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A COLIBRI Photometric Study of SN 2025bvm: A Normal, Slowly Declining Type Ia Supernova

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2026-03-03 v2

Abstract

We present 121 days of multi-band (\Bband, \gband, \rband, \iband) optical photometry of the Type Ia supernova SN 2025bvm, obtained with the COLIBRI telescope at OAN-SPM. The light curves show a photometric decline of Δm15(B)=0.867±0.051\Delta m_{15}(B) = 0.867 \pm 0.051~mag, characteristic of a slow-declining Type Ia supernova. After correcting for host galaxy extinction (E(BV)host=0.308±0.030E(B-V)_{host} = 0.308 \pm 0.030~mag) and adopting a distance of 70~Mpc, we derive a peak absolute magnitude of MB=19.13±0.40M_B = -19.13 \pm 0.40~mag. This luminosity is fully consistent with its slow decline rate, placing SN 2025bvm within the population of normal Type Ia supernovae. We conclude that SN 2025bvm is a normal Type Ia supernova, whose photometric properties, such as a slow late-time decline and a prominent \iband-band secondary maximum, suggest an explosion that resulted in a particularly massive ejecta.

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@article{arxiv.2601.07745,
  title  = {A COLIBRI Photometric Study of SN 2025bvm: A Normal, Slowly Declining Type Ia Supernova},
  author = {Diego Hernando Gonzalez-Buitrago and Maria Teresa Garcia-Diaz and Alberto Emiliano Montoya-Olivo and Sergio Sanchez-Sanjuan and Hector Avila-Mogollon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.07745},
  year   = {2026}
}

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9 pages, 9 figures,