The Infrared Light Curve of SN 2011fe in M101 and the Distance to M101
Document Type
Journal Article
Role
Author
Published In
Astrophysical Journal
Volume
754
Issue
1
First Page
19
Last Page
25
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
We present near-infrared light curves of supernova (SN) 2011fe in M101, including 34 epochs in H band starting 14 days before maximum brightness in the B band. The light curve data were obtained with the WIYN High-Resolution Infrared Camera. When the data are calibrated using templates of other Type Ia SNe, we derive an apparent H-band magnitude at the epoch ofB-band maximum of 10.85 ± 0.04. This implies a distance modulus for M101 that ranges from 28.86 to 29.17 mag, depending on which absolute calibration for Type Ia SNe is used.
Suggested Citation
T. Matheson, R. R. Joyce, L. E. Allen, A. Saha, D. R. Silva, W. M. Wood-Vasey, J. J. Adams, R. E. Anderson, T. L. Beck, M. C. Bentz, M. A. Bershady, W. S. Binkert, K. Butler, M. A. Camarata, A. Eigenbrot, M. Everett, J. S. Gallagher, P. M. Garnavich, E. Glikman, D. Harbeck, J. R. Hargis, H. Herbst, E. P. Horch, S. B. Howell, S. Jha, J. F. Kaczmarek, P. Knezek, E. Manne-Nicholas, R. D. Mathieu, M. Meixner, K. Milliman, J. Power, J. Rajagopal, K. Reetz, K. L. Rhode, A. Schechtman-Rook, M. E. Schwamb, H. Schweiker, B. Simmons, J. D. Simon, D. Summers, M. D. Young, A. Weyant, E. M. Wilcots, G. Will, and D. Williams. The Infrared Light Curve of SN 2011fe in M101 and the Distance to M101, 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 754, 19.
