Constraining Type Ia Supernova Delay Time with Spatially Resolved Star Formation Histories
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2021-11-24 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
We present the delay time distribution (DTD) estimates of Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) using spatially resolved SN~Ia host galaxy spectra from MUSE and MaNGA. By employing a grouping algorithm based on k-means and earth mover's distances (EMD), we separated the host galaxy star formation histories (SFHs) into spatially distinct regions and used maximum likelihood method to constrain the DTD of SNe Ia progenitors. When a power-law model of the form is used, we found an SN rate decay slope and a delay time . Moreover, we tested other DTD models such as a broken power law model and a two-component power law model, and found no statistically significant support to these alternative models.
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@article{arxiv.2101.06242,
title = {Constraining Type Ia Supernova Delay Time with Spatially Resolved Star Formation Histories},
author = {Xingzhuo Chen and Lei Hu and Lifan Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.06242},
year = {2021}
}
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18 pages, 12 figures. Gesa