SN 2020nlb and SN 2020ue light curves Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Izzo L.
  2. Gall C.
  3. Khetan N.
  4. Earl N.
  5. Hjorth J.
  6. Hoogendam W.B.
  7. Ni Y.Q.,Sedgewick A.
  8. Ward S.M.
  9. Zenati Y.
  10. Auchettl K.
  11. Bhattacharjee S.,Benetti S.
  12. Branchesi M.
  13. Cappellaro E.
  14. Catapano A.
  15. Chambers K.C.,Coulter D.A.
  16. Davis K.W.
  17. Della Valle M.
  18. Dhawan S.
  19. de Boer T.,Dimitriadis G.
  20. Foley R.J.
  21. Fulton M.
  22. Gao H.
  23. Hon W.J.
  24. Huber M.E.,Jones D.O.
  25. Kilpatrick C.D.
  26. Lin C.C.
  27. Lowe T.B.
  28. Magnier E.A.
  29. Mandel K.S.,Margutti R.
  30. Narayan G.
  31. Ochner P.
  32. Pan Y.C.
  33. Reguitti A.
  34. Rojas-Bravo C.,Siebert M.
  35. Smartt S.J.
  36. Smith K.W.
  37. Srivastav S.
  38. Swift J.J.
  39. Taggart K.,Terreran G.
  40. Thorp S.
  41. Tomasella L.
  42. Wainscoat R.J.
  43. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are among the most precise cosmological distance indicators used to study the expansion history of the Universe. The vast increase of SN Ia data due to large-scale astrophysical surveys has led to the discovery of a wide variety of SN Ia sub-classes, such as transitional and fast-declining SNe Ia. However, their distinct photometric and spectroscopic properties differentiate them from the population of normal SNe Ia such that their use as cosmological tools remains challenged. Here, we present a high-cadenced photometric and spectroscopic dataset of two SNe Ia, SNe 2020ue and 2020nlb, which were discovered in the nearby Virgo cluster of galaxies. Our study shows that SN 2020nlb is a normal SN Ia whose unusually red color is intrinsic, arising from a lower photospheric temperature rather than interstellar reddening, providing clear evidence that color diversity among normal SNe Ia can have a physical origin. In contrast, SN 2020ue has photometric properties, such as color evolution and light-curve decay rate, similar to those of transitional SNe, spectroscopically it is more aligned with normal SNe Ia. This is evident from spectroscopic indicators such as the pseudo-equivalent width of Si ii lines. Thus, such SNe Ia that are photometrically at the edge of the standard normal SNe Ia range may be missed in cosmological SNe Ia samples. Our results highlight that spectroscopic analysis of SNe Ia around peak brightness is crucial for identifying intrinsic color variations and constructing a more complete and physically homogeneous SN Ia

Keywords
  1. supernovae
  2. infrared-photometry
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. broad-band-photometry
  5. sloan-photometry
  6. ultraviolet-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2026A&A...706A.381I
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/706/A381
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier/bc-p2/ldib

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History

2026-02-23T09:29:42Z
Resource record created
2026-02-23T09:29:42Z
Created
2026-02-25T08:51:23Z
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