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CfA4: Light Curves for 94 Type Ia Supernovae

We present multi-band optical photometry of 94 spectroscopically-confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) in the redshift range 0.0055 to 0.073, obtained between 2006 and 2011. There are a total of 5522 light curve points. We show that our…

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The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z$\sim 0.4 $

We present the first measurement of the rate of Type Ia supernovae at high redshift. The result is derived using a large subset of data from the Supernova Cosmology Project. Three supernovae were discovered in a surveyed area of 1.7 square…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-10 R. Pain , I. M. Hook , S. Deustua , S. Gabi , G. Goldhaber , A. Goobar , D. Groom , A. G. Kim , M. Y. Kim , J. C. Lee , C. R. Pennypacker , S. Perlmutter , I. A. Small , R. S. Ellis , R. G. McMahon , K. Glazebrook , B. J. Boyle , P. S. Bunclark , D. Carter , M. J. Irwin

First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: Simulations to Correct Supernova Distance Biases

We describe catalog-level simulations of Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) light curves in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN), and in low-redshift samples from the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Carnegie Supernova Project…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-13 R. Kessler , D. Brout , C. B. D'Andrea , T. M. Davis , S. R. Hinton , A. G. Kim , J. Lasker , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , A. Möller , M. Sako , D. Scolnic , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , B. Zhang , P. Andersen , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , J. Calcino , D. Carollo , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , S. Crawford , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , K. Glazebrook , J. K. Hoormann , E. Kasai , R. P. Kirshner , G. F. Lewis , K. S. Mandel , M. March , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , P. Nugent , Y. -C. Pan , N. E. Sommer , E. Swann , R. C. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , M. Banerji , K. Bechtol , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , B. Nord , A. A. Plazas , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , A. R. Walker , Y. Zhang

The Carnegie Supernova Project I: Third Photometry Data Release of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae and Other White Dwarf Explosions

We present final natural system optical (ugriBV) and near-infrared (YJH) photometry of 134 supernovae (SNe) with probable white dwarf progenitors that were observed in 2004-2009 as part of the first stage of the Carnegie Supernova Project…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Kevin Krisciunas , Carlos Contreras , Christopher R. Burns , M. M. Phillips , Maximilian D. Stritzinger , Nidia Morrell , Mario Hamuy , Jorge Anais , Luis Boldt , Luis Busta , Abdo Campillay , Sergio Castellon , Gaston Folatelli , Wendy L. Freedman , Consuelo Gonzalez , Eric. Y. Hsiao , Wojtek Krzeminski , Sven Eric Persson , Miguel Roth , Francisco Salgado , Jacqueline Seron , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , Simon Torres , Alexei V. Filippenko , Weidong Li , Barry F. Madore , D. L. DePoy , Jennifer L. Marshall , Jean-Philippe Rheault , Steven Villanueva

Photometric selection of Type Ia supernovae in the Supernova Legacy Survey

We present a sample of 485 photometrically identified Type Ia supernova candidates mined from the first three years of data of the CFHT SuperNova Legacy Survey (SNLS). The images were submitted to a deferred processing independent of the…

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The Type Ia supernovae rate with Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey

We present measurements of the rates of high-redshift Type Ia supernovae derived from the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS). We carried out repeat deep imaging observations with Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope, and detected 1040…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Jun E. Okumura , Yutaka Ihara , Mamoru Doi , Tomoki Morokuma , Reynald Pain , Tomonori Totani , Kyle Barbary , Naohiro Takanashi , Naoki Yasuda , Greg Aldering , Kyle Dawson , Gerson Goldhaber , Isobel Hook , Chris Lidman , Saul Perlmutter , Anthony Spadafora , Nao Suzuki , Lifan Wang

SALT: a Spectral Adaptive Light curve Template for Type Ia Supernovae

We present a new method to parameterize Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) multi-color light curves. The method was developed in order to analyze the large number of SN Ia multi-color light curves measured in current high-redshift projects. The…

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Photometric Estimates of Redshifts and Distance Moduli for Type Ia Supernovae

Large planned photometric surveys will discover hundreds of thousands of supernovae (SNe), outstripping the resources available for spectroscopic follow-up and necessitating the development of purely photometric methods to exploit these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Richard Kessler , David Cinabro , Bruce Bassett , Benjamin Dilday , Joshua A. Frieman , Peter M. Garnavich , Saurabh Jha , John Marriner , Robert C. Nichol , Masao Sako , Mathew Smith , Joseph P. Bernstein , Dmitry Bizyaev , Ariel Goobar , Stephen Kuhlmann , Donald P. Schneider , Maximilian Stritzinger

The discovery and classification of 16 supernovae at high redshifts in ELAIS-S1 - the Stockholm VIMOS Supernova Survey II

Supernova surveys can be used to study a variety of subjects such as: (i) cosmology through type Ia supernovae (SNe), (ii) star-formation rates through core-collapse SNe, and (iii) supernova properties and their connection to host galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Melinder , T. Dahlen , L. Mencia Trinchant , G. Östlin , S. Mattila , J. Sollerman , C. Fransson , M. Hayes , S. Nasoudi-Shoar

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

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II: Photometry and Supernova Ia Light Curves from the 2005 data

We present ugriz light curves for 146 spectroscopically confirmed or spectroscopically probable Type Ia supernovae from the 2005 season of the SDSS-II Supernova survey. The light curves have been constructed using a photometric technique…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Jon A. Holtzman , John Marriner , Richard Kessler , Masao Sako , Ben Dilday , Joshua A. Frieman , Donald P. Schneider , Bruce Bassett , Andrew Becker , David Cinabro , Fritz DeJongh , Darren L. Depoy , Mamoru Doi , Peter M. Garnavich , Craig J. Hogan , Saurabh Jha , Kohki Konishi , Hubert Lampeitl , Jennifer L. Marshall , David McGinnis , Gajus Miknaitis , Robert C. Nichol , Jose Luis Prieto , Adam G. Reiss , Michael W. Richmond , Roger Romani , Mathew Smith , Naohiro Takanashi , Kouichi Tokita , Kurt van der Heyden , Naoki Yasuda , Chen Zheng

Supernova Simulations and Strategies For the Dark Energy Survey

We present an analysis of supernova light curves simulated for the upcoming Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova search. The simulations employ a code suite that generates and fits realistic light curves in order to obtain distance…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 J. P. Bernstein , R. Kessler , S. Kuhlmann , R. Biswas , E. Kovacs , G. Aldering , I. Crane , C. B. D'Andrea , D. A. Finley , J. A. Frieman , T. Hufford , M. J. Jarvis , A. G. Kim , J. Marriner , P. Mukherjee , R. C. Nichol , P. Nugent , D. Parkinson , R. R. R. Reis , M. Sako , H. Spinka , M. Sullivan

Cosmological Results from the RAISIN Survey: Using Type Ia Supernovae in the Near Infrared as a Novel Path to Measure the Dark Energy Equation of State

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are more precise standardizable candles when measured in the near-infrared (NIR) than in the optical. With this motivation, from 2012-2017 we embarked on the RAISIN program with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)…

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Cosmological Constraints from Measurements of Type Ia Supernovae discovered during the first 1.5 years of the Pan-STARRS1 Survey

We present griz light curves of 146 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia Supernovae ($0.03 < z <0.65$) discovered during the first 1.5 years of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. The Pan-STARRS1 natural photometric system is determined by a…

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Using SN Ia Light Curve Shapes to Measure The Hubble Constant

We present an empirical method which uses visual band light curve shapes (LCS) to estimate the luminosity of type Ia supernovae (SN Ia). This method is first applied to a ``training set'' of 8 SN Ia light curves with independent distance…

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey has identified a large number of new transient sources in a 300 sq. deg. region along the celestial equator during its first two seasons of a three-season campaign. Multi-band (ugriz) light…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masao Sako , B. Bassett , A. Becker , D. Cinabro , F. DeJongh , D. L. Depoy , B. Dilday , M. Doi , J. A. Frieman , P. M. Garnavich , C. J. Hogan , J. Holtzman , S. Jha , R. Kessler , K. Konishi , H. Lampeitl , J. Marriner , G. Miknaitis , R. C. Nichol , J. L. Prieto , A. G. Riess , M. W. Richmond , R. Romani , D. P. Schneider , M. Smith , M. SubbaRao , N. Takanashi , K. Tokita , K. van der Heyden , N. Yasuda , C. Zheng , J. Barentine , H. Brewington , C. Choi , J. Dembicky , M. Harnavek , Y. Ihara , M. Im , W. Ketzeback , S. J. Kleinman , J. Krzesiński , D. C. Long , E. Malanushenko , V. Malanushenko , R. J. McMillan , T. Morokuma , A. Nitta , K. Pan , G. Saurage , S. A. Snedden

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…

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Fixing the U-band photometry of Type Ia supernovae

We present previously unpublished photometry of supernovae 2003gs and 2003hv. Using spectroscopically-derived corrections to the U-band photometry, we reconcile U-band light curves made from imagery with the Cerro Tololo 0.9-m, 1.3-m and…

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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 -…

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Scheduled Discoveries of 7+ High-Redshift Supernovae: First Cosmology Results and Bounds on q_0

Our search for high-redshift Type Ia supernovae discovered, in its first years, a sample of seven supernovae. Using a "batch" search strategy, almost all were discovered before maximum light and were observed over the peak of their light…

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