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通过其宿主星系的金属丰度表征超新星祖先,从贫矮星到富螺旋

Characterizing Supernova Progenitors via the Metallicities of their Host Galaxies, from Poor Dwarfs to Rich Spirals

Jose L. Prieto, Krzysztof Z. Stanek, John F. Beacom

摘要:

我们研究了不同类型的超新星是如何相对影响其宿主星系的金属丰度。我们将SAI超新星目录与SDSS-DR 4恒星形成星系目录进行了匹配,并测量了金属丰度。这些超新星宿主星系的氧丰度范围从12 + log(O/H)= 7.9到9.3(约0.1到2.7太阳),绝对星等范围从MB = -15.2到-22.2。为了减少各种观测偏差,我们选择了一个红移范围从0.01到0.04的具有良好特征的超新星子样本,这使得我们有58个SN II,19 Ib/c和38个Ia。我们发现了强有力的证据表明,SN Ib/c发生在比SN II金属丰度更高的宿主星系中,而我们没有看到SN Ia相对于SN II的影响。我们注意到一些极端和有趣的超新星-宿主对,包括最近的SN Ia 2007 bk的贫金属(~ 1/4太阳)宿主,在那里超新星被发现在这个矮星系之外。为了将超新星宿主的光度范围扩展到更暗的星系,我们还将所有z < 0.3的历史超新星与SDSS-DR 6天空图像进行了匹配,结果是1225个匹配。这使我们能够识别一些更极端的情况,例如最近的SN Ic 2007 bg,其中可能的宿主具有绝对星等MB ~-12,使其成为有史以来观测到的最不明亮的超新星宿主之一。这个低光度的宿主肯定是非常贫金属的(~ 1/20太阳),因此这颗超新星是与离轴伽玛暴相关的绝佳候选者。我们已经构建的两个目录可以在网上找到,并将定期更新。最后,我们讨论了我们的研究结果,了解超新星的祖先和他们的宿主星系的各种影响。

英文摘要:

We investigate how the different types of supernovae are relatively affected by the metallicity of their host galaxy. We match the SAI Supernova Catalog to the SDSS-DR4 catalog of star-forming galaxies with measured metallicities. These supernova host galaxies span a range of oxygen abundance from 12 + log(O/H) = 7.9 to 9.3 (~ 0.1 to 2.7 solar) and a range in absolute magnitude from MB = -15.2 to -22.2. To reduce the various observational biases, we select a subsample of well-characterized supernovae in the redshift range from 0.01 to 0.04, which leaves us with 58 SN II, 19 Ib/c, and 38 Ia. We find strong evidence that SN Ib/c are occurring in higher-metallicity host galaxies than SN II, while we see no effect for SN Ia relative to SN II. We note some extreme and interesting supernova-host pairs, including the metal-poor (~ 1/4 solar) host of the recent SN Ia 2007bk, where the supernova was found well outside of this dwarf galaxy. To extend the luminosity range of supernova hosts to even fainter galaxies, we also match all the historical supernovae with z < 0.3 to the SDSS-DR6 sky images, resulting in 1225 matches. This allows us to identify some even more extreme cases, such as the recent SN Ic 2007bg, where the likely host of this hypernova-like event has an absolute magnitude MB ~ -12, making it one of the least-luminous supernova hosts ever observed. This low-luminosity host is certain to be very metal poor (~ 1/20 solar), and therefore this supernova is an excellent candidate for association with an off-axis GRB. The two catalogs that we have constructed are available online and will be updated regularly. Finally, we discuss various implications of our findings for understanding supernova progenitors and their host galaxies.

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