HYDROGEN-POOR SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE AND LONG-DURATION GAMMA-RAY BURSTS HAVE SIMILAR HOST GALAXIES

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作者
Lunnan, R. [1 ]
Chornock, R. [1 ]
Berger, E. [1 ]
Laskar, T. [1 ]
Fong, W. [1 ]
Rest, A. [2 ]
Sanders, N. E. [1 ]
Challis, P. M. [1 ]
Drout, M. R. [1 ]
Foley, R. J. [1 ,3 ,4 ]
Huber, M. E. [5 ]
Kirshner, R. P. [1 ]
Leibler, C. [1 ,6 ]
Marion, G. H. [1 ]
McCrum, M.
Milisavljevic, D. [1 ]
Narayan, G. [1 ]
Scolnic, D. [8 ]
Smartt, S. J. [7 ]
Smith, K. W. [7 ]
Soderberg, A. M. [1 ]
Tonry, J. L. [5 ]
Burgett, W. S. [5 ]
Chambers, K. C. [5 ]
Flewelling, H. [5 ]
Hodapp, K. W. [5 ]
Kaiser, N. [5 ]
Magnier, E. A. [5 ]
Price, P. A. [9 ]
Wainscoat, R. J. [5 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Astron, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[4] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[5] Univ Hawaii, Inst Astron, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[6] UCSC, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[7] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Math & Phys, Astrophys Res Ctr, Belfast BT7, Antrim, North Ireland
[8] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[9] Princeton Univ, Dept Astrophys Sci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
galaxies: abundances; galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: star formation; supernovae: general; MASS-METALLICITY RELATION; CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE; DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; PULSATIONAL PAIR-INSTABILITY; LIGHT CURVES; LUMINOUS SUPERNOVA; IC SUPERNOVAE; ULTRALUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE; PAN-STARRS1; DISCOVERY; INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/787/2/138
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present optical spectroscopy and optical/near-IR photometry of 31 host galaxies of hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe), including 15 events from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. Our sample spans the redshift range 0.1 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 1.6, and is the first comprehensive host galaxy study of this specific subclass of cosmic explosions. Combining the multi-band photometry and emission-line measurements, we determine the luminosities, stellar masses, star formation rates, and metallicities. We find that, as a whole, the hosts of SLSNe are a low-luminosity (< M-B > approximate to -17.3 mag), low stellar mass (< M-*> approximate to 2 x 10(8) M-circle dot) population, with a high median specific star formation rate (< sSFR > approximate to 2Gyr(-1)). The median metallicity of our spectroscopic sample is low, 12 + log(O/H) approximate to 8.35 approximate to 0.45Z(circle dot), although at least one host galaxy has solar metallicity. The host galaxies of H-poor SLSNe are statistically distinct from the hosts of GOODS core-collapse SNe (which cover a similar redshift range), but resemble the host galaxies of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) in terms of stellar mass, SFR, sSFR, and metallicity. This result indicates that the environmental causes leading to massive stars forming either SLSNe or LGRBs are similar, and in particular that SLSNe are more effectively formed in low metallicity environments. We speculate that the key ingredient is large core angular momentum, leading to a rapidly spinning magnetar in SLSNe and an accreting black hole in LGRBs.
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