Joseph B. Jensen
Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances for MASSIVE and Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxies*
Jensen, Joseph B.; Blakeslee, John P.; Ma, Chung-Pei; Milne, Peter A.; Brown, Peter J.; Cantiello, Michele; Garnavich, Peter M.; Greene, Jenny E.; Lucey, John R.; Phan, Anh; Tully, R. Brent; Wood, Charlotte M.
Authors
John P. Blakeslee
Chung-Pei Ma
Peter A. Milne
Peter J. Brown
Michele Cantiello
Peter M. Garnavich
Jenny E. Greene
John Lucey john.lucey@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
Anh Phan
R. Brent Tully
Charlotte M. Wood
Abstract
We measured high-quality surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) distances for a sample of 63 massive early-type galaxies using the WFC3/IR camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. The median uncertainty on the SBF distance measurements is 0.085 mag, or 3.9% in distance. Achieving this precision at distances of 50–100 Mpc required significant improvements to the SBF calibration and data analysis procedures for WFC3/IR data. Forty-two of the galaxies are from the MASSIVE Galaxy Survey, a complete sample of massive galaxies within ∼100 Mpc; the SBF distances for these will be used to improve the estimates of the stellar and central supermassive black hole masses in these galaxies. Twenty-four of the galaxies are Type Ia supernova hosts, useful for calibrating SN Ia distances for early-type galaxies and exploring possible systematic trends in the peak luminosities. Our results demonstrate that the SBF method is a powerful and versatile technique for measuring distances to galaxies with evolved stellar populations out to 100 Mpc and constraining the local value of the Hubble constant.
Citation
Jensen, J. B., Blakeslee, J. P., Ma, C.-P., Milne, P. A., Brown, P. J., Cantiello, M., Garnavich, P. M., Greene, J. E., Lucey, J. R., Phan, A., Tully, R. B., & Wood, C. M. (2021). Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances for MASSIVE and Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxies*. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 255(2), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac01e7
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 14, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 27, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-08 |
Deposit Date | Nov 9, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 9, 2021 |
Journal | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |
Print ISSN | 0067-0049 |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4365 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 255 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 21 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac01e7 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1223859 |
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