The infrared light curve of SN 2011fe in M101 and the distance to M101
Matheson, T.; Joyce, R.R.; Allen, L.E.; Saha, A.; Silva, D.R.; Wood-Vasey, W.M.; Adams, J.J.; Anderson, R.E.; Beck, T.L.; Bentz, M.C.; Bershady, M.A.; Binkert, W.S.; Butler, K.; Camarata, M.A.; Eigenbrot, A.; Everett, M.; Gallagher, J.S.; Garnavich, P.M.; Glikman, E.; Harbeck, D.; Hargis, J.R.; Herbst, H.; Horch, E.P.; Howell, S.B.; Jha, S.; Kaczmarek, J.F.; Knezek, P.; Manne-Nicholas, E.; Mathieu, R.D.; Meixner, M.; Milliman, K.; Power, J.; Rajagopal, J.; Reetz, K.; Rhode, K.L.; Schechtman-Rook, A.; Schwamb, M.E.; Schweiker, H.; Simmons, B.; Simon, J.D.; Summers, D.; Young, M.D.; Weyant, A.; Wilcots, E.M.; Will, G.; Williams, D.
Keywords:
galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: individual (M101); supernovae: individual (SN 2011fe)
Date:
2012
Publisher:
The American Astronomical Society
Citation:
Matheson, T., Joyce, R. R., Allen, L. E., Saha, A., Silva, D. R., Wood-Vasey, W. M., . . . Williams, D. (2012). The infrared light curve of SN 2011fe in M101 and the distance to M101. Astrophysical Journal, 754(1), 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/754/1/19
Rights:
© 2012 The American Astronomical Society.
Type:
Article
Abstract:
We present near-infrared light curves of supernova (SN) 2011fe in M101, including 34 epochs in H band starting 14 days before maximum brightness in the B band. The light curve data were obtained with the WIYN High-Resolution Infrared Camera. When the data are calibrated using templates of other Type Ia SNe, we derive an apparent H-band magnitude at the epoch of B-band maximum of 10.85 ± 0.04. This implies a distance modulus for M101 that ranges from 28.86 to 29.17 mag, depending on which absolute calibration for Type Ia SNe is used.
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