scholarly journals Comparing the host galaxies of different type supernovae

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (S319) ◽  
pp. 139-139
Author(s):  
Y. C. Liang ◽  
X. Shao ◽  
M. Dennefeld ◽  
X. Y. Chen ◽  
L. Zhou ◽  
...  

AbstractWe compare the host galaxies of 902 supernovae, including Type Ia, II and Ibc, which are selected by cross-matching the Asiago Supernova Catalog with the SDSS DR7. We further selected 213 galaxies by requiring the light fraction of spectral observations > 15%, which could represent well the global properties of the galaxies. The diagrams related to Dn(4000), HδA, stellar masses, SFRs and specific SFRs for the SNe hosts show that almost all SNe II and most of SNe Ibc occur in SF galaxies. A significant fraction of SNe Ia occurs in AGNs and Absorp galaxies. These results are compared with those of the 689 comparison galaxies where the SDSS fiber captures < 15% of the total light. These comparison galaxies appear biased towards higher 12+log(O/H) (~0.1dex) at a given stellar mass, suggesting the aperture effect should be kept in mind when the properties of the hosts for different types of SNe are discussed.

2020 ◽  
Vol 498 (2) ◽  
pp. 2472-2491 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Diederik Kruijssen ◽  
Joel L Pfeffer ◽  
Mélanie Chevance ◽  
Ana Bonaca ◽  
Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Globular clusters (GCs) formed when the Milky Way experienced a phase of rapid assembly. We use the wealth of information contained in the Galactic GC population to quantify the properties of the satellite galaxies from which the Milky Way assembled. To achieve this, we train an artificial neural network on the E-MOSAICS cosmological simulations of the co-formation and co-evolution of GCs and their host galaxies. The network uses the ages, metallicities, and orbital properties of GCs that formed in the same progenitor galaxies to predict the stellar masses and accretion redshifts of these progenitors. We apply the network to Galactic GCs associated with five progenitors: Gaia-Enceladus, the Helmi streams, Sequoia, Sagittarius, and the recently discovered ‘low-energy’ GCs, which provide an excellent match to the predicted properties of the enigmatic galaxy ‘Kraken’. The five galaxies cover a narrow stellar mass range [M⋆ = (0.6–4.6) × 108 M⊙], but have widely different accretion redshifts ($\mbox{$z_{\rm acc}$}=0.57\!-\!2.65$). All accretion events represent minor mergers, but Kraken likely represents the most major merger ever experienced by the Milky Way, with stellar and virial mass ratios of $\mbox{$r_{M_\star }$}=1$:$31^{+34}_{-16}$ and $\mbox{$r_{M_{\rm h}}$}=1$:$7^{+4}_{-2}$, respectively. The progenitors match the z = 0 relation between GC number and halo virial mass, but have elevated specific frequencies, suggesting an evolution with redshift. Even though these progenitors likely were the Milky Way’s most massive accretion events, they contributed a total mass of only log (M⋆, tot/M⊙) = 9.0 ± 0.1, similar to the stellar halo. This implies that the Milky Way grew its stellar mass mostly by in-situ star formation. We conclude by organizing these accretion events into the most detailed reconstruction to date of the Milky Way’s merger tree.


2020 ◽  
Vol 644 ◽  
pp. A176
Author(s):  
M. Rigault ◽  
V. Brinnel ◽  
G. Aldering ◽  
P. Antilogus ◽  
C. Aragon ◽  
...  

As part of an on-going effort to identify, understand and correct for astrophysics biases in the standardization of Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) for cosmology, we have statistically classified a large sample of nearby SNe Ia into those that are located in predominantly younger or older environments. This classification is based on the specific star formation rate measured within a projected distance of 1 kpc from each SN location (LsSFR). This is an important refinement compared to using the local star formation rate directly, as it provides a normalization for relative numbers of available SN progenitors and is more robust against extinction by dust. We find that the SNe Ia in predominantly younger environments are ΔY = 0.163 ± 0.029 mag (5.7σ) fainter than those in predominantly older environments after conventional light-curve standardization. This is the strongest standardized SN Ia brightness systematic connected to the host-galaxy environment measured to date. The well-established step in standardized brightnesses between SNe Ia in hosts with lower or higher total stellar masses is smaller, at ΔM = 0.119 ± 0.032 mag (4.5σ), for the same set of SNe Ia. When fit simultaneously, the environment-age offset remains very significant, with ΔY = 0.129 ± 0.032 mag (4.0σ), while the global stellar mass step is reduced to ΔM = 0.064  ±  0.029 mag (2.2σ). Thus, approximately 70% of the variance from the stellar mass step is due to an underlying dependence on environment-based progenitor age. Also, we verify that using the local star formation rate alone is not as powerful as LsSFR at sorting SNe Ia into brighter and fainter subsets. Standardization that only uses the SNe Ia in younger environments reduces the total dispersion from 0.142  ±  0.008 mag to 0.120  ±  0.010 mag. We show that as environment-ages evolve with redshift, a strong bias, especially on the measurement of the derivative of the dark energy equation of state, can develop. Fortunately, data that measure and correct for this effect using our local specific star formation rate indicator, are likely to be available for many next-generation SN Ia cosmology experiments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Li Zhou ◽  
Yan-Chun Liang ◽  
Jun-Qiang Ge ◽  
Yi-Nan Zhu ◽  
Xu Shao ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 507 (3) ◽  
pp. 4211-4240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Engler ◽  
Annalisa Pillepich ◽  
Anna Pasquali ◽  
Dylan Nelson ◽  
Vicente Rodriguez-Gomez ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We study the abundance of satellite galaxies around 198 Milky Way- (MW) and M31-like hosts in TNG50, the final installment in the IllustrisTNG suite of cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations. MW/M31-like analogues are defined as discy galaxies with stellar masses of $M_* = 10^{10.5 - 11.2}~\rm {M}_\odot$ in relative isolation at z = 0. By defining satellites as galaxies with $M_* \ge 5\times 10^{6}~\rm {M}_\odot$ within $300~\rm {kpc}$ (3D) of their host, we find a remarkable level of diversity and host-to-host scatter across individual host galaxies. The median TNG50 MW/M31-like galaxy hosts a total of $5^{+6}_{-3}$ satellites with $M_* \ge 8 \times 10^6~\rm {M}_\odot$, reaching up to $M_* \sim 10^{8.5^{+0.9}_{-1.1}}~\rm {M}_\odot$. Even at a fixed host halo mass of $10^{12}~\rm {M}_\odot$, the total number of satellites ranges between 0 and 11. The abundance of subhaloes with $M_\rm {dyn} \ge 5 \times 10^7~\rm {M}_\odot$ is larger by a factor of more than 10. The number of all satellites (subhaloes) ever accreted is larger by a factor of 4–5 (3–5) than those surviving to z = 0. Hosts with larger galaxy stellar mass, brighter K-band luminosity, more recent halo assembly, and – most significantly – larger total halo mass typically have a larger number of surviving satellites. The satellite abundances around TNG50 MW/M31-like galaxies are consistent with those of mass-matched hosts from observational surveys (e.g. SAGA) and previous simulations (e.g. Latte). While the observed MW satellite system falls within the TNG50 scatter across all stellar masses considered, M31 is slightly more satellite-rich than our 1σ scatter but well consistent with the high-mass end of the TNG50 sample. We find a handful of systems with both a Large and a Small Magellanic Cloud-like satellite. There is no missing satellites problem according to TNG50.


2020 ◽  
Vol 495 (4) ◽  
pp. 3859-3880 ◽  
Author(s):  
S C Williams ◽  
I M Hook ◽  
B Hayden ◽  
J Nordin ◽  
G Aldering ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The Supernova Cosmology Project has conducted the ‘See Change’ programme, aimed at discovering and observing high-redshift (1.13 ≤ z ≤ 1.75) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). We used multifilter Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of massive galaxy clusters with sufficient cadence to make the observed SN Ia light curves suitable for a cosmological probe of dark energy at z &gt; 0.5. This See Change sample of SNe Ia with multi-colour light curves will be the largest to date at these redshifts. As part of the See Change programme, we obtained ground-based spectroscopy of each discovered transient and/or its host galaxy. Here, we present Very Large Telescope (VLT) spectra of See Change transient host galaxies, deriving their redshifts, and host parameters such as stellar mass and star formation rate. Of the 39 See Change transients/hosts that were observed with the VLT, we successfully determined the redshift for 26, including 15 SNe Ia at z &gt; 0.97. We show that even in passive environments, it is possible to recover secure redshifts for the majority of SN hosts out to z = 1.5. We find that with typical exposure times of 3−4 h on an 8-m-class telescope we can recover ∼75 per cent of SN Ia redshifts in the range of 0.97 &lt; z &lt; 1.5. Furthermore, we show that the combination of HST photometry and VLT spectroscopy is able to provide estimates of host galaxy stellar mass that are sufficiently accurate for use in a mass-step correction in the cosmological analysis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (3) ◽  
pp. 3273-3296
Author(s):  
Jonathan Florez ◽  
Shardha Jogee ◽  
Sydney Sherman ◽  
Matthew L Stevans ◽  
Steven L Finkelstein ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We investigate the relation between active galactic nucleus (AGN) and star formation (SF) activity at 0.5 &lt; z &lt; 3 by analysing 898 galaxies with X-ray luminous AGNs (LX &gt; 1044 erg s−1) and a large comparison sample of ∼320 000 galaxies without X-ray luminous AGNs. Our samples are selected from a large (11.8 deg2) area in Stripe 82 that has multiwavelength (X-ray to far-IR) data. The enormous comoving volume (∼0.3 Gpc3) at 0.5 &lt; z &lt; 3 minimizes the effects of cosmic variance and captures a large number of massive galaxies (∼30 000 galaxies with M* &gt; 1011 M⊙) and X-ray luminous AGNs. While many galaxy studies discard AGN hosts, we fit the SED of galaxies with and without X-ray luminous AGNs with Code Investigating GALaxy Emission and include AGN emission templates. We find that without this inclusion, stellar masses and star formation rates (SFRs) in AGN host galaxies can be overestimated, on average, by factors of up to ∼5 and ∼10, respectively. The average SFR of galaxies with X-ray luminous AGNs is higher by a factor of ∼3–10 compared to galaxies without X-ray luminous AGNs at fixed stellar mass and redshift, suggesting that high SFRs and high AGN X-ray luminosities may be fuelled by common mechanisms. The vast majority ($\gt 95 {{\ \rm per\ cent}}$) of galaxies with X-ray luminous AGNs at z = 0.5−3 do not show quenched SF: this suggests that if AGN feedback quenches SF, the associated quenching process takes a significant time to act and the quenched phase sets in after the highly luminous phases of AGN activity.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S295) ◽  
pp. 321-321
Author(s):  
X. Shao ◽  
Y. C. Liang ◽  
M. Dennefeld ◽  
X. Y. Chen ◽  
G. H. Zhong ◽  
...  

AbstractWe study and compare the stellar populations of host galaxies of different types of supernovae (SNe): SN Ia and core collapse SN (SN II and SN Ibc) at the same time. The 234 sample galaxies are selected by cross-matching the Asiago Supernova Catalogue (ASC) and the SDSS-DR7 main galaxy sample (MGS). The STARLIGHT software is used to analyze their stellar populations by fitting the continua and absorption lines of the hosts.


2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Hong-Xuan Zhang ◽  
Yan-Mei Chen ◽  
Yong Shi ◽  
Min Bao ◽  
Xiao-Ling Yu

Abstract We crossmatch galaxies from Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory with the Open Supernova Catalog, obtaining a total of 132 SNe within MaNGA bundle. These 132 SNe can be classified into 67 Type Ia and 65 Type CC. We study the global and local properties of supernova host galaxies statistically. Type Ia SNe are distributed in both star-forming galaxies and quiescent galaxies, while Type CC SNe are all distributed along the star-forming main sequence. As the stellar mass increases, the Type Ia/CC number ratio increases. We find: (1) there is no obvious difference in the interaction possibilities and environments between Type Ia SN hosts and a control sample of galaxies with similar stellar mass and SFR distributions, except that Type Ia SNe tend to appear in galaxies which are more bulge-dominated than their controls. For Type CC SNe, there is no difference between their hosts and the control galaxies in galaxy morphology, interaction possibilities as well as environments; (2) compared to galaxy centers, the SN locations have smaller velocity dispersion, lower metallicity, and younger stellar population. This is a natural result of radius gradients for all these parameters. The SN location and its symmetrical position relative to the galaxy center, as well as regions with similar effective radii have very similar [Mg/Fe], gas-phase metallicity, gas velocity dispersion and stellar population age.


Author(s):  
Kexin Guo ◽  
Luca Cortese ◽  
Danail Obreschkow ◽  
Barbara Catinella ◽  
Jesse van de Sande ◽  
...  

Abstract We use the complete Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI) Galaxy Survey to determine the contribution of slow rotators, as well as different types of fast rotators, to the stellar mass function of galaxies in the local Universe. We use stellar kinematics not only to discriminate between fast and slow rotators, but also to distinguish between dynamically cold systems (i.e., consistent with intrinsic axis ratios<0.3) and systems including a prominent dispersion-supported bulge. We show that fast rotators account for more than $80\%$ of the stellar mass budget of nearby galaxies, confirming that their number density overwhelms that of slow rotators at almost all masses from 109 to 1011.5M⊙. Most importantly, dynamically cold disks contribute to at least $25\%$ of the stellar mass budget of the local Universe, significantly higher than what is estimated from visual morphology alone. For stellar masses up to 1010.5M⊙, this class makes up $>=30\%$ of the galaxy population in each stellar mass bin. The fact that many galaxies that are visually classified as having two-components have stellar spin consistent with dynamically cold disks suggests that the inner component is either rotationally-dominated (e.g., bar, pseudo-bulge) or has little effect on the global stellar kinematics of galaxies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 923 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Serena A. Cronin ◽  
Dyas Utomo ◽  
Adam K. Leroy ◽  
Erica A. Behrens ◽  
Jérémy Chastenet ◽  
...  

Abstract We characterize the local (2 kpc sized) environments of Type Ia, II, and Ib/c supernovae (SNe) that have recently occurred in nearby (d ≲ 50 Mpc) galaxies. Using ultraviolet (UV; from Galaxy Evolution Explorer) and infrared (IR; from Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) maps of 359 galaxies and a sample of 472 SNe, we measure the star formation rate surface density (ΣSFR) and stellar mass surface density (Σ⋆) in a 2 kpc beam centered on each SN site. We show that core-collapse SNe are preferentially located along the resolved galactic star-forming main sequence, whereas Type Ia SNe are extended to lower values of ΣSFR at fixed Σ⋆, indicative of locations inside quiescent galaxies or quiescent regions of galaxies. We also test how well the radial distribution of each SN type matches the radial distributions of UV and IR light in each host galaxy. We find that, to first order, the distributions of all types of SNe mirror those of both near-IR light (3.4 and 4.5 μm, tracing the stellar mass distribution) and mid-IR light (12 and 22 μm, tracing emission from hot, small grains), and also resemble our best-estimate ΣSFR. All types of SNe appear more radially concentrated than the UV emission of their host galaxies. In more detail, the distributions of Type II SNe show small statistical differences from those of near-IR light. We attribute this overall structural uniformity to the fact that within any individual galaxy, ΣSFR and Σ⋆ track one another well, with variations in ΣSFR/Σ⋆ most visible when comparing between galaxies.


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