Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-09-05
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 321 (2001) 254
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 17 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03995.x
UBVRIJ photometry and optical spectra of the Type Ia SN 1996X obtained at ESO during a one-year-long observational campaign are presented, and supplemented by late time HST photometry. Spectroscopically, SN 1996X appears to be a `normal' SN Ia. The apparent magnitude at maximum was B=13.24 +/- 0.02, and the colour B-V=0.00 +/- 0.03. The luminosity decline rate, Delta m_B(15) = 1.31 +/- 0.08, is close to average for a SN Ia. The best estimate of the galactic extinction is A_B=0.30 +/- 0.05, and there is evidence that reddening within the parent galaxy is negligible. Detailed comparison of the light and colour curves of various `normal' SNe Ia shows that the assumption that multicolour light curves can be described simply as a one-parameter family is not perfect. Together with problems in the calibration of the templates, this may explain the discrepancies in the distance modulus derived adopting different calibrations of the absolute magnitude vs. light curve shape relations. Indeed we found that M_B ranges from -19.08 to -19.48 and M-m range from 32.02 to 32.48 depending on the method used (Hamuy et al. 1996a,Phillips et al. 1999, Riess et al. 1998a). Computations of model light curve and synthetic spectra for both early- and late-times, confirm that 1996X is a normal Type Ia SN and that a satisfactory fit can be obtained using a W7 progenitor structure only if we adopt the short distance. A larger distance would imply a too large Ni mass for this fainter than average SNIa.
Benetti Stefano
Cappellaro Enrico
Danziger Ivan John
Mazzali Paolo A.
Patat Ferdinando
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