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Low-luminosity Type IIP Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe. I. Luminosity Function, Volumetric Rate

April 2025 • 2025PASP..137d4203D

Authors • Das, Kaustav K. • Kasliwal, Mansi M. • Fremling, Christoffer • Sollerman, Jesper • Perley, Daniel A. • De, Kishalay • Tzanidakis, Anastasios • Sit, Tawny • Adams, Scott • Anand, Shreya • Ahumuda, Tomas • Andreoni, Igor • Brennan, Seán • Brink, Thomas • Bruch, Rachel J. • Chen, Ping • Chu, Matthew R. • Cook, David O. • Covarrubias, Sofia • Dahiwale, Aishwarya • Earley, Nicholas • Ho, Anna Y. Q. • Gal-Yam, Avishay • Gangopadhyay, Anjasha • Hammerstein, Erica • Hinds, K. -Ryan • Karambelkar, Viraj • Kong, Yihan • Kulkarni, S. R. • Jegou du Laz, Theophile • Liu, Chang • Meynardie, William • Miller, Adam A. • Nir, Guy • Patra, Kishore C. • Pessi, Priscila J. • Rich, R. Michael • Rehemtulla, Nabeel • Rose, Sam • Rusholme, Ben • Schulze, Steve • Sharma, Yashvi • Singh, Avinash • Smith, Roger • Stein, Robert • Mandigo-Stoba, Milan Sharma • Strotjohann, Nora L. • Qin, Yu-Jing • Wise, Jacob • Wold, Avery • Yan, Lin • Yang, Yi • Yao, Yuhan • Zimmerman, Erez

Abstract • We present the luminosity function and volumetric rate of a sample of Type IIP supernovae (SNe) from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe survey (CLU). This is the largest sample of Type IIP SNe from a systematic volume-limited survey to-date. The final sample includes 330 Type IIP SNe and 36 low-luminosity Type II (LLIIP) SNe with Mr,peak > ‑16 mag, which triples the literature sample of LLIIP SNe. The fraction of LLIIP SNe is of the total CLU Type IIP SNe population ( of all core-collapse SNe). This implies that while LLIIP SNe likely represent the fate of core-collapse SNe of 8–12 M progenitors, they alone cannot account for the fate of all massive stars in this mass range. To derive an absolute rate, we estimate the ZTF pipeline efficiency as a function of the apparent magnitude and the local surface brightness. We derive a volumetric rate of for Type IIP SNe and for LLIIP SNe. Now that the rate of LLIIP SNe is robustly derived, the unresolved discrepancy between core-collapse SN rates and star formation rates cannot be explained by LLIIP SNe alone.

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