Using 1991T/1999aa-like Type Ia Supernovae as Standardizable Candles

Abstract

We present the photometry of 16 91T/99aa-like Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) observed by the Las Cumbres Observatory. We also use an additional set of 21 91T/99aa-like SNe Ia and 87 normal SNe Ia from the literature for an analysis of the standardizability of the luminosity of 91T/99aa-like SNe. We find that 91T/99aa-like SNe are 0.2 mag brighter than normal SNe Ia, even when fully corrected by the light curve shapes and colors. The weighted root-mean-square of 91T/99aa-like SNe (with $z_{CMB}>0.01$) Hubble residuals is $0.25\pm 0.03$ mag, suggesting that 91T/99aa-like SNe are also excellent relative distance indicators to $\pm$12%. We compare the Hubble residuals with the pseudo-equivalent width (pEW) of Si II $\lambda \lambda$6355 around the date of maximum brightness. We find that there is a broken linear correlation in between those two measurements for our sample including both 91T/99aa-like and normal SNe Ia. As the $pE{W}_{max}$(Si II $\lambda \lambda$6355) increasing, the Hubble residual increases when $pE{W}_{max}$(Si II $\lambda \lambda$6355)$<55.6$ Å. However, the Hubble residual stays constant beyond this. Given that 91T/99aa-like SNe possess shallower Si II lines than normal SNe Ia, the linear correlation at $pE{W}_{max}$(Si II $\lambda \lambda$6355)$<55.6$ Å can account for the overall discrepancy of Hubble residuals derived from the two subgroups. Such a systematic effect needs to be taken into account when using SNe Ia to measure luminosity distances.

arXiv comment25 pages, 10 figures, 10 tables, Accepted for publication in ApJ

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