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A Comparative Study of Dark Energy Constraints from Current Observational Data

We examine how dark energy constraints from current observational data depend on the analysis methods used: the analysis of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), and that of galaxy clustering data. We generalize the flux-averaging analysis method of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Yun Wang , Chia-Hsun Chuang , Pia Mukherjee

Exploring uncertainties in dark energy constraints using current observational data with Planck 2015 distance priors

We present the distance priors that we have derived from the 2015 Planck data, and use these in combination with the latest observational data from Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) and galaxy clustering, to explore the systematic uncertainties…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Yun Wang , Mi Dai

Robust and model-independent cosmological constraints from distance measurements

We present a systematic analysis of the cosmological constraints from the "Pantheon Sample" of 1048 Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) in the redshift range $0.01<z<2.3$ compiled by Scolnic et al. (2018). Applying the flux-averaging method for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 Zhongxu Zhai , Yun Wang

Model-Independent Constraints on Dark Energy Density from Flux-averaging Analysis of Type Ia Supernova Data

We reconstruct the dark energy density $\rho_X(z)$ as a free function from current type Ia supernova (SN Ia) data (Tonry et al. 2003; Barris et al. 2003; Knop et al. 2003), together with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) shift parameter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yun Wang , Pia Mukherjee

Utilizing Type Ia Supernovae in a Large, Fast, Imaging Survey to Constrain Dark Energy

We study the utility of a large sample of type Ia supernovae that might be observed in an imaging survey that rapidly scans a large fraction of the sky for constraining dark energy. We consider information from the traditional luminosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Andrew R. Zentner , Suman Bhattacharya

Flux-averaging Analysis of Type Ia Supernova Data

Because of flux conservation, flux-averaging {\it justifies} the use of the distance-redshift relation for a smooth universe in the analysis of type Ia supernova (SN Ia) data. We have combined the SN Ia data from the High-$z$ SN Search and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yun Wang

The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey: V. Improving the Dark Energy Constraints Above z>1 and Building an Early-Type-Hosted Supernova Sample

We present ACS, NICMOS, and Keck AO-assisted photometry of 20 Type Ia supernovae SNe Ia from the HST Cluster Supernova Survey. The SNe Ia were discovered over the redshift interval 0.623 < z < 1.415. Fourteen of these SNe Ia pass our strict…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-21 N. Suzuki , D. Rubin , C. Lidman , G. Aldering , R. Amanullah , K. Barbary , L. F. Barrientos , J. Botyanszki , M. Brodwin , N. Connolly , K. S. Dawson , A. Dey , M. Doi , M. Donahue , S. Deustua , P. Eisenhardt , E. Ellingson , L. Faccioli , V. Fadeyev , H. K. Fakhouri , A. S. Fruchter , D. G. Gilbank , M. D. Gladders , G. Goldhaber , A. H. Gonzalez , A. Goobar , A. Gude , T. Hattori , H. Hoekstra , E. Hsiao , X. Huang , Y. Ihara , M. J. Jee , D. Johnston , N. Kashikawa , B. Koester , K. Konishi , M. Kowalski , E. V. Linder , L. Lubin , J. Melbourne , J. Meyers , T. Morokuma , F. Munshi , C. Mullis , T. Oda , N. Panagia , S. Perlmutter , M. Postman , T. Pritchard , J. Rhodes , P. Ripoche , P. Rosati , D. J. Schlegel , A. Spadafora , S. A. Stanford , V. Stanishev , D. Stern , M. Strovink , N. Takanashi , K. Tokita , M. Wagner , L. Wang , N. Yasuda , H. K. C. Yee

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

First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Analysis, Systematic Uncertainties, and Validation

We present the analysis underpinning the measurement of cosmological parameters from 207 spectroscopically classified type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first three years of the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN), spanning a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-04 D. Brout , D. Scolnic , R. Kessler , C. B. D'Andrea , T. M. Davis , R. R. Gupta , S. R. Hinton , A. G. Kim , J. Lasker , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , A. Möller , R. C. Nichol , M. Sako , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , B. Zhang , P. Andersen , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , B. A. Bassett , P. Brown , J. Calcino , D. Carollo , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , J. K. Hoormann , E. Kasai , R. P. Kirshner , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , G. F. Lewis , K. S. Mandel , M. March , V. Miranda , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , P. Nugent , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , R. Sharp , N. E. Sommer , E. Swann , R. C. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , W. Wester , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Estrada , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , E. Krause , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , Y. Zhang

Evidence from Type Ia Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy

I review the use of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) for cosmological distance determinations. Low-redshift SNe Ia (z <~ 0.1) demonstrate that the Hubble expansion is linear, that H_0 = 65 +/- 2 (statistical) km/s/Mpc, and that the properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexei V. Filippenko

Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old and Combined Supernova Datasets

We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new dataset of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This ``Union'' compilation of 414 SN Ia, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 M. Kowalski , D. Rubin , G. Aldering , R. J. Agostinho , A. Amadon , R. Amanullah , C. Balland , K. Barbary , G. Blanc , P. J. Challis , A. Conley , N. V. Connolly , R. Covarrubias , K. S. Dawson , S. E. Deustua , R. Ellis , S. Fabbro , V. Fadeyev , X. Fan , B. Farris , G. Folatelli , B. L. Frye , G. Garavini , E. L. Gates , L. Germany , G. Goldhaber , B. Goldman , A. Goobar , D. E. Groom , J. Haissinski , D. Hardin , I. Hook , S. Kent , A. G. Kim , R. A. Knop , C. Lidman , E. V. Linder , J. Mendez , J. Meyers , G. J. Miller , M. Moniez , A. M. Mourao , H. Newberg , S. Nobili , P. E. Nugent , R. Pain , O. Perdereau , S. Perlmutter , M. M. Phillips , V. Prasad , R. Quimby , N. Regnault , J. Rich , E. P. Rubenstein , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , F. D. Santos , B. E. Schaefer , R. A. Schommer , R. C. Smith , A. M. Soderberg , A. L. Spadafora , L. -G. Strolger , M. Strovink , N. B. Suntzeff , N. Suzuki , R. C. Thomas , N. A. Walton , L. Wang , W. M. Wood-Vasey , J. L. Yun

Measuring Time-Dependence of Dark Energy Density from Type Ia Supernova Data

Observations of high redshift supernovae imply an accelerating Universe which can only be explained by an unusual energy component such as vacuum energy or quintessence. To assess the ability of current and future supernova data to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Yun Wang , Peter M. Garnavich

Type Ia Supernova Discoveries at z>1 From the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution

We have discovered 16 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and have used them to provide the first conclusive evidence for cosmic deceleration that preceded the current epoch of cosmic acceleration. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Adam G. Riess , Louis-Gregory Strolger , John Tonry , Stefano Casertano , Henry C. Ferguson , Bahram Mobasher , Peter Challis , Alexei V. Filippenko , Saurabh Jha , Weidong Li , Ryan Chornock , Robert P. Kirshner , Bruno Leibundgut , Mark Dickinson , Mario Livio , Mauro Giavalisco , Charles C. Steidel , Narciso Benitez , Zlatan Tsvetanov

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

Prospects for probing the dark energy via supernova distance measurements

Distance measurements to Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) indicate that the Universe is accelerating and that two-thirds of the critical energy density exists in a dark-energy component with negative pressure. Distance measurements to SNe Ia can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-06 Dragan Huterer , Michael S. Turner

Observational Constraints on the Nature of the Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey

We present constraints on the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w=P/(rho c^2), using 60 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the ESSENCE supernova survey. We derive a set of constraints on the nature of the dark energy assuming a flat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. M. Wood-Vasey , G. Miknaitis , C. W. Stubbs , S. Jha , A. G. Riess , P. M. Garnavich , R. P. Kirshner , C. Aguilera , A. C. Becker , J. W. Blackman , S. Blondin , P. Challis , A. Clocchiatti , A. Conley , R. Covarrubias , T. M. Davis , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , A. Garg , M. Hicken , K. Krisciunas , B. Leibundgut , W. Li , T. Matheson , A. Miceli , G. Narayan , G. Pignata , J. L. Prieto , A. Rest , M. E. Salvo , B. P. Schmidt , R. C. Smith , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , J. L. Tonry , N. B. Suntzeff , A. Zenteno

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

Testing cosmic opacity with the combination of strongly lensed and unlensed supernova Ia

In this paper, we present a scheme to investigate the opacity of the Universe in a cosmological-model-independent way, with the combination of current and future measurements of type Ia supernova sample and galactic-scale strong…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Yu-Bo Ma , Shuo Cao , Jia Zhang , Jingzhao Qi , Tonghua Liu , Yuting Liu , Shuaibo Geng

The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample

We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for 365 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Medium Deep Survey. We detail improvements to the PS1 SN photometry,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 D. M. Scolnic , D. O. Jones , A. Rest , Y. C. Pan , R. Chornock , R. J. Foley , M. E. Huber , R. Kessler , G. Narayan , A. G. Riess , S. Rodney , E. Berger , D. J. Brout , P. J. Challis , M. Drout , D. Finkbeiner , R. Lunnan , R. P. Kirshner , N. E. Sanders , E. Schlafly , S. Smartt , C. W. Stubbs , J. Tonry , W. M. Wood-Vasey , M. Foley , J. Hand , E. Johnson , W. S. Burgett , K. C. Chambers , P. W. Draper , K. W. Hodapp , N. Kaiser , R. P. Kudritzki , E. A. Magnier , N. Metcalfe , F. Bresolin , E. Gall , R. Kotak , M. McCrum , K. W. Smith

First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Constraints on Cosmological Parameters

We present the first cosmological parameter constraints using measurements of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). The analysis uses a subsample of 207 spectroscopically confirmed SNe Ia from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-13 T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , P. Andersen , C. Angus , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , S. Avila , B. A. Bassett , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. Brout , P. Brown , D. L. Burke , J. Calcino , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , R. Casas , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , E. Fernandez , A. V. Filippenko , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , L. Galbany , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , T. Giannantonio , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , S. Gonzalez-Gaitan , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , R. R. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , J. K. Hoormann , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , E. Kasai , S. Kent , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , R. P. Kirshner , E. Kovacs , E. Krause , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , J. Lasker , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , E. Macaulay , M. A. G. Maia , K. S. Mandel , M. March , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , J. J. Mohr , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , A. A. Plazas , M. Pursiainen , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. Sharp , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , N. E. Sommer , H. Spinka , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , E. Swann , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , P. Wiseman , R. C. Wolf , B. Yanny , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang