J/ApJ/837/120 Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) revisited (Graur+, 2017)
LOSS revisited.
I. Unraveling correlations between supernova rates and galaxy properties,
as measured in a reanalysis of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search.
Graur O., Bianco F.B., Huang S., Modjaz M., Shivvers I., Filippenko A.V.,
Li W., Eldridge J.J.
<Astrophys. J., 837, 120 (2017)>
=2017ApJ...837..120G 2017ApJ...837..120G
ADC_Keywords: Supernovae ; Surveys ; Galaxies, spectra ; Redshifts ;
Stars, masses
Keywords: catalogs ; galaxies: fundamental parameters ; supernovae: general ;
surveys
Abstract:
Most types of supernovae (SNe) have yet to be connected with their
progenitor stellar systems. Here, we reanalyze the 10-year SN sample
collected during 1998-2008 by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search
(LOSS; see Leaman+, 2011, J/MNRAS/412/1419) in order to constrain the
progenitors of SNe Ia and stripped-envelope SNe (SE SNe, i.e., SNe
IIb, Ib, Ic, and broad-lined Ic). We matched the LOSS galaxy sample
with spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and
measured SN rates as a function of galaxy stellar mass, specific star
formation rate, and oxygen abundance (metallicity). We find
significant correlations between the SN rates and all three galaxy
properties. The SN Ia correlations are consistent with other
measurements, as well as with our previous explanation of these
measurements in the form of a combination of the SN Ia delay-time
distribution and the correlation between galaxy mass and age. The
ratio between the SE SN and SN II rates declines significantly in
low-mass galaxies. This rules out single stars as SE SN progenitors,
and is consistent with predictions from binary-system progenitor
models. Using well-known galaxy scaling relations, any correlation
between the rates and one of the galaxy properties examined here can
be expressed as a correlation with the other two. These redundant
correlations preclude us from establishing causality-that is, from
ascertaining which of the galaxy properties (or their combination) is
the physical driver for the difference between the SE SN and SN II
rates. We outline several methods that have the potential to overcome
this problem in future works.
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table2.dat 176 14882 Galaxy properties and SN control times
table4a.dat 73 341 Specific SN rates for SN Ia as a function of galaxy
stellar mass, measured with a sliding bin
table4b.dat 73 169 Specific SN rates for stripped-envelope SN as a
function of galaxy stellar mass, measured with
a sliding bin
table4c.dat 73 393 Specific SN rates for SN II as a function of galaxy
stellar mass, measured with a sliding bin
table4d.dat 73 340 Specific SN Ia rates as a function of galaxy
stellar mass, measured with a sliding bin,
using E-Scd galaxies
table4e.dat 73 139 Specific SN rates for stripped-envelope SN as a
function of galaxy stellar mass, measured with a
sliding bin, using Sab-Scd galaxies
table4f.dat 73 372 Specific SN II rates as a function of galaxy
stellar mass, measured with a sliding bin,
using Sab-Scd galaxies
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See also:
B/sn : Asiago Supernova Catalogue (Barbon et al., 1999-)
J/ApJS/178/247 : Hα and [NII] survey in local 11 Mpc (Kennicutt+, 2008)
J/ApJ/673/999 : Supernova and host galaxies metallicities (Prieto+, 2008)
J/ApJ/695/580 : Oxygen abundance in M83 (Bresolin+, 2009)
J/ApJ/703/517 : The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy: IR photometry (Dale+, 2009)
J/ApJ/717/342 : Type Ibc SNe in disturbed galaxies (Habergham+, 2010)
J/ApJS/190/418 : Light curves for 165 SNe (Ganeshalingam+, 2010)
J/ApJ/741/97 : Light curves of Ibc supernovae (Drout+, 2011)
J/MNRAS/417/916 : Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field (Graur+, 2011)
J/MNRAS/412/1419 : Nearby supernova rates (LOSS) (Leaman+, 2011)
J/MNRAS/412/1441 : SNe luminosity functions (Li+, 2011)
J/A+A/544/A81 : Supernovae and their hosts in the SDSS DR8 (Hakobyan+, 2012)
J/AJ/143/133 : Dwarf galaxies from the ALFALFA survey (Huang+, 2012)
J/ApJ/759/107 : Core-collapse SNe and host galaxies (Kelly+, 2012)
J/other/Sci/337.444 : RV curves of Galactic massive O stars (Sana+, 2012)
J/A+A/546/A2 : Spectrosc. of HII regions in nearby gal. (Sanchez+, 2012)
J/ApJ/755/61 : SN Ia host galaxies SFR from SDSS-II (Smith+, 2012)
J/ApJ/765/140 : Stacked spectra of SDSS star forming gal. (Andrews+, 2013)
J/MNRAS/436/774 : Core collapse supernovae (type Ibc) (Eldridge+, 2013)
J/MNRAS/430/1746 : 90 new SNIa from SDSS DR7 (Graur+, 2013)
J/A+A/558/A131 : Model spectra of hot stars at the pre-SN stage (Groh+, 2013)
J/A+A/559/A114 : Updated O3N2 and N2 abundance indicators (Marino+, 2013)
J/MNRAS/439/354 : Sources around Tycho's Supernova 1572 (Bedin+, 2014)
J/MNRAS/444/2428 : Disturbance levels of SNe host galaxies (Hakobyan+, 2014)
J/AJ/147/99 : Spectroscopy of stripped core-collapse SNe (Modjaz+, 2014)
J/AJ/148/13 : Redshifts of 65 CANDELS supernovae (Rodney+, 2014)
J/MNRAS/450/905 : New SNe in SDSS DR9 (Graur+, 2015)
J/ApJ/825/L22 : BVRI LCs of type Ib supernova iPTF13bvn (Folatelli+, 2016)
J/ApJ/827/90 : Spectroscopy of SNe Ib, IIb and Ic (Liu+, 2016)
J/ApJ/830/13 : Host-galaxy NUV-NIR data of superluminous SN (Perley+, 2016)
http://www.nsatlas.org/ : NASA-Sloan Atlas home page
http://www.sdss.org/ : SDSS home page
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 21 A21 --- Gal LOSS Galaxy Host name
23- 23 I1 --- f_Gal [0/1] Full-optimal sample? (1)
25- 25 I1 --- NIa [0/3] Number of Type Ia SNe (SNe Ia) in each
galaxy
27- 27 I1 --- NSE [0/3] Number of stripped-envelope (SE) SNe in
each galaxy
29- 29 I1 --- NII [0/2] Number of Type II SNe (SNe II) in each
galaxy
31- 36 F6.3 yr tcIa [0/10.1] Control time for SNe Ia
38- 42 F5.3 yr tcSE [0/9.8] Control time for SE SNe
44- 49 F6.3 yr tcII [0/10.1] Control time for SNe II
51- 58 F8.4 10+10Msun LMass [0.0001/282]?=0 Galaxy stellar mass measured
by Li+ (2011, J/MNRAS/412/1441) from the B-
and K-band luminosities
60- 66 F7.4 10+10Lsun L(B) [0.0001/49]?=0 B-band luminosity
68- 75 F8.4 10+10Lsun L(K) [0.0001/210]?=0 K-band luminosity
77- 82 F6.2 Mpc Dist [0.09/206] Distance to galaxy
84- 86 A3 --- TT Hubble type of galaxy, according to the system
adopted by Leaman+ (2011, J/MNRAS/412/1419)
88- 95 F8.4 deg RAdeg Right ascension of galaxy (J2000)
97-104 F8.4 deg DEdeg Declination of galaxy (J2000)
106-109 I4 --- Plate ? SDSS plate
111-115 I5 --- MJD [51608/54592]? SDSS Modified Julian Date
117-119 I3 --- Fiber ? SDSS fiber ID
121-127 F7.4 --- zsp [-0.0006/0.6]? Galaxy redshift, measured from
the SDSS spectrum
129-135 F7.4 10+10Msun MMass [0/46.3]? Galaxy stellar mass measured by the
SDSS MPA-JHU Galspec pipeline
137-143 F7.4 Msun/yr MSFR [0/70.7]? Galaxy star-formation rate measured
by the SDSS MPA-JHU Galspec pipeline
145-153 F9.4 10-10/yr MsSFR [0.0003/6062]? Galaxy specific star-formation
rate measured by the SDSS MPA-JHU Galspec
pipeline
155-160 F6.4 --- [O/H] [7.8/9.4]? Galaxy oxygen abundance 12+log(O/H)
measured by the SDSS MPA-JHU Galspec pipeline
(Tremonti+ 2004ApJ...613..898T 2004ApJ...613..898T scale)
162-168 F7.4 10+10Msun NMass [0/87.1]? Galaxy stellar mass measured from
NASA-Sloan Atlas Petrosian photometry
170-176 F7.4 10-10/yr NsSFR [0/98.7]? Galaxy specific star-formation rate
measured from NASA-Sloan Atlas Sersic photometry
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Note (1): Whether galaxy belongs to the LOSS "full-optimal" (fo) subsample used
to measure SN rates here and by Li+ (L11; 2011MNRAS.412.1473L 2011MNRAS.412.1473L)
(1=yes, 0=no).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4[a-f].dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 E10.5 Msun Mass50 Stellar mass of galaxies in bin, median
12- 21 E10.5 Msun Mass16 Stellar mass of galaxies in bin,
16th percentile
23- 32 E10.5 Msun Mass84 Stellar mass of galaxies in bin,
84th percentile
34- 42 F9.6 10-12Msun/yr SNR50 [0.01/13.7] SN rate, median (1)
44- 53 F10.7 10-12Msun/yr SNR16 SN rate, 16th percentile (1)
55- 64 F10.7 10-12Msun/yr SNR84 SN rate, 84th percentile (1)
66- 68 I3 -- Nsn [1/116] Number of SNe Ia in bin
70- 73 I4 -- Ngal [9/4200] Number of galaxies in bin
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Note (1): Table 4a: Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rates measured with a sliding bin,
using all galaxy types
Table 4b: Stripped-envelope supernova (SE SN) rates measured with a
sliding bin, using all galaxy types
Table 4c: Type II supernova (SN II) rates measured with a sliding bin,
using all galaxy types
Table 4d: Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rates measured with a sliding bin,
using E-Scd galaxy types
Table 4e: Stripped-envelope supernova (SE SN) rates measured with a
sliding bin, using Sab-Scd galaxy type
Table 4f: Type II supernova (SN II) rates measured with a
sliding bin, using Sab-Scd galaxy type
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History:
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References:
Graur et al. Paper II. 2017ApJ...837..121G 2017ApJ...837..121G
(End) Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 23-Oct-2017