JWST Spectroscopy of SN H0pe: Classification and Time Delays of a Triply-imaged Type Ia Supernova at z = 1.78

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Main Authors: Chen, Wenlei, Kelly, Patrick L., Frye, Brenda L., Pierel, Justin, Willner, S. P., Pascale, Massimo, Cohen, Seth H., Conselice, Christopher J., Engesser, Michael, Furtak, Lukas J., Gilman, Daniel, Grogin, Norman A., Huber, Simon, Jha, Saurabh W., Johansson, Joel, Koekemoer, Anton M., Larison, Conor, Meena, Ashish K., Siebert, Matthew R., Windhorst, Rogier A., Yan, Haojing, Zitrin, Adi
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author Chen, Wenlei
Kelly, Patrick L.
Frye, Brenda L.
Pierel, Justin
Willner, S. P.
Pascale, Massimo
Cohen, Seth H.
Conselice, Christopher J.
Engesser, Michael
Furtak, Lukas J.
Gilman, Daniel
Grogin, Norman A.
Huber, Simon
Jha, Saurabh W.
Johansson, Joel
Koekemoer, Anton M.
Larison, Conor
Meena, Ashish K.
Siebert, Matthew R.
Windhorst, Rogier A.
Yan, Haojing
Zitrin, Adi
author_facet Chen, Wenlei
Kelly, Patrick L.
Frye, Brenda L.
Pierel, Justin
Willner, S. P.
Pascale, Massimo
Cohen, Seth H.
Conselice, Christopher J.
Engesser, Michael
Furtak, Lukas J.
Gilman, Daniel
Grogin, Norman A.
Huber, Simon
Jha, Saurabh W.
Johansson, Joel
Koekemoer, Anton M.
Larison, Conor
Meena, Ashish K.
Siebert, Matthew R.
Windhorst, Rogier A.
Yan, Haojing
Zitrin, Adi
contents SN H0pe is a triply imaged supernova (SN) at redshift $z=1.78$ discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 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 to 5 microns. 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 $\lambda6355$ and Ca II H $\lambda3970$ and K $\lambda3935$. We next measure the absolute phases of the three images from our spectra, which allows 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 $6.5_{-1.8}^{+2.4}$d, $24.3_{-3.9}^{+3.9}$d, and $50.6_{-15.3}^{+16.1}$d 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 $-122.3_{-43.8}^{+43.7}$d and $49.3_{-14.7}^{+12.2}$d, 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 eighty instead of sixty days past maximum, and found a small (11.5 and 1.0 days, respectively) yet statistically insignificant ($\sim$0.25$σ$ and $\sim$0.1$σ$) effect on the inferred image delays.
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spellingShingle JWST Spectroscopy of SN H0pe: Classification and Time Delays of a Triply-imaged Type Ia Supernova at z = 1.78
Chen, Wenlei
Kelly, Patrick L.
Frye, Brenda L.
Pierel, Justin
Willner, S. P.
Pascale, Massimo
Cohen, Seth H.
Conselice, Christopher J.
Engesser, Michael
Furtak, Lukas J.
Gilman, Daniel
Grogin, Norman A.
Huber, Simon
Jha, Saurabh W.
Johansson, Joel
Koekemoer, Anton M.
Larison, Conor
Meena, Ashish K.
Siebert, Matthew R.
Windhorst, Rogier A.
Yan, Haojing
Zitrin, Adi
Astrophysics of Galaxies
SN H0pe is a triply imaged supernova (SN) at redshift $z=1.78$ discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 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 to 5 microns. 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 $\lambda6355$ and Ca II H $\lambda3970$ and K $\lambda3935$. We next measure the absolute phases of the three images from our spectra, which allows 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 $6.5_{-1.8}^{+2.4}$d, $24.3_{-3.9}^{+3.9}$d, and $50.6_{-15.3}^{+16.1}$d 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 $-122.3_{-43.8}^{+43.7}$d and $49.3_{-14.7}^{+12.2}$d, 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 eighty instead of sixty days past maximum, and found a small (11.5 and 1.0 days, respectively) yet statistically insignificant ($\sim$0.25$σ$ and $\sim$0.1$σ$) effect on the inferred image delays.
title JWST Spectroscopy of SN H0pe: Classification and Time Delays of a Triply-imaged Type Ia Supernova at z = 1.78
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19029