Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardization of Type Ia supernovae

M. Dixon; C. Lidman; J. Mould; L. Kelsey; D. Brout; A. Möller; P. Wiseman; M. Sullivan; L. Galbany; T. M. Davis; M. Vincenzi; D. Scolnic; G. F. Lewis; M. Smith; R. Kessler; A. Duffy; E. N. Taylor; C. Flynn; T. M.C. Abbott; M. Aguena; S. Allam; F. Andrade-Oliveira; J. Annis; J. Asorey; E. Bertin; S. Bocquet; D. Brooks; D. L. Burke; A. Carnero Rosell; D. Carollo; M. Carrasco Kind; J. Carretero; M. Costanzi; L. N. Da Costa; M. E.S. Pereira; P. Doel; S. Everett; I. Ferrero; B. Flaugher; D. Friedel; J. Frieman; J. Garcia-Bellido; M. Gatti; D. W. Gerdes; K. Glazebrook; D. Gruen; J. Gschwend; G. Gutierrez; S. R. Hinton; D. L. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; D. Huterer; D. J. James; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; U. Malik; M. March; F. Menanteau; R. Miquel; R. Morgan; B. Nichol; R. L.C. Ogando; A. Palmese; F. Paz-Chinchón; A. Pieres; A. A. Plazas Malagón; M. Rodriguez-Monroy; A. K. Romer; E. Sanchez; V. Scarpine; I. Sevilla-Noarbe; M. Soares-Santos; E. Suchyta; G. Tarle; C. To; B. E. Tucker; D. L. Tucker; T. N. Varga

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Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardization of Type Ia supernovae

M. Dixon, C. Lidman, J. Mould, L. Kelsey, D. Brout, A. Möller, P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, L. Galbany, T. M. Davis, M. Vincenzi, D. Scolnic, G. F. Lewis, M. Smith, R. Kessler, A. Duffy, E. N. Taylor, C. Flynn, T. M.C. Abbott, M. AguenaS. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, J. Asorey, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, D. Carollo, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, M. Costanzi, L. N. Da Costa, M. E.S. Pereira, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. Garcia-Bellido, M. Gatti, D. W. Gerdes, K. Glazebrook, D. Gruen, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. Huterer, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, U. Malik, M. March, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, B. Nichol, R. L.C. Ogando, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, A. K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, C. To, B. E. Tucker, D. L. Tucker, T. N. Varga

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We use stacked spectra of the host galaxies of photometrically identified Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) to search for correlations between Hubble diagram residuals and the spectral properties of the host galaxies. Utilizing full spectrum fitting techniques on stacked spectra binned by Hubble residual, we find no evidence for trends between Hubble residuals and properties of the host galaxies that rely on spectral absorption features (<1.3σ), such as stellar population age, metallicity, and mass-to-light ratio. However, we find significant trends between the Hubble residuals and the strengths of [O ii] (4.4σ) and the Balmer emission lines (3σ). These trends are weaker than the well-known trend between Hubble residuals and host galaxy stellar mass (7.2σ) that is derived from broad-band photometry. After light-curve corrections, we see fainter SNe Ia residing in galaxies with larger line strengths. We also find a trend (3σ) between Hubble residual and the Balmer decrement (a measure of reddening by dust) using H β and H γ. The trend, quantified by correlation coefficients, is slightly more significant in the redder SNe Ia, suggesting that the bluer SNe Ia are relatively unaffected by dust in the interstellar medium of the host and that dust contributes to current Hubble diagram scatter impacting the measurement of cosmological parameters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4291-4304
Number of pages	14
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	517
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2994
State	Published - Dec 1 2022

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The DES data management system is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers AST-1138766 and AST-1536171. The DES participants from Spanish institutions are partially supported by MICINN under grants ESP2017-89838, PGC2018-094773, PGC2018-102021, SEV-2016-0588, SEV-2016- 0597, and MDM-2015-0509, some of which include ERDF funds from the European Union. IFAE is partially funded by the CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Se venth Frame work Program (FP7/2007-2013) including ERC grant agreements 240672, 291329, and 306478. We acknowledge support from the Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia (INCT) do e-Universo (CNPq grant 465376/2014-2).

Funders	Funder number
Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia
National Science Foundation	AST-1138766, AST-1536171
European Commission
European Research Council	FP7/2007-2013, 240672, 306478, 291329
Generalitat de Catalunya
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico	465376/2014-2
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación	SEV-2016-0588, MDM-2015-0509, SEV-2016- 0597, PGC2018-094773, PGC2018-102021, ESP2017-89838
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia para Excitotoxicidade e Neuroproteção
European Regional Development Fund

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cosmology: observations
galaxies: general
surveys

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Dixon, M., Lidman, C., Mould, J., Kelsey, L., Brout, D., Möller, A., Wiseman, P., Sullivan, M., Galbany, L., Davis, T. M., Vincenzi, M., Scolnic, D., Lewis, G. F., Smith, M., Kessler, R., Duffy, A., Taylor, E. N., Flynn, C., Abbott, T. M. C., ... Varga, T. N. (2022). Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardization of Type Ia supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(3), 4291-4304. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2994

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