TY - JOUR
T1 - JWST Spectroscopy of SN H0pe
T2 - Classification and Time Delays of a Triply Imaged Type Ia Supernova at z = 1.78
AU - Chen, Wenlei
AU - Kelly, Patrick L.
AU - Frye, Brenda L.
AU - Pierel, Justin
AU - Willner, S. P.
AU - Pascale, Massimo
AU - Cohen, Seth H.
AU - Conselice, Christopher J.
AU - Engesser, Michael
AU - Furtak, Lukas J.
AU - Gilman, Daniel
AU - Grogin, Norman A.
AU - Huber, Simon
AU - Jha, Saurabh W.
AU - Johansson, Joel
AU - Koekemoer, Anton M.
AU - Larison, Conor
AU - Meena, Ashish K.
AU - Siebert, Matthew R.
AU - Windhorst, Rogier A.
AU - Yan, Haojing
AU - Zitrin, Adi
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
PY - 2024/8/1
Y1 - 2024/8/1
N2 - SN H0pe is a triply imaged supernova (SN) at redshift z = 1.78 discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope. In order to classify the SN spectroscopically and measure the relative time delays of its three images (designated A, B, and C), we acquired NIRSpec follow-up spectroscopy spanning 0.6-5 μm. From the high signal-to-noise spectra of the two bright images B and C, we first classify the SN, whose spectra most closely match those of SN 1994D and SN 2013dy, as a Type Ia SN. We identify prominent blueshifted absorption features corresponding to Si ii λ6355 and Ca ii H λ3970 and K λ3935. We next measure the absolute phases of the three images from our spectra, which allow us to constrain their relative time delays. The absolute phases of the three images, determined by fitting the three spectra to Hsiao07 SN templates, are 6.5 − 1.8 + 2.4 days, 24.3 − 3.9 + 3.9 days, and 50.6 − 15.3 + 16.1 days for the brightest to faintest images. These correspond to relative time delays between Image A and Image B and between Image B and Image C of − 122.3 − 43.8 + 43.7 days and 49.3 − 14.7 + 12.2 days, respectively. The SALT3-NIR model yields phases and time delays consistent with these values. After unblinding, we additionally explored the effect of using Hsiao07 template spectra for simulations through 80 days instead of 60 days past maximum, and found a small (11.5 and 1.0 days, respectively) yet statistically insignificant (∼0.25σ and ∼0.1σ) effect on the inferred image delays.
AB - SN H0pe is a triply imaged supernova (SN) at redshift z = 1.78 discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope. In order to classify the SN spectroscopically and measure the relative time delays of its three images (designated A, B, and C), we acquired NIRSpec follow-up spectroscopy spanning 0.6-5 μm. From the high signal-to-noise spectra of the two bright images B and C, we first classify the SN, whose spectra most closely match those of SN 1994D and SN 2013dy, as a Type Ia SN. We identify prominent blueshifted absorption features corresponding to Si ii λ6355 and Ca ii H λ3970 and K λ3935. We next measure the absolute phases of the three images from our spectra, which allow us to constrain their relative time delays. The absolute phases of the three images, determined by fitting the three spectra to Hsiao07 SN templates, are 6.5 − 1.8 + 2.4 days, 24.3 − 3.9 + 3.9 days, and 50.6 − 15.3 + 16.1 days for the brightest to faintest images. These correspond to relative time delays between Image A and Image B and between Image B and Image C of − 122.3 − 43.8 + 43.7 days and 49.3 − 14.7 + 12.2 days, respectively. The SALT3-NIR model yields phases and time delays consistent with these values. After unblinding, we additionally explored the effect of using Hsiao07 template spectra for simulations through 80 days instead of 60 days past maximum, and found a small (11.5 and 1.0 days, respectively) yet statistically insignificant (∼0.25σ and ∼0.1σ) effect on the inferred image delays.
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U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/ad50a5
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/ad50a5
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 970
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 2
M1 - 102
ER -