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Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First Two Years

We present the results of spectroscopic observations of targets discovered during the first two years of the ESSENCE project. The goal of ESSENCE is to use a sample of ~200 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at moderate redshifts (0.2 < z < 0.8)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Matheson , S. Blondin , R. J. Foley , R. Chornock , A. V. Filippenko , B. Leibundgut , R. C. Smith , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , R. P. Kirshner , A. Clocchiatti , C. Aguilera , B. Barris , A. C. Becker , P. Challis , R. Covarrubias , P. Garnavich , M. Hicken , S. Jha , K. Krisciunas , W. Li , A. Miceli , G. Miknaitis , J. L. Prieto , A. Rest , A. G. Riess , M. E. Salvo , B. P. Schmidt , C. W. Stubbs , N. B. Suntzeff , J. L. Tonry

Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Nine High-Redshift ESSENCE Supernovae

We present broad-band light curves of nine supernovae ranging in redshift from 0.5 to 0.8. The supernovae were discovered as part of the ESSENCE project, and the light curves are a combination of Cerro Tololo 4-m and Hubble Space Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kevin Krisciunas , Peter M. Garnavich , Peter Challis , Jose Luis Prieto , A. G. Riess , B. Barris , C. Aguilera , A. C. Becker , S. Blondin , R. Chornock , A. Clocchiatti , R. Covarrubias , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , M. Hicken , S. Jha , R. P. Kirshner , B. Leibundgut , W. D. Li , T. Matheson , A. Miceli , G. Miknaitis , A. Rest , M. E. Salvo , B. P. Schmidt , R. C. Smith , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , C. W. Stubbs , N. B. Suntzeff , J. L. Tonry , W. M. Wood-Vasey

Constraining Cosmic Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae

We present the first large-scale effort of creating composite spectra of high-redshift type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and comparing them to low-redshift counterparts. Through the ESSENCE project, we have obtained 107 spectra of 88…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Ryan J. Foley , A. V. Filippenko , C. Aguilera , A. C. Becker , S. Blondin , P. Challis , A. Clocchiatti , R. Covarrubias , T. M. Davis , P. M. Garnavich , S. Jha , R. P. Kirshner , K. Krisciunas , B. Leibundgut , W. Li , T. Matheson , A. Miceli , G. Miknaitis , G. Pignata , A. Rest , A. G. Riess , B. P. Schmidt , R. C. Smith , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , C. W. Stubbs , J. L. Tonry , N. B. Suntzeff , W. M. Wood-Vasey , A. Zenteno

SNLS Spectroscopy: Testing for Evolution in Type Ia Supernovae

Aims: We present a quantitative study of a new data set of high redshift Type Ia supernovae spectra, observed at the Gemini telescopes during the first 34 months of the Supernova Legacy Survey. During this time 123 supernovae candidates…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. J. Bronder , I. M. Hook , P. Astier , D. Balam , C. Balland , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. A. Howell , J. D. Neill , R. Pain , K. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , M. Sullivan , S. Baumont , S. Fabbro , M. Filliol , S. Perlmutter , P. Ripoche

Type Ia supernovae and the acceleration of the universe: results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey

The ESSENCE project was a six year supernova search carried out with the CTIO 4-m telescope. We also obtained spectra with many of the world's largest ground-based telescopes and observed some of our SNe with the Hubble Space Telescope and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-17 Kevin Krisciunas

The ESSENCE Supernova Survey: Survey Optimization, Observations, and Supernova Photometry

We describe the implementation and optimization of the ESSENCE supernova survey, which we have undertaken to measure the equation of state parameter of the dark energy. We present a method for optimizing the survey exposure times and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 G. Miknaitis , G. Pignata , A. Rest , W. M. Wood-Vasey , S. Blondin , P. Challis , R. C. Smith , C. W. Stubbs , N. B. Suntzeff , R. J. Foley , T. Matheson , J. L. Tonry , C. Aguilera , J. W. Blackman , A. C. Becker , A. Clocchiatti , R. Covarrubias , T. M. Davis , A. V. Filippenko , A. Garg , P. M. Garnavich , M. Hicken , S. Jha , K. Krisciunas , R. P. Kirshner , B. Leibundgut , W. Li , A. Miceli , G. Narayan , J. L. Prieto , A. G. Riess , M. E. Salvo , B. P. Schmidt , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , A. Zenteno

Spectra of High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae and a Comparison with their Low-Redshift Counterparts

We present spectra for 14 high-redshift (0.17 < z < 0.83) supernovae, which were discovered by the Supernova Cosmology Project as part of a campaign to measure cosmological parameters. The spectra are used to determine the redshift and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 I. M. Hook , D. A. Howell , G. Aldering , R. Amanullah , M. S. Burns , A. Conley , S. E. Deustua , R. Ellis , S. Fabbro , V. Fadeyev , G. Folatelli , G. Garavini , R. Gibbons , G. Goldhaber , A. Goobar , D. E. Groom , A. G. Kim , R. A. Knop , M. Kowalski , C. Lidman , S. Nobili , P. E. Nugent , R. Pain , C. R. Pennypacker , S. Perlmutter , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , G. Sainton , B. E. Schaefer , E. Smith , A. L. Spadafora , V. Stanishev , R. C. Thomas , N. A. Walton , L. Wang , W. M. Wood-Vasey

The Fall 2004 SDSS Supernova Survey

In preparation for the Supernova Survey of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) II, a proposed 3-year extension to the SDSS, we have conducted an early engineering and science run during the fall of 2004, which consisted of approximately 20…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masao Sako , Roger Romani , Josh Frieman , Jen Adelman-McCarthy , Andrew Becker , Fritz DeJongh , Ben Dilday , Juan Estrada , John Hendry , Jon Holtzman , Jared Kaplan , Rick Kessler , Hubert Lampeitl , John Marriner , Gajus Miknaitis , Adam Riess , Douglas Tucker , J. Barentine , R. Blandford , H. Brewington , J. Dembicky , M. Harvanek , S. Hawley , C. Hogan , D. Johnston , S. Kahn , B. Ketzeback , S. Kleinman , J. Krzesinski , D. Lamenti , D. Long , R. McMillan , P. Newman , A. Nitta , R. Nichol , R. Scranton , E. Sheldon , S. Snedden , C. Stoughton , D. York , the SDSS Collaboration

The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically classified type Ia supernovae without host-galaxy redshifts

Current and future Type Ia Supernova (SN Ia) surveys will need to adopt new approaches to classifying SNe and obtaining their redshifts without spectra if they wish to reach their full potential. We present here a novel approach that uses…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-13 A. Möller , P. Wiseman , M. Smith , C. Lidman , T. M. Davis , R. Kessler , M. Sako , M. Sullivan , L. Galbany , J. Lee , R. C. Nichol , B. O. Sánchez , M. Vincenzi , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , O. Alves , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , F. J. Castander , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. Myles , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. L. Tucker , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira

New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z > 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy

We have discovered 21 new Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and have used them to trace the history of cosmic expansion over the last 10 billion years. These objects, which include 13 spectroscopically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Adam G. Riess , Louis-Gregory Strolger , Stefano Casertano , Henry C. Ferguson , Bahram Mobasher , Ben Gold , Peter J. Challis , Alexei V. Filippenko , Saurabh Jha , Weidong Li , John Tonry , Ryan Foley , Robert P. Kirshner , Mark Dickinson , Emily MacDonald , Daniel Eisenstein , Mario Livio , Josh Younger , Chun Xu , Tomas Dahlen , Daniel Stern

A High Intrinsic Peculiarity Rate Among Type Ia Supernovae

We have compiled a sample of 45 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) and the Beijing Astronomical Observatory Supernova Survey (BAOSS), and determined the rate of spectroscopically peculiar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Weidong Li , Alexei V. Filippenko , R. R. Treffers , A. G. Riess , Jingyao Hu , Y. L. Qiu

Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae by the Carnegie Supernova Project

This is the first release of optical spectroscopic data of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) by the Carnegie Supernova Project including 604 previously unpublished spectra of 93 SNe Ia. The observations cover a range of phases from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-05 Gastón Folatelli , Nidia Morrell , Mark M. Phillips , Eric Hsiao , Abdo Campillay , Carlos Contreras , Sergio Castellón , Mario Hamuy , Wojtek Krzeminski , Miguel Roth , Maximilian Stritzinger , Christopher R. Burns , Wendy L. Freedman , Barry F. Madore , David Murphy , S. E. Persson , José L. Prieto , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , Kevin Krisciunas , Joseph P. Anderson , Francisco Förster , José Maza , Giuliano Pignata , P. Andrea Rojas , Luis Boldt , Francisco Salgado , Pamela Wyatt , Felipe Olivares E. , Avishay Gal-Yam , Masao Sako

NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae

Context. The SDSS-II Supernova Survey, conducted between 2005 and 2007, was designed to detect a large number of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) around z~0.2, the redshift "gap" between low-z and high-z SN searches. The survey has provided…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. Ostman , J. Nordin , A. Goobar , R. Amanullah , M. Smith , J. Sollerman , V. Stanishev , M. D. Stritzinger , B. A. Bassett , T. M. Davis , E. Edmondson , J. A. Frieman , P. M. Garnavich , H. Lampeitl , G. Leloudas , J. Marriner , R. C. Nichol , K. Romer , M. Sako , D. P. Schneider , C. Zheng

Two Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift ~2 : Improved Classification and Redshift Determination with Medium-band Infrared Imaging

We present two supernovae (SNe) discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), an HST multi-cycle treasury program. We classify both objects as Type Ia SNe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 Steven A. Rodney , Adam G. Riess , Daniel M. Scolnic , David O. Jones , Shoubaneh Hemmati , Alberto Molino , Curtis McCully , Bahram Mobasher , Louis-Gregory Strolger , Or Graur , Brian Hayden , Stefano Casertano

The ESO/VLT 3rd year Type Ia supernova data set from the Supernova Legacy Survey

We present 139 spectra of 124 Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) that were observed at the ESO/VLT during the first three years of the Canada-France-Hawai Telescope (CFHT) Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS). This homogeneous data set is used to test…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 C. Balland , S. Baumont , S. Basa , M. Mouchet , D. A. Howell , P. Astier , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. Hardin , I. M. Hook , R. Pain , K. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , J. Rich , M. Sullivan , P. Antilogus , V. Arsenijevic , J. Le Du , S. Fabbro , C. Lidman , A. Mourao , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , E. Pecontal , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider

The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results With ~1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using The Full 5-year Dataset

We present cosmological constraints from the sample of Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) discovered during the full five years of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Supernova Program. In contrast to most previous cosmological samples, in which SN are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-22 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Acevedo , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , S. Allam , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , S. Avila , D. Bacon , B. A. Bassett , K. Bechtol , P. H. Bernardinelli , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. Brout , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , H. Camacho , R. Camilleri , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , A. Carr , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , A. Choi , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. Crocce , T. M. Davis , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , M. Dixon , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , K. Glazebrook , O. Graur , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , E. Kasai , L. Kelsey , S. Kent , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , R. P. Kirshner , E. Kovacs , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , J. Lee , S. Lee , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , H. Lin , U. Malik , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Mould , J. Muir , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , M. Paterno , W. J. Percival , M. E. S. Pereira , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , B. Popovic , A. Porredon , J. Prat , H. Qu , M. Raveri , M. Rodríguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , B. Rose , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , P. Shah , J. Allyn. Smith , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , N. Suntzeff , M. E. C. Swanson , B. O. Sánchez , G. Tarle , G. Taylor , D. Thomas , C. To , M. Toy , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , M. Vincenzi , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , P. Wiseman , M. Yamamoto , F. Yuan , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang

Supernova Cosmology and the ESSENCE project

The proper usage of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as distance indicators has revolutionized cosmology, and added a new dominant component to the energy density of the Universe, dark energy. Following the discovery and confirmation era, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jesper Sollerman , Claudio Aguilera , Andy Becker , Stephane Blondin , Pete Challis , Alejandro Clocchiatti , Alex Filippenko , Ryan Foley , Peter M. Garnavich , Malcolm Hicken , Saurabh Jha , Robert Kirshner , Kevin Krisciunas , Bruno Leibundgut , Weidong Li , Thomas Matheson , Gajus Miknaitis , Armin Rest , Adam G. Riess , Maria Elena Salvo , Brian P. Schmidt , Chris Smith , Jason Spyromilio , Chris Stubbs , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , John L. Tonry , Michael Wood-Vasey , Brian Barris , Tamara Davis , Edvard Mortsell

Berkeley Supernova Ia Program I: Observations, Data Reduction, and Spectroscopic Sample of 582 Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae

In this first paper in a series we present 1298 low-redshift (z\leq0.2) optical spectra of 582 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observed from 1989 through 2008 as part of the Berkeley SN Ia Program (BSNIP). 584 spectra of 199 SNe Ia have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jeffrey M. Silverman , Ryan J. Foley , Alexei V. Filippenko , Mohan Ganeshalingam , Aaron J. Barth , Ryan Chornock , Christopher V. Griffith , Jason J. Kong , Nicholas Lee , Douglas C. Leonard , Thomas Matheson , Emily G. Miller , Thea N. Steele , Brian J. Barris , Joshua S. Bloom , Bethany E. Cobb , Alison L. Coil , Louis-Benoit Desroches , Elinor L. Gates , Luis C. Ho , Saurabh W. Jha , Michael T. Kandrashoff , Weidong Li , Kaisey S. Mandel , Maryam Modjaz , Matthew R. Moore , Robin E. Mostardi , Marina S. Papenkova , Sung Park , Daniel A. Perley , Dovi Poznanski , Cassie A. Reuter , James Scala , Franklin J. D. Serduke , Joseph C. Shields , Brandon J. Swift , John L. Tonry , Schuyler D. Van Dyk , Xiaofeng Wang , Diane S. Wong

The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae

As part of the cosmology analysis using Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) in the Dark Energy Survey (DES), we present photometrically identified SN Ia samples using multi-band light-curves and host galaxy redshifts. For this analysis, we use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 A. Möller , M. Smith , M. Sako , M. Sullivan , M. Vincenzi , P. Wiseman , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , D. Brout , D. Carollo , T. M. Davis , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , L. Kelsey , R. Kessler , G. F. Lewis , C. Lidman , U. Malik , R. C. Nichol , D. Scolnic , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. March , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga

Measurements of the Rate of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift z < ~0.3 from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

We present a measurement of the volumetric Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate based on data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey. The adopted sample of supernovae (SNe) includes 516 SNe Ia at redshift z \lesssim 0.3,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-07 Benjamin Dilday , Mathew Smith , Bruce Bassett , Andrew Becker , Ralf Bender , Francisco Castander , David Cinabro , Alexei V. Filippenko , Joshua A. Frieman , Lluis Galbany , Peter M. Garnavich , Ariel Goobar , Ulrich Hopp , Yutaka Ihara , Saurabh W. Jha , Richard Kessler , Hubert Lampeitl , John Marriner , Ramon Miquel , Mercedes Molla , Robert C. Nichol , Jakob Nordin , Adam G. Riess , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , Jesper Sollerman , J. Craig Wheeler , Linda Ostman , Dmitry Bizyaev , Howard Brewington , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , Dan Oravetz , Kaike Pan , Audrey Simmons , Stephanie Snedden