The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2023)

A Linear Relation between the Color Stretch s BV and the Rising Color Slope of Type Ia Supernovae

  • Ping Chen,
  • Subo Dong,
  • Chris Ashall,
  • S. Benetti,
  • D. Bersier,
  • S. Bose,
  • Joseph Brimacombe,
  • Thomas G. Brink,
  • David A. H. Buckley,
  • Enrico Cappellaro,
  • Grant W. Christie,
  • N. Elias-Rosa,
  • Alexei V. Filippenko,
  • Mariusz Gromadzki,
  • Thomas W.-S. Holoien,
  • Shaoming Hu,
  • C. S. Kochanek,
  • Robert Koff,
  • Juna A. Kollmeier,
  • P. Lundqvist,
  • S. Mattila,
  • Peter A. Milne,
  • J. A. Muñoz,
  • Robert Mutel,
  • Tim Natusch,
  • Joel Nicolas,
  • A. Pastorello,
  • Simon Prentice,
  • J. L. Prieto,
  • Tyler Roth,
  • B. J. Shappee,
  • Geoffrey Stone,
  • K. Z. Stanek,
  • M. D. Stritzinger,
  • Todd A. Thompson,
  • Lina Tomasella,
  • Steven Villanueva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc404
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 946, no. 2
p. 101

Abstract

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Using data from the Complete Nearby (redshift z _host < 0.02) sample of Type Ia Supernovae (CNIa0.02), we find a linear relation between two parameters derived from the B − V color curves of Type Ia supernovae: the color stretch s _BV and the rising color slope ${s}_{0}^{* }(B-V)$ after the peak, and this relation applies to the full range of s _BV . The s _BV parameter is known to be tightly correlated with the peak luminosity, especially for fast decliners (dim Type Ia supernovae), and the luminosity correlation with s _BV is markedly better than with the classic light-curve width parameters such as Δ m _15 ( B ). Thus, our new linear relation can be used to infer peak luminosity from ${s}_{0}^{* }$ . Unlike s _BV (or Δ m _15 ( B )), the measurement of ${s}_{0}^{* }(B-V)$ does not rely on a well-determined time of light-curve peak or color maximum, making it less demanding on the light-curve coverage than past approaches.

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