Analysis of Nearby Supernova Factory Type Ia Spectra with SYNAPPS: Maximum-Light Sample
Abstract
We present a preliminary study of absorption features in the maximum-light spectra of 68 Type Ia supernovae. These spectra are a subset of spectrophotometric time series obtained by the Nearby Supernovae Factory using the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS). To extract ion signatures - strengths and velocities - from these absorption features we use the automated parameterized direct spectroscopic analysis code SYNAPPS. Trends in ion signatures as a function of spectroscopic sub-classification, photometric properties, and host galaxy stellar environment are considered. A new and experimental aspect of our approach is uncertainty quantification for SYNAPPS and calibration of its model inadequacy as a function of wavelength (for Type Ia supernovae near maximum light) using the Nearby Supernova Factory as a training sample. With further development and extension to other phases, this information could be used as a pre-processing step for SYNAPPS fitting, or it could be directly incorporated into SYNAPPS itself.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #223
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014AAS...22335403S