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An archival search for type Ia supernova siblings

By searching the Open Supernova Catalog, an extra-galactic transient host galaxy database, and literature analyses, I present the largest sample of type Ia supernova (SN Ia) siblings to date. The sample comprises 158 galaxies, consisting of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-22 L. Kelsey

Modelling the impact of host galaxy dust on type Ia supernova distance measurements

Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are a critical tool in measuring the accelerating expansion of the universe. Recent efforts to improve these standard candles have focused on incorporating the effects of dust on distance measurements with SNe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-10 B. Popovic , P. Wiseman , M. Sullivan , M. Smith , S. González-Gaitán , D. Scolnic , J. Duarte , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , D. Brout , D. Carollo , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , L. Kelsey , R. Kessler , C. Lidman , J. Lee , G. F. Lewis , A. Möller , R. C. Nichol , B. O. Sánchez , M. Toy , B. E. Tucker , M. Vincenzi , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , 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 , R. Miquel , J. Myles , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , V. Vikram , N. Weaverdyck

Measuring Type Ia Supernova Distances and Redshifts From Their Multi-band Light Curves

The distance and redshift of a type Ia supernova can be determined simultaneously through its multi-band light curves. This fact may be used for imaging surveys that discover and obtain photometry for large numbers of supernovae; so many…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alex G. Kim , Ramon Miquel

Supernova Legacy Survey: Using Spectral Signatures To Improve Type Ia Supernovae As Distance Indicators

GMOS optical long-slit spectroscopy at the Gemini-North telescope was used to classify targets from the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) from July 2005 and May 2006 - May 2008. During this time, 95 objects were observed. Where possible the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 E. S. Walker , I. M. Hook , M. Sullivan , D. A. Howell , P. Astier , C. Balland , S. Basa , T. J. Bronder , R. Carlberg , A. Conley , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. Hardin , R. Pain , K. Perrett , C. Pritchet , N. Regnault , J. Rich , G. Aldering , H. K. Fakhouri , T. Kronborg , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , S. Perlmutter , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider , T. Zhang

First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: The Effect of Host Galaxy Properties on Supernova Luminosity

We present improved photometric measurements for the host galaxies of 206 spectroscopically confirmed type Ia supernovae discovered by the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN) and used in the first DES-SN cosmological analysis.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 M. Smith , M. Sullivan , P. Wiseman , R. Kessler , D. Scolnic , D. Brout , C. B. D'Andrea , T. M. Davis , R. J. Foley , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , R. R. Gupta , C. P. Gutiérrez , S. R. Hinton , L. Kelsey , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , A. Möller , R. C. Nichol , P. Nugent , A. Palmese , M. Pursiainen , M. Sako , R. C. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , D. Carollo , G. F. Lewis , N. E. Sommer , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , S. Avila , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , K. Glazebrook , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , T. N. Varga , A. R. Walker , : , The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration

Cosmological constraints from supernova data set with corrected redshift

Observations of distant type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), used as standard candles, support the notion that the Cosmos is filled with a mysterious form of energy, the dark energy. The constraints on cosmological parameters derived from data of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-29 A. Feoli , L. Mancini , V. Rillo , M. Grasso

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

Extracting clean supernova spectra

We use a new technique to extract the spectrum of a supernova from that of the contaminating background of its host galaxy, and apply it to the specific case of high-redshift Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) spectroscopy. The algorithm is based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Blondin , J. R. Walsh , B. Leibundgut , G. Sainton

Coping with Type Ia Supernova "Evolution" When Probing the Nature of the Dark Energy

Observations of high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have provided strong evidence that the dark energy is real, and making further accurate observations of high-redshift SNe Ia is the most promising way to probe the nature of the dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David Branch , Saul Perlmutter , E. Baron , Peter Nugent

Subluminous Type Ia Supernovae at High Redshift from the Supernova Legacy Survey

The rate evolution of subluminous Type Ia Supernovae is presented using data from the Supernova Legacy Survey. This sub-sample represents the faint and rapidly-declining light-curves of the observed supernova Ia (SN Ia) population here…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 S. Gonzalez-Gaitan , K. Perrett , M. Sullivan , A. Conley , D. A. Howell , R. G. Carlberg , P. Astier , D. Balam , C. Balland , S. Basa , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. Hardin , I. M. Hook , R. Pain , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , J. Rich

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

On the relationship between Type Ia supernova luminosity and host-galaxy properties

A string of recent studies has debated the exact form and physical origin of an evolutionary trend between the peak luminosity of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and the properties of the galaxies that host them. We shed new light on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 Yukei S. Murakami , Benjamin E. Stahl , Keto D. Zhang , Matthew R. Chu , Emma C. McGinness , Kishore C. Patra , Alexei V. Filippenko

The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z ~0.5 from the Supernova Legacy Survey

We present a measurement of the distant Type Ia supernova rate derived from the first two years of the Canada -- France -- Hawaii Telescope Supernova Legacy Survey. We observed four one-square degree fields with a typical temporal frequency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. D. Neill , M. Sullivan , D. Balam , C. J. Pritchet , D. A. Howell , K. Perrett , P. Astier , E. Aubourg , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , S. Fabbro , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , I. Hook , R. Pain , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , N. Regnault , J. Rich , R. Taillet , G. Aldering , P. Antilogus , C. Balland , S. Baumont , J. Bronder , R. S. Ellis , M. Filiol , A. Goncalves , M. Kowalski , C. Lidman , V. Lusset , M. Mouchet , S. Perlmutter , P. Ripoche , D. Schlegel , C. Tao

Improved Constraints on Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxy Properties using Multi-Wavelength Photometry and their Correlations with Supernova Properties

We improve estimates of stellar mass and mass-weighted average age of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) host galaxies by combining UV and near-IR photometry with optical photometry in our analysis. Using 206 SNe Ia drawn from the full three-year…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Ravi R. Gupta , Chris B. D'Andrea , Masao Sako , Charlie Conroy , Mathew Smith , Bruce Bassett , Joshua A. Frieman , Peter M. Garnavich , Saurabh W. Jha , Richard Kessler , Hubert Lampeitl , John Marriner , Robert C. Nichol , Donald P. Schneider

Linking Transients to their Host Galaxies: II. A Comparison of Host Galaxy Properties and Rate Dependencies across Supernova Types

We use the latest dataset of supernova (SN) host galaxies to investigate how the host properties -- stellar mass, star formation rate, metallicity, absolute magnitude, and colour -- differ across SN types, with redshift-driven selection…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-19 Yu-Jing Qin , Ann Zabludoff

SALT2: using distant supernovae to improve the use of Type Ia supernovae as distance indicators

We present an empirical model of Type Ia supernovae spectro-photometric evolution with time. The model is built using a large data set including light-curves and spectra of both nearby and distant supernovae, the latter being observed by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 J. Guy , P. Astier , S. Baumont , D. Hardin , R. Pain , N. Regnault , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , S. Fabbro , D. Fouchez , I. M. Hook , D. A. Howell , K. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , J. Rich , M. Sullivan , P. Antilogus , E. Aubourg , G. Bazin , J. Bronder , M. Filiol , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , P. Ripoche , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider

The Carnegie Supernova Project: Analysis of the First Sample of Low-Redshift Type-Ia Supernovae

We present the analysis of the first set of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) by the Carnegie Supernova Project. Well-sampled, high-precision optical (ugriBV) and near-infrared (NIR; YJHKs) light curves obtained in a well-understood…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 Gaston Folatelli , M. M. Phillips , Christopher R. Burns , Carlos Contreras , Mario Hamuy , W. L. Freedman , S. E. Persson , Maximilian Stritzinger , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , Kevin Krisciunas , Luis Boldt , Sergio Gonzalez , Wojtek Krzeminski , Nidia Morrell , Miguel Roth , Francisco Salgado , Barry F. Madore , David Murphy , Pamela Wyatt , Weidong Li , Alexei V. Filippenko , Nicole Miller

Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First Four Years

We present the results of spectroscopic observations from the ESSENCE high-redshift supernova (SN) survey during its first four years of operation. This sample includes spectra of all SNe Ia whose light curves were presented by Miknaitis et…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. J. Foley , T. Matheson , S. Blondin , R. Chornock , J. M. Silverman , P. Challis , A. Clocchiatti , A. V. Filippenko , R. P. Kirshner , B. Leibundgut , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , J. L. Tonry , T. M. Davis , P. M. Garnavich , S. W. Jha , K. Krisciunas , W. Li , G. Pignata , A. Rest , A. G. Riess , B. P. Schmidt , R. C. Smith , C. W. Stubbs , B. E. Tucker , W. M. Wood-Vasey

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

The Large-Scale Environments of Type Ia Supernovae: Evidence for a Metallicity Bias in the Rate or Luminosity of Prompt Ia Events

Using data drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the SDSS-II Supernova Survey, we study the local environments of confirmed type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the nearby Universe. At 0.05 < z < 0.15, we find that SN Ia events in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-02 Michael C. Cooper , Jeffrey A. Newman , Renbin Yan