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OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: Results and second data release

We present a description of the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) and summarise the results from its six years of operations. Using the 2dF fibre positioner and AAOmega spectrograph on the 3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope, OzDES has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 C. Lidman , B. E. Tucker , T. M. Davis , S. A. Uddin , J. Asorey , K. Bolejko , D. Brout , J. Calcino , D. Carollo , A. Carr , M. Childress , J. K. Hoormann , R. J. Foley , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , S. R. Hinton , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , A. King , A. Kremin , K. Kuehn , D. Lagattuta , G. F. Lewis , E. Macaulay , U. Malik , M. March , P. Martini , A. Möller , D. Mudd , R. C. Nichol , F. Panther , D. Parkinson , M. Pursiainen , M. Sako , E. Swann , R. Scalzo , D. Scolnic , R. Sharp , M. Smith , N. E. Sommer , M. Sullivan , S. Webb , P. Wiseman , Z. Yu , F. Yuan , B. Zhang , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. L. Tucker , T. N. Varga , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , R. D. Wilkinson

Evidence for Type Ia Supernova Diversity from Ultraviolet Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope

We present ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy and photometry of four Type Ia supernovae (SNe 2004dt, 2004ef, 2005M, and 2005cf) obtained with the UV prism of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. This dataset provides…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Xiaofeng Wang , Lifan Wang , Alexei V. Filippenko , Eddie Baron , Markus Kromer , Dennis Jack , Tianmeng Zhang , Greg Aldering , Pierre Antilogus , David Arnett , Dietrich Baade , Brian J. Barris , Stefano Benetti , Patrice Bouchet , Adam S. Burrows , Ramon Canal , Enrico Cappellaro , Raymond Carlberg , Elisa di Carlo , Peter Challis , Arlin Crotts , John I. Danziger , Massimo Della Valle , Michael Fink , Ryan J. Foley , Claes Fransson , Avishay Gal-Yam , Peter Garnavich , Chris L. Gerardy , Gerson Goldhaber , Mario Hamuy , Wolfgang Hillebrandt , Peter A. Hoeflich , Stephen T. Holland , Daniel E. Holz , John P. Hughes , David J. Jeffery , Saurabh W. Jha , Dan Kasen , Alexei M. Khokhlov , Robert P. Kirshner , Robert Knop , Cecilia Kozma , Kevin Krisciunas , Brian C. Lee , Bruno Leibundgut , Eric J. Lentz , Douglas C. Leonard , Walter H. G. Lewin , Weidong Li , Mario Livio , Peter Lundqvist , Dan Maoz , Thomas Matheson , Paolo Mazzali , Peter Meikle , Gajus Miknaitis , Peter Milne , Stefan Mochnacki , Ken'Ichi Nomoto , Peter E. Nugent , Elaine Oran , Nino Panagia , Saul Perlmutter , Mark M. Phillips , Philip Pinto , Dovi Poznanski , Christopher J. Pritchet , Martin Reinecke , Adam Riess , Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente , Richard Scalzo , Eric M. Schlegel , Brian Schmidt , James Siegrist , Alicia M. Soderberg , Jesper Sollerman , George Sonneborn , Anthony Spadafora , Jason Spyromilio , Richard A. Sramek , Sumner G. Starrfield , Louis G. Strolger , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , Rollin Thomas , John L. Tonry , Amedeo Tornambe , James W. Truran , Massimo Turatto , Michael Turner , Schuyler D. Van Dyk , Kurt Weiler , J. Craig Wheeler , Michael Wood-Vasey , Stan Woosley , Hitoshi Yamaoka

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

Swift UVOT Grism Observations of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae - I. Observations and Data Reduction

Ultraviolet (UV) observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are useful tools for understanding progenitor systems and explosion physics. In particular, UV spectra of SNe Ia, which probe the outermost layers, are strongly affected by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 Y. -C. Pan , R. J. Foley , A. V. Filippenko , N. P. M. Kuin

Spectroscopy of the Supernova H0pe Host Galaxy at Redshift 1.78

Supernova (SN) H0pe was discovered as a new transient in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam images of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 taken as part of the "Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science" (PEARLS)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-12 M. Polletta , M. Nonino , B. Frye , A. Gargiulo , S. Bisogni , N. Garuda , D. Thompson , M. Lehnert , M. Pascale , S. P. Willner , P. Kamieneski , R. Leimbach , C. Cheng , D. Coe , S. H. Cohen , C. J. Conselice , L. Dai , J. Diego , H. Dole , S. P. Driver , J. C. J. D'Silva , A. Fontana , N. Foo , L. J. Furtak , N. A. Grogin , K. Harrington , N. P. Hathi , R. A. Jansen , P. Kelly , A. M. Koekemoer , C. Mancini , M. A. Marshall , J. D. R. Pierel , N. Pirzkal , A. Robotham , M. J. Rutkowski , R. E. Ryan, , J. M. Snigula , J. Summers , S. Tompkins , C. N. A. Willmer , R. A. Windhorst , H. Yan , M. S. Yun , A. Zitrin

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

Hawai'i Supernova Flows: A Peculiar Velocity Survey Using Over a Thousand Supernovae in the Near-Infrared

We introduce the Hawai'i Supernova Flows project and present summary statistics of the first 1,217 astronomical transients observed, 668 of which are spectroscopically classified Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia). Our project is designed to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-08 Aaron Do , Benjamin J. Shappee , John L. Tonry , R. Brent Tully , Thomas de Jaeger , David Rubin , Chris Ashall , Christopher R. Burns , Dhvanil D. Desai , Jason T. Hinkle , Willem B. Hoogendam , Mark E. Huber , David O. Jones , Kaisey S. Mandel , Anna V. Payne , Erik R. Peterson , Dan Scolnic , Michael A. Tucker

An Open Catalog for Supernova Data

We present the Open Supernova Catalog, an online collection of observations and metadata for presently 36,000+ supernovae and related candidates. The catalog is freely available on the web (https://sne.space), with its main interface having…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 James Guillochon , Jerod Parrent , Luke Zoltan Kelley , Raffaella Margutti

Observations of Supernova Remnants with the Sardinia Radio Telescope

In the frame of the Astronomical Validation activities for the 64m Sardinia Radio Telescope, we performed 5-22 GHz imaging observations of the complex-morphology supernova remnants (SNRs) W44 and IC443. We adopted innovative observing and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-14 E. Egron , A. Pellizzoni , S. Loru , M. N. Iacolina , M. Marongiu , S. Righini , S. Mulas , G. Murtas , M. Bachetti , R. Concu , A. Melis , A. Trois , R. Ricci , M. Pilia

Subaru FOCAS Spectroscopic Observations of High-Redshift Supernovae

We present spectra of high-redshift supernovae (SNe) that were taken with the Subaru low resolution optical spectrograph, FOCAS. These SNe were found in SN surveys with Suprime-Cam on Subaru, the CFH12k camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Tomoki Morokuma , Kouichi Tokita , Christopher Lidman , Mamoru Doi , Naoki Yasuda , Greg Aldering , Rahman Amanullah , Kyle Barbary , Kyle Dawson , Vitaliy Fadeyev , Hannah K. Fakhouri , Gerson Goldhaber , Ariel Goobar , Takashi Hattori , Junji Hayano , Isobel M. Hook , D. Andrew Howell , Hisanori Furusawa , Yutaka Ihara , Nobunari Kashikawa , Rob A. Knop , Kohki Konishi , Joshua Meyers , Takeshi Oda , Reynald Pain , Saul Perlmutter , David Rubin , Anthony L. Spadafora , Nao Suzuki , Naohiro Takanashi , Tomonori Totani , Hiroyuki Utsunomiya , Lifan Wang

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

The Hawaii Infrared Supernova Study (HISS): Spectroscopic Data Release 1

We present the first data release of the Hawaii Infrared Supernova Study (\textit{HISS}), consisting of a large sample of near-infrared (NIR) spectra, $0.7 - 2.5 \mathrm{\mu m}$, obtained with the Keck-II/NIRES and IRTF/SpeX spectrographs.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-27 K. Medler , C. Ashall , M. Shahbandeh , J. M. DerKacy , W. B. Hoogendam , D. O. Jones , B. J. Shappee , J. T. Hinkle , C. M. Pfeffer , E. Baron , P. Hoeflich , E. Hsiao

The UNSW Extrasolar Planet Search: Methods and First Results from a Field Centred on NGC 6633

We report on the current status of the University of New South Wales Extrasolar Planet Search project, giving details of the methods we use to obtain millimagnitude precision photometry using the 0.5m Automated Patrol Telescope. We use a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. G. Hidas , M. C. B. Ashley , J. K. Webb , M. Irwin , A. Phillips , H. Toyozumi , A. Derekas , J. L. Christiansen , C. Nutto , S. Crothers

Spectroscopic Studies of Type Ia Supernovae Using LSTM Neural Networks

We present a data-driven method based on long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks to analyze spectral time series of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The dataset includes 3091 spectra from 361 individual SNe Ia. The method allows for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-09 Lei Hu , Xingzhuo Chen , Lifan Wang

The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Transient Survey in COSMOS: Overview

We present an overview of a deep transient survey of the COSMOS field with the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC). The survey was performed for the 1.77 deg$^2$ ultra-deep layer and 5.78 deg$^2$ deep layer in the Subaru Strategic Program over…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-05 Naoki Yasuda , Masaomi Tanaka , Nozomu Tominaga , Ji-an Jiang , Takashi J. Moriya , Tomoki Morokuma , Nao Suzuki , Ichiro Takahashi , Masaki S. Yamaguchi , Keiichi Maeda , Masao Sako , Shiro Ikeda , Akisato Kimura , Mikio Morii , Naonori Ueda , Naoki Yoshida , Chien-Hsiu Lee , Sherry H. Suyu , Yutaka Komiyama , Nicolas Regnault , David Rubin

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

Supernova Rates and Luminosity Functions from ASAS-SN III: Over a Decade of Type Ia SNe and Their Subtypes

We present volumetric rates and luminosity functions (LFs) of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), covering the 11-year period from 2014 to 2024. By combining the 2014--2017 $V$-band sample…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 Dhvanil D. Desai , Benjamin J. Shappee , Christopher S. Kochanek , Krzysztof Z. Stanek , Chris Ashall , John F. Beacom , Christopher R. Burns , Aaron Do , Subo Dong , Willem B. Hoogendam , Jing Lu , Thallis Pessi , Jose L. Prieto , Todd A. Thompson

Rapidly varying A-type stars in the SuperWASP archive

The searches for transiting exoplanets have produced a vast amount of time-resolved photometric data of many millions of stars. One of the leading ground-based surveys is the SuperWASP project. We present the initial results of a survey of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Daniel L. Holdsworth , Barry Smalley

SuperWASP-N Extra-solar Planet Candidates from Fields 06hr < RA < 16hr

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey currently operates two installations, designated SuperWASP-N and SuperWASP-S, located in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively. These installations are designed to provide high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. R. Kane , W. I. Clarkson , R. G. West , D. M. Wilson , D. J. Christian , A. Collier Cameron , B. Enoch , T. A. Lister , R. A. Street , A. Evans , A. Fitzsimmons , C. A. Haswell , C. Hellier , S. T. Hodgkin , K. Horne , J. Irwin , F. P. Keenan , A. J. Norton , J. Osborne , N. R. Parley , D. L. Pollacco , R. Ryans , I. Skillen , P. J. Wheatley

Supernova scores for active anomaly detection

Large time-domain sky surveys generate extensive multi-year catalogs of light curves in which scientifically valuable transients, such as supernovae (SNe), are vastly outnumbered by artifacts and routine star variability. While supervised…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Semenikhin T. A. , Kornilov M. V. , Pruzhinskaya M. V. , Krushinsky V. V. , Malanchev K. L. , Dodin A.