1112.0439 (G. A. Tammann et al.)

The supernova Ia 2011fe in M101, its tip of the red-giant branch (TRGB) distance, and the value of H_0    [PDF]

G. A. Tammann, B. Reindl

The light curve parameters of the normal type Ia SN2011fe are derived from the rich archive of the AAVSO. This leads, together with the TRGB distance modulus of (m-M) = 29.39 +/- 0.05 of the parent galaxy M101, to maximum magnitudes of the unreddened SN of M_B = -19.45 +/- 0.08, M_V = -19.46 +/- 0.08, and M_I = -19.25 +/- 0.06 (for the standard decline rate of Delta m_15 = 1.1). When these values are inserted into the Hubble line defined by 62 SNe Ia with 3000 < v < 20,000 km/s - and considering also four other SNe Ia with TRGB distances - one obtains a large-scale value of the Hubble constant of H_0 = 64.3 +/- 1.9 +/- 3.2. This value can be much improved in the future by using only TRGB distances of SNe Ia.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0439