Аннотация
We present the discovery and measurements of a gravitationally lensed
supernova (SN) behind the galaxy cluster MOO J1014+0038. Based on multi-band
Hubble Space Telescope and Very Large Telescope (VLT) photometry and
spectroscopy, we find a 99% probability that this SN is a SN Ia, and a 1%
chance of a CC SN. Our typing algorithm combines the shape and color of the
light curve with the expected rates of each SN type in the host galaxy. With a
redshift of 2.2216, this is the highest redshift SN Ia discovered with a
spectroscopic host-galaxy redshift. A further distinguishing feature is that
the lensing cluster, at redshift 1.23, is the most distant to date to have an
amplified SN. The SN lies in the middle of the color and light-curve shape
distributions found at lower redshift, disfavoring strong evolution to z =
2.22. We estimate an amplification of 2.8+0.6-0.5 (1.10+-0.23 mag)---compatible
with the value estimated from the weak-lensing-derived mass and the
mass-concentration relation from LambdaCDM simulations---making it the most
amplified SN Ia discovered behind a galaxy cluster.
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