THE FAST DECLINING TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA 2003gs, AND EVIDENCE FOR A SIGNIFICANT DISPERSION IN NEAR-INFRARED ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDES OF FAST DECLINERS AT MAXIMUM LIGHT

Krisciunas K.; Marion, GH; SUNTZEFF, NB; Blanc G.; Bufano, F.; Candia P.; Cartier, R; Elias-Rosa, N; Espinoza J.; González D; Gonzalez L.; Gonzalez S.; Gooding, SD; Hamuy, M.; Knox, EA; et. al.

Abstract

We obtained optical photometry of SN 2003gs on 49 nights, from 2 to 494 days after T(B max). We also obtained near-IR photometry on 21 nights. SN 2003gs was the first fast declining Type Ia SN that has been well observed since SN 1999by. While it was subluminous in optical bands compared to more slowly declining Type Ia SNe, it was not subluminous at maximum light in the near-IR bands. There appears to be a bimodal distribution in the near-IR absolute magnitudes of Type Ia SNe at maximum light. Those that peak in the near-IR after T(B max) are subluminous in the all bands. Those that peak in the near-IR prior to T(B max), such as SN 2003gs, have effectively the same near-IR absolute magnitudes at maximum light regardless of the decline rate ?m 15(B). Near-IR spectral evidence suggests that opacities in the outer layers of SN 2003gs are reduced much earlier than for normal Type Ia SNe. That may allow ?rays that power the luminosity to escape more rapidly and accelerate the decline rate. This conclusion is consistent with the photometric behavior of SN2003gs in the IR, which indicates a faster than normal decline from approximately normal peak brightness. © 2009 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Título según WOS: THE FAST DECLINING TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA 2003gs, AND EVIDENCE FOR A SIGNIFICANT DISPERSION IN NEAR-INFRARED ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDES OF FAST DECLINERS AT MAXIMUM LIGHT
Título según SCOPUS: The fast declining type Ia supernova 2003gs, and evidence for a significant dispersion in near-infrared absolute magnitudes of fast decliners at maximum light
Título de la Revista: ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
Volumen: 138
Número: 6
Editorial: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 1584
Página final: 1596
Idioma: English
URL: http://stacks.iop.org/1538-3881/138/i=6/a=1584?key=crossref.d1fd0b330323fb356012dd080972eaa8
DOI:

10.1088/0004-6256/138/6/1584

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS