Using a mid-infrared calibration of the Cepheid distance scale based on recent observations at 3.6 um with the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have obtained a new, high-accuracy calibration of the Hubble constant. We have established the mid-IR zero point of the Leavitt Law (the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation) using time-averaged 3.6 um data for ten high-metallicity, Milky Way Cepheids having independently-measured trigonometric parallaxes. We have adopted the slope of the PL relation using time-averaged 3.6 um data for 80 long-period Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids falling in the period range 0.8 < log(P) < 1.8. We find a new reddening-corrected distance to the LMC of 18.477 +/- 0.033 (systematic) mag. We re-examine the systematic uncertainties in H0, also taking into account new data over the past decade. In combination with the new Spitzer calibration, the systematic uncertainty in H0 over that obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project has decreased by over a factor of three. Applying the Spitzer calibration to the Key Project sample, we find a value of H0 = 74.3 with a systematic uncertainty of +/-2.1 (systematic) km/s/Mpc, corresponding to a 2.8% systematic uncertainty in the Hubble constant. This result, in combination with WMAP7 measurements of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies and assuming a flat universe, yields a value of the equation of state for dark energy, w0 = -1.09 +/- 0.10. Alternatively, relaxing the constraints on flatness and the numbers of relativistic species, and combining our results with those of WMAP7, Type Ia supernovae and baryon acoustic oscillations yields w0 = -1.08 +/- 0.10 and a value of N_eff = 4.13 +/- 0.67, mildly consistent with the existence of a fourth neutrino species.
Comparing Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance Scales: An Independent Reduction of the Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program and the Value of the Hubble Constant
The value of the Hubble-Lemaître constant queried by Type Ia Supernovae: A journey from the Calán-Tololo Project to the Carnegie Supernova Program
我们评估的鲁棒性的两个最高的梯级的“宇宙距离阶梯”的Ia型超新星和哈勃-勒梅特常数的测定。在这个分析中,我们保持固定的朗格1作为到LMC的距离,使用分离双星确定为1%。对于Rung 2,我们分析了两种方法,TRGB和造父变星的距离在附近星系的Ia型超新星的光度校准。对于Rung 3,我们分析了哈勃流中的各种现代数字超新星样本,如Calán-Tololo,CfA,CSP和Supercal数据集。该元数据分析表明,TRGB校准产生的$H_0$值小于Cepheid校准,这是这两种方法校准的距离模量系统差异的直接结果。选择三个最独立的可能的方法/带通($B$,$V$,$J$),我们获得$H_{0}=69.9 \pm 0.8$和$H_{0} =73.5 \pm 0.7$ km s $^{-1}$ Mpc $^{-1}$从TRGB和Cepheid校准,分别。分别在1.1和1.0 km s $^{-1}$ Mpc $^{-1}$的TRGB和Cepheid方法中添加正交系统不确定性,该子集揭示了在Rung 2校准中的显著2.0 $σ$系统差异。如果Rung 1和Rung 2保持不变,那么为标准化超新星峰值星等而开发的不同形式会产生一致的结果,标准偏差为1.5 km s $^{-1}$ Mpc $^{-1}$,也就是说,Ia型超新星能够以2%的精度锚定Rung 3。这项研究表明,Ia型超新星提供了超…
The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. II. The Distance to IC 1613: The Tip of the Red Giant Branch and RR Lyrae Period-Luminosity Relations
IC 1613是本星系群中一个孤立的矮星系。低前景和内部消光,低金属丰度和低拥挤使其成为校准局部距离阶梯的宝贵测试平台。我们提出了新的,高保真的距离估计IC 1613通过其尖端的红巨星分支(TRGB)和它的RR天琴座(RRL)变量的一部分,芝加哥哈勃计划,寻求一个替代的本地路线\ho使用第二星族恒星。我们已经测量了TRGB星等I=20.35+/-0.01(统计)+/-0.01(系统)使用麦哲伦巴德望远镜上的IMACS相机获得的宽视场观测。我们进一步构建了光学和近红外RRL光变曲线使用档案BI和新的H波段观测ACS/WFC和WFC 3/IR仪器搭载哈勃太空望远镜(HST)。在未来的盖亚数据发布之前,我们通过大麦云云和银河系RRL零点通过HST视差设置TRGB光度的临时值。我们发现对应的真实距离模量μ(TRGB)=24.30+/-0.03(统计)+/-0.05(系统)和μ(RRL)=24.28+/-0.04(统计+系统)。我们比较了我们的结果,最近发表的IC 1613的身体,并发现没有统计学上的显着差异,从恒星的人口I和II之间的距离。
Chicago-Carnegie Hubble Program (CCHP) A Multi-Wavelength Search for the Effects of Metallicity on the Cepheid Distance Scale. Part II: Theoretical Models and Synthetic Spectra
Mid-Infrared Galaxy Morphology from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S^4G): The Imprint of the de Vaucouleurs Revised Hubble-Sandage Classification System at 3.6 microns
"SNe Ia twins" in the Hubble flow, and the determination of H0
Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas(基础物理研究所,西班牙高等科学研究委员会);Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (UB–IEEC)(宇宙科学研究所(巴塞罗那大学-IEEC));Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias(加那利群岛天体物理研究所);Universidad de La Laguna(拉古纳大学);INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova(意大利国家天体物理研究所-帕多瓦天文台)
研究通过分析Ia型超新星双胞胎在哈勃流中的距离确定H₀,发现部分样本存在色度误差影响H₀计算,最终得到H₀的平均值为72.38±1.54(stat)±1.33(sys) km s⁻¹ Mpc⁻¹。
Cosmological Results from the RAISIN Survey: Using Type Ia Supernovae in the Near Infrared as a Novel Path to Measure the Dark Energy Equation of State
Ia型超新星(SNe Ia)在近红外(NIR)测量时比在光学测量时更精确。出于这个动机,从2012年到2017年,我们与哈勃太空望远镜(HST)一起开始了RAISIN计划,以获得Pan-STARRS和暗能量调查发现的37 SN Ia($0.2 \lesssim z \lesssim 0.6$)宇宙学遥远样本的静止帧NIR光变曲线。通过将更高的$z$ HST数据与卡内基超新星计划在近红外中观察到的$z<0.1$上的42 SN Ia进行比较,我们根据近红外观测构建了哈勃图(仅包含最大光时间和光学数据的一些选择削减),以寻求一种独特的途径来约束暗能量状态方程参数$w$。我们分析的依赖性的完整的哈勃残差上的超新星Ia宿主星系的质量,并发现哈勃残差步骤的大小$\sim$ 0.06-0.1等与1.5- 2.5- $σ$的意义取决于方法和步骤的位置。将我们的NIR样本与CMB约束相结合,我们发现$1+w=-0.17\pm0.12$(stat $+$系统)。最大的系统误差是红移相关的SN选择偏差和近红外质量阶跃的属性。我们还使用这些数据来测量$H_0=75.9\pm 2.2$公里秒$^{-1}$ Mpc $^{-1}$从恒星的几何距离校准的主机8 SNe Ia观察到的NIR与$H_0=71.2\pm3.8$公里秒$^{-1}$ Mpc $^{-1}$使用一个反距离阶梯的方法绑到普朗克。使用光学数据…