The Masses of Supernova Remnant Progenitors in M33

Abstract

Using resolved optical stellar photometry from the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury Triangulum Extended Region (PHATTER) survey, we measured the star formation history (SFH) near the position of 85 supernova remnants (SNRs) in M33. We constrained the progenitor masses for 60 of these SNRs, finding the remaining 25 remnants had no local SF in the last 56 Myr consistent with core-collapse SNe (CCSNe), making them potential Type Ia candidates. We then infer a progenitor mass distribution from the age distribution, assuming single star evolution. We find that the progenitor mass distribution is consistent with being drawn from a power-law with an index of $-2.9_{-1.0}^{+1.2}$. Additionally, we infer a minimum progenitor mass of $7.1_{-0.2}^{+0.1}{M}_{\odot }$ from this sample, consistent with several previous studies, providing further evidence that stars with ages older than the lifetimes of single 8 $M_{\odot }$ stars are producing supernovae.

20 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, Accepted at ApJ

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