behavior of SNe Ia > 18 to 10 days before maximum. Using simple empirical models, we demonstrate the strong correlation between the risetime (i.e., the time between explosion and maximum), the post-rise light-curve shape, and the peak luminosity. Using a variety of light-curve shape methods, we find the risetime to B maximum for a SN Ia with Delta m15(B)=1.1 mag and peak M_V=-19.45 mag to be 19.5+/-0.2 days. We find that the peak brightness of SNe Ia is correlated with their risetime; SNe Ia which are 0.10 mag brighter at peak in the B-band require 0.80+/-0.05 days longer to reach maximum light. We determine the effects of several possible sources of systematic errors, but none of these significantly impacts the inferred risetime. Constraints on SN Ia progenitor systems and explosion models are derived from a comparison between the observed and theoretical predictions of the risetime.
Armstrong Mark
Faranda Chuck
Filippenko Alexei V.
Hu Jingyao
Li Weidong
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