Re: Your fit

From: Andy Howell (DAHowell@lbl.gov)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 17:14:37 PDT

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    Lifan,
    The first plot on the page isn't a fit -- it is just comparing the
    spectrum to a Ia using Isobel's program,
    something I did years ago. I didn't have a large library of SNe to
    compare it to.

    You are right that I should have made the comparison using rest-frame
    days, not actual days.
    Interestingly, the +7d fit came in just under the +11d fit in my
    program, but within the errors,
    both are just as good (the spectrum doesn't change that much over those
    4d). Actually, you could
    argue that the +7d fit looks better to the eye. I posted it here:
    http://panisse.lbl.gov/collab/data/spec/homesp/eso_mar98/reduc_tel/andynotes.html

    The date of max is from Rob's web page:
    http://brahms.phy.vanderbilt.edu/~rknop/scp/hst/

    At the bottom of the page, it is in supernovae.dat
    -Andy

    Lifan Wang wrote:

    >>-- Just to erase any doubt I refit it with my program. My best match
    >>is to SN 1992A at +11d.
    >>This agrees perfectly with the epoch determined from the light curve.
    >>The date of max was
    >>MJD=50889. The spectrum was taken on 50900. You can see my fit, which
    >>accounts for
    >>every significant wiggle,
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I found quite a change of the date of max from your old and new fits. In fact,
    >your latest spectroscopic dating is inconsistent with the l.c. if you take
    >into account the redshift of around 0.5. Instead of been 11 days after max, it
    >should really be 7 days after max.
    >
    >Where did you get the date of max ?
    >
    >Cheers,
    >
    >Lifan
    >
    >
    >



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