Table · dataset · 2017
Sample SNRs for M31 and M33
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Using Hubble Space Telescope photometry to measure star formation histories, we age-date the stellar populations surrounding supernova remnants (SNRs) in M31 and M33.
Description
We then apply stellar evolution models to the ages to infer the corresponding masses for their supernova progenitor stars. We analyze 33 M33 SNR progenitors and 29 M31 SNR progenitors in this work.
We then combine these measurements with 53 previously published M31 SNR progenitor measurements to bring our total number of progenitor mass estimates to 115. To quantify the mass distributions, we fit power laws of the form dN/dM{prop.to}M^-{alpha}^. Our new larger sample of M31 progenitors follows a distribution with {alpha}=4.4_-0.4_^+0.4^, and the M33 sample follows a distribution with {alpha}=3.8_-0.5_^+0.4^.
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Thus both samples are consistent within the uncertainties, and the full sample across both galaxies gives {alpha}=4.2_-0.3_^+0.3^. Both the individual and full distributions display a paucity of massive stars when compared to a Salpeter initial mass function, which we would expect to observe if all massive stars exploded as SN that leave behind observable SNR. If we instead fix {alpha}=2.35 and treat the maximum mass as a free parameter, we find M_max_~35-45 M_{sun}_, indicative of a potential maximum cutoff mass for SN production.
Our results suggest that either SNR surveys are biased against finding objects in the youngest (<10 Myr old) regions, or the highest mass stars do not produce SNe.
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Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/795/170 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2014ApJ...795..170J ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...795..170J ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
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- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/apj/795/170 ↗
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Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Astronomical sciences 72%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/apj/795/170 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5101 | enrichment · IVOA Registry | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (72%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
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