Cosmological Parameters From Supernovae Associated With Gamma-ray Bursts

Abstract

We report estimates of the cosmological parameters $Ω_m$ and $Ω_Λ$ obtained using supernovae (SNe) associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) at redshifts up to 0.606. Eight high-fidelity GRB-SNe with well-sampled light curves across the peak are used. We correct their peak magnitudes for a luminosity-decline rate relation to turn them into accurate standard candles with dispersion $σ= 0.18$ mag. We also estimate the peculiar velocity of the low-redshift host galaxy of SN 1998bw, using constrained cosmological simulations. In a flat universe, the resulting Hubble diagram leads to best-fit cosmological parameters of $(Ω_m, Ω_Λ) = (0.58^{+0.22}_{-0.25},0.42 ^{+0.25}_{-0.22})$. This exploratory study suggests that GRB-SNe can potentially be used as standardizable candles to high redshifts to measure distances in the universe and constrain cosmological parameters.

7 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJL