We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II Supernova Survey (SDSS-II SNS) data to measure the volumetric core collapse supernova (CCSN) rate in the redshift range (0.03<z<0.09). Using a sample of 89 CCSN we find a volume-averaged rate of (1.06 +/- 0.19) x 10**(-4)/(yr Mpc**3) at a mean redshift of 0.072 +/- 0.009. We measure the CCSN luminosity function from the data and consider the implications on the star formation history.
@article{arxiv.1407.0999,
title = {The Core Collapse Supernova Rate from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey},
author = {Matt Taylor and David Cinabro and Ben Dilday and Lluis Galbany and Ravi R. Gupta and R. Kessler and John Marriner and Robert C. Nichol and Michael Richmond and Donald P. Schneider and Jesper Sollerman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0999},
year = {2015}
}
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