CONFIRMATION OF A STAR FORMATION BIAS IN TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA DISTANCES AND ITS EFFECT ON THE MEASUREMENT OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 802; no. 1; p. 20
• Main Authors: Rigault, M., Aldering, G., Kowalski, M., Copin, Y., Antilogus, P., Aragon, C., Bailey, S., Baltay, C., Baugh, D., Bongard, S., Boone, K., Buton, C., Chen, J., Chotard, N., Fakhouri, H. K., Feindt, U., Fagrelius, P., Fleury, M., Fouchez, D., Gangler, E., Hayden, B., Kim, A. G., Leget, P.-F., Lombardo, S., Nordin, J., Pain, R., Pecontal, E., Pereira, R., Perlmutter, S., Rabinowitz, D., Runge, K., Rubin, D., Saunders, C., Smadja, G., Sofiatti, C., Suzuki, N., Tao, C., Weaver, B. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom American Astronomical Society 20.03.2015
• Subjects: Astrophysics; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; CEPHEIDS; COSMOLOGY; Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics; DISTANCE; Galactic Astrophysics; LUMINOSITY; MILKY WAY; RED SHIFT; RELICT RADIATION; Sciences of the Universe; SPACE; SPECTRA; TELESCOPES; TYPE I SUPERNOVAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

Previously we used the Nearby Supernova Factory sample to show that SNe~Ia having locally star-forming environments are dimmer than SNe~Ia having locally passive environments.Here we use the \constitution\ sample together with host galaxy data from \GALEX\ to independently confirm that result. The e...