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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

Subaru Spectroscopy of SDSS-II Supernovae

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey discovered Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in an almost unexplored intermediate redshift range of $0.05 < z < 0.4$ and provided densely sampled multi-color light curves for SN…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 Kohki Konishi , Naoki Yasuda , Kouichi Tokita , Mamoru Doi , Yutaka Ihara , Tomoki Morokuma , Naohiro Takanashi , Jakob Nordin , John Marriner , Linda Östman , Michael Richmond , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , J. Craig Wheeler

First-Year Spectroscopy for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

This paper presents spectroscopy of supernovae discovered in the first season of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey. This program searches for and measures multi-band light curves of supernovae in the redshift range z = 0.05 -…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chen Zheng , Roger W. Romani , Masao Sako , John Marriner , Bruce Bassett , Andrew Becker , Changsu Choi , David Cinabro , Fritz DeJongh , Darren L. Depoy , Ben Dilday , Mamoru Doi , Joshua A. Frieman , Peter M. Garnavich , Craig J. Hogan , Jon Holtzman , Myungshin Im , Saurabh Jha , Richard Kessler , Kohki Konishi , Hubert Lampeitl , Jennifer L. Marshall , David McGinnis , Gajus Miknaitis , Robert C. Nichol , Jose Luis Prieto , Adam G. Riess , Michael W. Richmond , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith , Naohiro Takanashi , Kouichi Tokita , Kurt van der Heyden , Naoki Yasuda , Roberto J. Assef , John Barentine , Ralf Bender , Roger D. Blandford , Malcolm Bremer , Howard Brewington , Chris A. Collins , Arlin Crotts , Jack Dembicky , Jason Eastman , Alastair Edge , Ed Elson , Michael E. Eyler , Alexei V. Filippenko , Ryan J. Foley , Stephan Frank , Ariel Goobar , Michael Harvanek , Ulrich Hopp , Yutaka Ihara , Steven Kahn , William Ketzeback , Scott J. Kleinman , Wolfram Kollatschny , Jurek Krzesiński , Giorgos Leloudas , Daniel C. Long , John Lucey , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , Russet J. McMillan , Christopher W. Morgan , Tomoki Morokuma , Atsuko Nitta , Linda Ostman , Kaike Pan , A. Kathy Romer , Gabrelle Saurage , Katie Schlesinger , Stephanie A. Snedden , Jesper Sollerman , Maximilian Stritzinger , Linda C. Watson , Shannon Watters , J. Craig Wheeler , Donald York

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

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

Photometric Identification of Type Ia Supernovae at Moderate Redshift

Large photometric surveys with the aim of identifying many Type Ia supernovae (SNe) at moderate redshift are challenged in separating these SNe from other SN types. We are motivated to identify Type Ia SNe based only on broadband…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Benjamin D. Johnson , Arlin P. S. Crotts

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using repeated five-band (ugriz) imaging over an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Joshua A. Frieman , B. Bassett , A. Becker , C. Choi , D. Cinabro , F. DeJongh , D. L. Depoy , B. Dilday , M. Doi , P. M. Garnavich , C. J. Hogan , J. Holtzman , M. Im , S. Jha , R. Kessler , K. Konishi , H. Lampeitl , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , D. McGinnis , G. Miknaitis , R. C. Nichol , J. L. Prieto , A. G. Riess , M. W. Richmond , R. Romani , M. Sako , D. P. Schneider , M. Smith , N. Takanashi , K. Tokita , K. van der Heyden , N. Yasuda , C. Zheng , J. Adelman-McCarthy , J. Annis , R. J. Assef , J. Barentine , R. Bender , R. D. Blandford , W. N. Boroski , M. Bremer , H. Brewington , C. A. Collins , A. Crotts , J. Dembicky , J. Eastman , A. Edge , E. Edmondson , E. Elson , M. E. Eyler , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , S. Frank , A. Goobar , T. Gueth , J. E. Gunn , M. Harvanek , U. Hopp , Y. Ihara , Ž. Ivezić , S. Kahn , J. Kaplan , S. Kent , W. Ketzeback , S. J. Kleinman , W. Kollatschny , R. G. Kron , J. Krzesiński , D. Lamenti , G. Leloudas , H. Lin , D. C. Long , J. Lucey , R. H. Lupton , E. Malanushenko , V. Malanushenko , R. J. McMillan , J. Mendez , C. W. Morgan , T. Morokuma , A. Nitta , L. Ostman , K. Pan , C. M. Rockosi , A. K. Romer , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , G. Saurage , K. Schlesinger , S. A. Snedden , J. Sollerman , C. Stoughton , M. Stritzinger , M. SubbaRao , D. Tucker , P. Vaisanen , L. C. Watson , S. Watters , J. C. Wheeler , B. Yanny , D. York

Host Galaxy Spectra and Consequences for SN Typing From The SDSS SN Survey

We present the spectroscopy from 5254 galaxies that hosted supernovae (SNe) or other transient events in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II). Obtained during SDSS-I, SDSS-II, and the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Matthew D. Olmstead , Peter J. Brown , Masao Sako , Bruce Bassett , J. Brinkmann , Joel R. Brownstein , Howard Brewington , Heather Campbell , Chris B. D'Andrea , Kyle S. Dawson , Garrett L. Ebelke , Joshua A. Frieman , Lluís Galbany , Peter Garnavich , Ravi R. Gupta , Renee Hlozek , Saurabh W. Jha , Martin Kunz , Hubert Lampeitl , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , John Marriner , Ramon Miquel , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Robert C. Nichol , Daniel J. Oravetz , Kaike Pan , Donald P. Schneider , Audrey E. Simmons , Mathew Smith , Stephanie A. Snedden

Type Ia Supernova Properties as a Function of the Distance to the Host Galaxy in the SDSS-II SN Survey

We use type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the SDSS-II SN Survey to search for dependencies between SN Ia properties and the projected distance to the host galaxy center, using the distance as a proxy for local galaxy properties…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-06 Lluis Galbany , Ramon Miquel , Linda Ostman , Peter J. Brown , David Cinabro , Chris B. D'Andrea , Joshua Frieman , Saurabh W. Jha , John Marriner , Robert C. Nichol , Jakob Nordin , Matthew D. Olmstead , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith , Jesper Sollerman , Kaike Pan , Stephanie Snedden , Dmitry Bizyaev , Howard Brewington , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , Dan Oravetz , Audrey Simmons , Alaina Shelden

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

A Template-Based Approach to the Photometric Classification of SN 1991bg-like Supernovae in the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

The use of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) to measure cosmological parameters has grown significantly over the past two decades. However, there exists a significant diversity in the SN Ia population that is not well understood. Over-luminous SN…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Daniel Perrefort , Yike Zhang , Lluís Galbany , W. M. Wood-Vasey , Santiago González-Gaitán

First-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

We present measurements of the Hubble diagram for 103 Type Ia supernovae (SNe) with redshifts 0.04 < z < 0.42, discovered during the first season (Fall 2005) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey. These data fill in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Richard Kessler , Andrew Becker , David Cinabro , Jake Vanderplas , Joshua A. Frieman , John Marriner , Tamara M Davis , Benjamin Dilday , Jon Holtzman , Saurabh Jha , Hubert Lampeitl , Masao Sako , Mathew Smith , Chen Zheng , Robert C. Nichol , Bruce Bassett , Ralf Bender , Darren L. Depoy , Mamoru Doi , Ed Elson , Alex V. Filippenko , Ryan J. Foley , Peter M. Garnavich , Ulrich Hopp , Yutaka Ihara , William Ketzeback , W. Kollatschny , Kohki Konishi , Jennifer L. Marshall , Russet J. McMillan , Gajus Miknaitis , Tomoki Morokuma , Edvard M"ortsell , Kaike Pan , Jose Luis Prieto , Michael W. Richmond , Adam G. Riess , Roger Romani , Donald P. Schneider , Jesper Sollerman , Naohiro Takanashi , Kouichi Tokita , Kurt van der Heyden , J. C. Wheeler , Naoki Yasuda , Donald York

Spectral properties of Type Ia supernovae up to z~0.3

Aims: Spectroscopic observations of Type Ia supernovae obtained at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), in conjunction with the SDSS-II Supernova Survey, are analysed. We use spectral indicators…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. Nordin , L. Ostman , A. Goobar , R. Amanullah , R. C. Nichol , M. Smith , J. Sollerman , B. A. Bassett , J. Frieman , P. M. Garnavich , G. Leloudas , M. Sako , D. P. Schneider

The Rate of Type Ia Supernovae at z~0.2 from SDSS-I Overlapping Fields

In the course of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I), a large fraction of the surveyed area was observed more than once due to field tiling overlap, usually at different epochs. We utilize some of these data to perform a supernova (SN)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Assaf Horesh , Dovi Poznanski , Eran O. Ofek , Dan Maoz

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

Photometric properties of intermediate redshift Type Ia Supernovae observed by SDSS-II Supernova Survey

We have analyzed multi-band light curves of 328 intermediate redshift (0.05 <= z < 0.24) type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey (SDSS-II SN Survey). The multi-band light curves were…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Naohiro Takanashi , Mamoru Doi , Naoki Yasuda , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Kohki Konishi , Donald P. Schneider , David Cinabro , John Marriner

Verifying the Cosmological Utility of Type Ia Supernovae: Implications of a Dispersion in the Ultraviolet Spectra

We analyze the mean rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) spectrum of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) and its dispersion using high signal-to-noise Keck-I/LRIS-B spectroscopy for a sample of 36 events at intermediate redshift (z=0.5) discovered by the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-04 R. S. Ellis , M. Sullivan , P. E. Nugent , D. A. Howell , A. Gal-Yam , P. Astier , D. Balam , C. Balland , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. Hardin , I. Hook , R. Pain , K. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault

The ESO's VLT Type Ia supernova spectral set of the final two years of SNLS

We aim to present 70 spectra of 68 new high-redshift type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) measured at ESO's VLT during the final two years of operation (2006-2008) of the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS). We use the full five year SNLS VLT spectral set…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-04 C. Balland , F. Cellier-Holzem , C. Lidman , P. Astier , M. Betoule , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , R. S. Ellis , J. Guy , D. Hardin , I. M. Hook , D. A. Howell , R. Pain , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , M. Sullivan , V. Arsenijevic , S. Baumont , P. El-Hage , S. Fabbro , D. Fouchez , A. Mitra , A. Möller , A. M. Mourão , J. Neveu , M. Roman , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider

SDSS-II Supernova Survey: An Analysis of the Largest Sample of Type Ia Supernovae and Correlations with Host-Galaxy Spectral Properties

Using the largest single-survey sample of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) to date, we study the relationship between properties of SNe Ia and those of their host galaxies, focusing primarily on correlations with Hubble residuals (HR). Our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Rachel C. Wolf , Chris B. D'Andrea , Ravi R. Gupta , Masao Sako , John A. Fischer , Rick Kessler , Saurabh W. Jha , Marisa C. March , Daniel M. Scolnic , Johanna-Laina Fischer , Heather Campbell , Robert C. Nichol , Matthew D. Olmstead , Michael Richmond , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith

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