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\shorttitle{A Type Ia SN Behind Abell 2744}
\shortauthors{Rodney et al.}
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\title{Illuminating a Dark Lens : A Type Ia Supernova Magnified by \\ the Frontier Fields Galaxy Cluster Abell 2744}
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\begin{abstract}
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SN \tomas\ is In January and August of 2014, two unusual transient events were observed in a
Type Ia Supernova (SN) discovered strongly lensed galaxy at
$z=1.3457\pm0.0001$ behind z=1.0054$\pm$0.0002.
Discovered by the
galaxy cluster Abell 2744 ($z=0.308$).
In a cosmology-independent analysis, we find that \tomas\ is
$0.77\pm0.15$ magnitudes brighter FrontierSN team in Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations from the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) program, these events are designated HFF14Spo-SE and HFF14Spo-NW, and collectively nicknamed ``Spock''. Both transient episodes were faster and fainter than
unlensed Type Ia SNe at similar
redshift, implying any normal supernova: they rose to a
lensing magnification peak absolute optical/ultraviolet luminosity of $M\sim-14$ mag ($10^{40}$ ergs/sec) in only $\sim$3 rest-frame days, and then faded away below detectability in roughly the same amount of time. These events appeared in two adjacent arcs of
$\mu_{\rm
obs}=2.03\pm0.29$. This observed magnification provides a rare
opportunity for a
direct empirical test strongly lensed galaxy that is multiply-imaged into at least 3 distinct images by the gravitational potential of
the galaxy cluster
MACSJ0416 (z=0.396). Using four independent lens
models.
Here we test 17 lens models, 13 of which were generated before the SN
magnification was known, qualifying as pure ``blind tests''. The models
are collectively fairly accurate: 8 of
the models deliver
median magnifications that are consistent with the measured $\mu$ to
within 1$\sigma$. However, there this cluster, we find it is
a subtle systematic bias: entirely plausible that the
significant disagreements all involve models NW and SE events are {\it
overpredicting} spatially} coincident on the
magnification. source plane, but very unlikely that they were also {\it temporally} coincident. We evaluate
possible causes several physical models for
this mild bias, these events, and find
no single physical or methodological that the least disfavored explanation
to account for
it. We do find is that we have observed two distinct outbursts from a single extraordinary recurrent nova. This model would imply that
the HFF14Spo system has the fastest known recurrence timescale of any nova ($\sim$8 months). Further, if our estimate for the gravitational lensing magnification is correct, then HFF14Spo is about 2 orders of magnitude more luminous than an average nova. This model
accuracy can be improved would therefore require that the HFF14Spo system's primary star is a white dwarf very close to
some extent
with stringent quality cuts on multiply-imaged systems, such as
requiring the Chandrasekhar mass limit, and that it is drawing mass from the secondary at an extremely efficient rate (??? $>10{-8}$ \Msun/yr ???). This in turn suggests that
this system is a
large fraction have spectroscopic redshifts. In
addition strong candidate to
testing model accuracies eventually explode as
we have done here, a Type Ia
SN
magnifications could also be used as inputs for future lens models of
Abell 2744 and other clusters, providing valuable constraints in
regions where traditional strong- and weak-lensing information is
unavailable.} Supernova.
\end{abstract}
\keywords{ supernovae: general, supernovae: individual: HFF14Tom,
galaxies: clusters: general, galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell 2744,
gravitational lensing: strong, gravitational lensing: weak }
\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:Introduction}
Galaxy clusters can be used as cosmic telescopes to magnify distant
background objects through gravitational lensing, which can
substantially increase the reach of deep imaging surveys. The lensing
magnification enables the study of objects that would otherwise be
unobservable because they are either intrinsically
faint \citep[e.g.][]{Schenker:2012,Alavi:2014} or extremely
distant \citep[e.g.][]{Franx:1997,Ellis:2001,Hu:2002,Kneib:2004,Richard:2006,Richard:2008,Bouwens:2009a,Maizy:2010,Zheng:2012,Coe:2013,Bouwens:2014,Zitrin:2014b}.
Background galaxies are also {\it spatially} magnified, allowing for
studies of the internal structure of galaxies in the early universe
with resolutions of $\sim$100
pc \citep[e.g.][]{Stark:2008,Jones:2010,Yuan:2011,Wuyts:2014,Livermore:2015}.