ZTF SN Ia DR2: Properties of the low-mass host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae in a volume-limited sample

Abstract

In this study, we explore the characteristics of `low-mass' ($\log (M_{\star }/M_{\odot })\le 8$) and `intermediate-mass' ($8<\log (M_{\star }/M_{\odot })\le 10$) host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the second data release (DR2) of the Zwicky Transient Facility survey and investigate their correlations with different sub-types of SNe Ia. We use the photospheric velocities measured from the Si II $\lambda$6355 feature, SALT2 light-curve stretch ($x_1$) and host-galaxy properties of SNe Ia to re-investigate the existing relationship between host galaxy mass and Si II $\lambda$6355 velocities. We also investigate sub-type preferences for host populations and show that while the more energetic and brighter 91T-like SNe Ia tends to populate the younger host populations, 91bg-like SNe Ia populate in the older populations. Our findings suggest High Velocity SNe Ia (HV SNe Ia) not only comes from the older populations but they also come from young populations as well. Therefore, while our findings can partially provide support for HV SNe Ia relating to single degenerate progenitor models, they indicate that HV SNe Ia other than being a different population, might be a continued distribution with different explosion mechanisms. We lastly investigate the specific rate of SNe Ia in the volume-limited SN Ia sample of DR2 and compare with other surveys.

13 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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