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Scattering and absorption of light by a homogeneous distribution of intergalactic large dust grains has been proposed as an alternative, non-cosmological explanation for the faintness of Type Ia supernovae at $z\s im 0.5$. We investigate…

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We present a study of the dust associated with the core-collapse supernova SN~1995N. Infrared emission detected 14--15 years after the explosion was previously attributed to thermally echoing circumstellar material associated with the SN…

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Supernovae (SNe) discovered in high-redshift (z > 2) galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provide a unique opportunity to extend the Hubble-diagram beyond z~1.5 and constrain the cosmic Star Formation Rate in the early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Jozsef Vinko , Eniko Regos

We present nebular phase optical imaging and spectroscopy and near/mid-IR imaging of the Type II SN 2006bc. Observations reveal the central wavelength of the symmetric H$\alpha$ line profile to be red-shifted with respect to the host galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Joseph S. Gallagher , B. E. K. Sugerman , Geoffrey C. Clayton , J. E. Andrews , J. Clem , M. J. Barlow , B. Ercolano , J. Fabbri , M. Otsuka , R. Wesson , M. Meixner

We present an updated version of the Multicolor Light Curve Shape method to measure distances to type Ia supernovae (SN Ia), incorporating new procedures for K-correction and extinction corrections. We also develop a simple model to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Saurabh Jha , Adam G. Riess , Robert P. Kirshner

Supernova (SN) 2006gy was a hydrogen-rich core-collapse SN that remains one of the most luminous optical supernovae ever observed. The total energy budget (> 2 x 10^51 erg radiated in the optical alone) poses many challenges for standard SN…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 A. A. Miller , N. Smith , W. Li , J. S. Bloom , R. Chornock , A. V. Filippenko , J. X. Prochaska

Following its 2002 February eruption, V838 Mon developed a light echo that continues to expand and evolve as light from the outburst scatters off progressively more distant circumstellar and/or interstellar material. Multi-filter images of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lisa A. Crause , Warrick A. Lawson , John W. Menzies , Fred Marang

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…

Conventional Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) cosmology analyses currently use a simplistic linear regression of magnitude versus color and light curve shape, which does not model intrinsic SN Ia variations and host galaxy dust as physically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Kaisey S. Mandel , Daniel Scolnic , Hikmatali Shariff , Ryan J. Foley , Robert P. Kirshner

SN 2006bt displays characteristics unlike those of any other known Type Ia supernova (SN Ia). We present optical light curves and spectra of SN 2006bt which demonstrate the peculiar nature of this object. SN 2006bt has broad, slowly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Ryan J. Foley , Gautham Narayan , Peter J. Challis , Alexei V. Filippenko , Robert P. Kirshner , Jeffrey M. Silverman , Thea N. Steele

We report observations of Type Ia SN 2021hem, located in an apparently hostless environment. With a peak absolute B-band magnitude of -19.96 mag, and a lack of secondary maximum in near-infrared and i-band light curves make it resemble…

We present nine near-infrared (NIR) spectra of supernova (SN) 2005cf at epochs from -10 d to +42 d with respect to B-band maximum, complementing the existing excellent data sets available for this prototypical Type Ia SN at other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 E. E. E. Gall , S. Taubenberger , M. Kromer , S. A. Sim , S. Benetti , G. Blanc , N. Elias-Rosa , W. Hillebrandt

The evolution of dust in core-collapse supernovae (SNe), in general, is poorly constrained owing to a lack of infrared observations after a few years from explosion. Most theories of dust formation in SNe heavily rely only on SN 1987A. In…

Type IIn SNe show spectral evidence for strong interaction between their blast wave and dense circumstellar material (CSM) around the progenitor star. SN2010jl was the brightest core-collapse SN in 2010, and it was a Type IIn explosion with…

The circumstellar (CS) environment is key to understanding progenitors of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), as well as the origin of a peculiar extinction property toward SNe Ia for cosmological application. It has been suggested that multiple…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-10 Keiichi Maeda , Takaya Nozawa , Takashi Nagao , Kentaro Motohara

This paper presents late-time near-infrared and {\it Spitzer} mid-infrared photometric and spectroscopic observations of warm dust in the Type IIn SN 2005ip in NGC 2906. The spectra show evidence for two dust components with different…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Ori D. Fox , Roger A. Chevalier , Eli Dwek , Michael F. Skrutskie , Ben E. K. Sugerman , Jarron M. Leisenring

We present extensive photometry at ultraviolet (UV), optical, and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths, as well as dense sampling of optical spectra, for the normal type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2005cf. From the well-sampled light curves, we find…

In this paper we report the results of the first $\sim$four years of spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the Type IIn supernova SN 2015da (also known as PSN J13522411+3941286, or iPTF16tu). The supernova exploded in the nearby…

We present a comprehensive statistical analysis of the properties of Type Ia SN light curves in the near infrared using recent data from PAIRITEL and the literature. We construct a hierarchical Bayesian framework, incorporating several…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-21 Kaisey S. Mandel , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Andrew S. Friedman , Robert P. Kirshner