Strong Progenitor Age Bias in Supernova Cosmology. III. Progenitor Age as the Physical Origin of the Type Ia Supernova Magnitude Steps with Host Properties
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2026
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Abstract The standardized magnitude of a type Ia supernova (SN Ia) correlates with host-galaxy properties, and a host mass-step correction is now routinely included in SN Ia luminosity standardization. Given that host mass cannot directly influence SN Ia luminosity, the root cause of the step must be another latent parameter associated with host mass. Identifying this driver is essential because different host properties evolve differently with redshift, so corrections based on them can lead to divergent cosmological inferences. In recent years, direct and extensive age measurements have revealed a significant relation between host age and Hubble residual (HR). Here, using a new dataset, we confirm that this relation arises from the age dependence of the SN Ia luminosity standardization process and the resulting overcorrection. Specifically, we show that while the mass-step correction reduces the age bias by about half, the host age-bias correction fully eliminates the mass step, supporting a progenitor-age origin of the host-age–HR relation. We further demonstrate that the SN Ia magnitude steps with host mass (and specific star formation rate; sSFR) emerge from a nonlinear, step-like relation between mass (and sSFR) and progenitor age, combined with a linear progenitor-age–HR relation: the SN Ia magnitude steps are therefore projected manifestations of an underlying dependence on progenitor age. Taken together, our results show that progenitor age is the primary driver of both the strong host-age–HR relation and the apparent host-mass and host-sSFR steps.
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| Authors | Seunghyun Park, Young-Wook Lee, Chul Chung, Suk-Jin Yoon, Junhyuk Son, Hyejeon Cho, Young-Lo Kim |
| Journal | monthly notices of the royal astronomical society |
| Year | 2026 |
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10.1093/mnras/stag935
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