Environmental dependence of Type Ia supernova standardization on the local luminosity-weighted age
Abstract
Context. The dependence of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) standardised luminosity on host galaxy properties is a major source of uncertainty in cosmology. As next-generation surveys like LSST and HLTDS reduce statistical uncertainties, cosmological precision will be limited by astrophysical systematics. However, the empirical mass step, an indirect global proxy, may obscure the physical link to the progenitor environment. Aims. We test whether local luminosity-weighted age (LWA), used as a statistical proxy for the age of the stellar population associated with SN Ia progenitors, is more closely related to the physical driver of standardised-luminosity variations than host galaxy mass. Methods. Using SDSS-MaNGA Pipe3D, we extracted local LWA within a 1 kpc aperture for 56 SNe Ia and performed a joint likelihood analysis of local age and mass effects on Hubble residuals. Results. SNe Ia in younger environments are significantly fainter than those in older ones, with a step amplitude of 0.163 mag (5.2 sigma) after standardisation. Global and local mass steps are initially observed (0.071 mag, 2.0 sigma and 0.087 mag, 2.4 sigma), but both become insignificant when age and mass are fitted simultaneously: the global mass step decreases to 0.028 mag (0.9 sigma), while the age step remains robust at 0.156 mag (4.9 sigma). Similarly, the local mass step becomes insignificant (0.012 mag, 0.3 sigma), whereas the age step persists at 0.157 mag (4.4 sigma). The weighted Hubble residual decreases from 0.1550 to 0.1376 mag after introducing the local LWA step. Conclusions. The mass step is substantially reduced when local LWA is included. The inferred dark energy equation of state parameter (w) could be affected by local LWA, highlighting the importance of environmental effects for next-generation SN Ia cosmology.
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BibTeX
@misc{zhang2026environmental,
title = {{Environmental dependence of Type Ia supernova standardization on the local luminosity-weighted age}},
author = {Yuhui Zhang and Xiangcun Meng and Jingxiao Luo and Xiejin Li and Yunkun Han and Fenghui Zhang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2607.09199},
eprint = {2607.09199},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09199},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Environmental dependence of Type Ia supernova standardization on the local luminosity-weighted age
AU - Yuhui Zhang
AU - Xiangcun Meng
AU - Jingxiao Luo
AU - Xiejin Li
AU - Yunkun Han
AU - Fenghui Zhang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/11
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2607.09199
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09199
AB - Context. The dependence of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) standardised luminosity on host galaxy properties is a major source of uncertainty in cosmology. As next-generation surveys like LSST and HLTDS reduce statistical uncertainties, cosmological precision will be limited by astrophysical systematics. However, the empirical mass step, an indirect global proxy, may obscure the physical link to the progenitor environment. Aims. We test whether local luminosity-weighted age (LWA), used as a statistical proxy for the age of the stellar population associated with SN Ia progenitors, is more closely related to the physical driver of standardised-luminosity variations than host galaxy mass. Methods. Using SDSS-MaNGA Pipe3D, we extracted local LWA within a 1 kpc aperture for 56 SNe Ia and performed a joint likelihood analysis of local age and mass effects on Hubble residuals. Results. SNe Ia in younger environments are significantly fainter than those in older ones, with a step amplitude of 0.163 mag (5.2 sigma) after standardisation. Global and local mass steps are initially observed (0.071 mag, 2.0 sigma and 0.087 mag, 2.4 sigma), but both become insignificant when age and mass are fitted simultaneously: the global mass step decreases to 0.028 mag (0.9 sigma), while the age step remains robust at 0.156 mag (4.9 sigma). Similarly, the local mass step becomes insignificant (0.012 mag, 0.3 sigma), whereas the age step persists at 0.157 mag (4.4 sigma). The weighted Hubble residual decreases from 0.1550 to 0.1376 mag after introducing the local LWA step. Conclusions. The mass step is substantially reduced when local LWA is included. The inferred dark energy equation of state parameter (w) could be affected by local LWA, highlighting the importance of environmental effects for next-generation SN Ia cosmology.
ER -