Type II-P supernovae as standardized candles: Improvements using near-infrared data

We present the first near-infrared Hubble diagram for Type II-P supernovae (SNe), to further explore their value as distance indicators. We use a modified version of the standardized candle method, which relies on the tight correlation between the absolute magnitudes of Type II-P SNe and their expan...

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Main Authors: Maguire, K, Kotak, R, Smartt, S, Pastorello, A, Hamuy, M, Bufano, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010
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author Maguire, K
Kotak, R
Smartt, S
Pastorello, A
Hamuy, M
Bufano, F
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Kotak, R
Smartt, S
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Bufano, F
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description We present the first near-infrared Hubble diagram for Type II-P supernovae (SNe), to further explore their value as distance indicators. We use a modified version of the standardized candle method, which relies on the tight correlation between the absolute magnitudes of Type II-P SNe and their expansion velocities during the plateau phase. Although our sample contains only 12 II-P SNe and they are necessarily local (z < 0.02), we demonstrate using near-infrared JHK photometry that it may be possible to reduce the scatter in the Hubble diagram to 0.1-0.15 mag. While this is potentially similar to the dispersion seen for Type Ia SNe, we caution that this needs to be confirmed with a larger sample of II-P SNe in the Hubble flow. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS.
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spelling oxford-uuid:e99108bf-c9c3-4530-b4b8-f5b4d29a61b32022-03-27T10:55:14ZType II-P supernovae as standardized candles: Improvements using near-infrared dataJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e99108bf-c9c3-4530-b4b8-f5b4d29a61b3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Maguire, KKotak, RSmartt, SPastorello, AHamuy, MBufano, FWe present the first near-infrared Hubble diagram for Type II-P supernovae (SNe), to further explore their value as distance indicators. We use a modified version of the standardized candle method, which relies on the tight correlation between the absolute magnitudes of Type II-P SNe and their expansion velocities during the plateau phase. Although our sample contains only 12 II-P SNe and they are necessarily local (z < 0.02), we demonstrate using near-infrared JHK photometry that it may be possible to reduce the scatter in the Hubble diagram to 0.1-0.15 mag. While this is potentially similar to the dispersion seen for Type Ia SNe, we caution that this needs to be confirmed with a larger sample of II-P SNe in the Hubble flow. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS.
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Hamuy, M
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Type II-P supernovae as standardized candles: Improvements using near-infrared data
title Type II-P supernovae as standardized candles: Improvements using near-infrared data
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title_short Type II-P supernovae as standardized candles: Improvements using near-infrared data
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