CfA3: 185 TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVES FROM THE CfA
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Krauss, Miriam; Roussanova, Anna; Vaz, Amali
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We present multiband photometry of 185 type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), with over 11,500 observations. These were acquired between 2001 and 2008 at the F. L. Whipple Observatory of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). This sample contains the largest number of homogeneously observed and reduced nearby SNe Ia (z [< over ~] 0.08) published to date. It more than doubles the nearby sample, bringing SN Ia cosmology to the point where systematic uncertainties dominate. Our natural system photometry has a precision of [< over ~]0.02 mag in BVRIr'i' and [< over ~]0.04 mag in U for points brighter than 17.5 mag. We also estimate a systematic uncertainty of 0.03 mag in our SN Ia standard system BVRIr'i' photometry and 0.07 mag for U. Comparisons of our standard system photometry with published SN Ia light curves and comparison stars, where available for the same SN, reveal agreement at the level of a few hundredths mag in most cases. We find that 1991bg-like SNe Ia are sufficiently distinct from other SNe Ia in their color and light-curve-shape/luminosity relation that they should be treated separately in light-curve/distance fitter training samples. The CfA3 sample will contribute to the development of better light-curve/distance fitters, particularly in the few dozen cases where near-infrared photometry has been obtained and, together, can help disentangle host-galaxy reddening from intrinsic supernova color, reducing the systematic uncertainty in SN Ia distances due to dust.
Date issued
2009-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
The Astrophysical Journal
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IOP Publishing
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Hicken, Malcolm, Peter Challis, Saurabh Jha, Robert P. Kirshner, Tom Matheson, Maryam Modjaz, Armin Rest, et al. “CfA3: 185 TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVES FROM THE CfA.” The Astrophysical Journal 700, no. 1 (July 1, 2009): 331–357. © 2009 The American Astronomical Society
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0004-637X
1538-4357