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We present a measurement of the Hubble constant ($H_0$) using type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) in the near-infrared (NIR) from the recently updated sample of SNe Ia in nearby galaxies with distances measured via Cepheid period-luminosity…

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Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Type Ia Supernovae in redMaGiC galaxies

Current and future cosmological analyses with Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) face three critical challenges: i) measuring redshifts from the supernova or its host galaxy; ii) classifying SNe without spectra; and iii) accounting for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-10 R. Chen , D. Scolnic , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , B. Popovic , R. Kessler , M. Vincenzi , T. M. Davis , P. Armstrong , D. Brout , L. Galbany , L. Kelsey , C. Lidman , A. Möller , B. Rose , M. Sako , M. Sullivan , G. Taylor , P. Wiseman , J. Asorey , A. Carr , C. Conselice , K. Kuehn , G. F. Lewis , E. Macaulay , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , R. Cawthon , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , D. Gruen , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. March , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , J. Prat , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , D. L. Tucker , T. N. Varga

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…

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The Foundation Supernova Survey: Motivation, Design, Implementation, and First Data Release

The Foundation Supernova Survey aims to provide a large, high-fidelity, homogeneous, and precisely-calibrated low-redshift Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) sample for cosmology. The calibration of the current low-redshift SN sample is the largest…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Ryan J. Foley , Daniel Scolnic , Armin Rest , S. W. Jha , Y. -C. Pan , A. G. Riess , P. Challis , K. C. Chambers , D. A. Coulter , K. G. Dettman , M. M. Foley , O. D. Fox , M. E. Huber , D. O. Jones , C. D. Kilpatrick , R. P. Kirshner , A. S. B. Schultz , M. R. Siebert , H. A. Flewelling , B. Gibson , E. A. Magnier , J. A. Miller , N. Primak , S. J. Smartt , K. W. Smith , R. J. Wainscoat , C. Waters , M. Willman

Multi-color Optical and NIR Light Curves of 64 Stripped-Envelope Core-Collapse Supernovae

We present a densely-sampled, homogeneous set of light curves of 64 low redshift (z < 0.05) stripped-envelope supernovae (SN of type IIb, Ib, Ic and Ic-bl). These data were obtained between 2001 and 2009 at the Fred L. Whipple Observatory…

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Very Early Ultraviolet and Optical Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2009ig

Supernova (SN) 2009ig was discovered 17 hours after explosion by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, promptly classified as a normal Type Ia SN (SN Ia), peaked at V = 13.5 mag, and was equatorial, making it one of the foremost supernovae…

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Spectra of High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae and a Comparison with their Low-Redshift Counterparts

We present spectra for 14 high-redshift (0.17 < z < 0.83) supernovae, which were discovered by the Supernova Cosmology Project as part of a campaign to measure cosmological parameters. The spectra are used to determine the redshift and…

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BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae

We present 1210 Johnson/Cousins B,V,R, and I photometric observations of 22 recent type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia): SN 1993ac, SN 1993ae, SN 1994M, SN 1994S, SN 1994T, SN 1994Q, SN 1994ae, SN 1995D, SN 1995E, SN 1995al, SN 1995ac, SN 1995ak, SN…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Adam G. Riess , Robert P. Kirshner , Brian P. Schmidt , Saurabh Jha , Peter Challis , Peter M. Garnavich , Ann A. Esin , Chris Carpenter , Randy Grashius

Restframe I-band Hubble diagram for type Ia supernovae up to redshift z ~0.5

We present a novel technique for fitting restframe I-band light curves on a data set of 42 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Using the result of the fit, we construct a Hubble diagram with 26 SNe from the subset at 0.01< z<0.1. Adding two SNe at…

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Type-Ia Supernova Rates to Redshift 2.4 from CLASH: the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble

We present the supernova (SN) sample and Type-Ia SN (SN Ia) rates from the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH). Using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 O. Graur , S. A. Rodney , D. Maoz , A. G. Riess , S. W. Jha , M. Postman , T. Dahlen , T. W. -S. Holoien , C. McCully , B. Patel , L. -G. Strolger , N. Benitez , D. Coe , S. Jouvel , E. Medezinski , A. Molino , M. Nonino , L. Bradley , A. Koekemoer , I. Balestra , S. B. Cenko , K. I. Clubb , M. E. Dickinson , A. V. Filippenko , T. F. Frederiksen , P. Garnavich , J. Hjorth , D. O. Jones , B. Leibundgut , T. Matheson , B. Mobasher , P. Rosati , J. M. Silverman , V. U , K. Jedruszczuk , C. Li , K. Lin , M. Mirmelstein , J. Neustadt , A. Ovadia , E. H. Rogers

A Spitzer Survey for Dust-Obscured Supernovae

Supernova (SN) rates serve as an important probe of star-formation models and initial mass functions. Near-infrared seeing-limited ground-based surveys typically discover a factor of 3-10 fewer SNe than predicted from far-infrared (FIR)…

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Diversity in extinction laws of Type Ia supernovae measured between $0.2$ and $2\,\mu\mathrm{m}$

We present ultraviolet (UV) observations of six nearby Type~Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, three of which were also observed in the near-IR (NIR) with Wide-Field Camera~3. UV observations with the Swift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-23 R. Amanullah , J. Johansson , A. Goobar , R. Ferretti , S. Papadogiannakis , T. Petrushevska , P. J. Brown , Y. Cao , C. Contreras , H. Dahle , N. Elias-Rosa , J. P. U. Fynbo , J. Gorosabel , L. Guaita , L. Hangard , D. A. Howell , E. Y. Hsiao , E. Kankare , M. Kasliwal , G. Leloudas , P. Lundqvist , S. Mattila , P. Nugent , M. M. Phillips , A. Sandberg , V. Stanishev , M. Sullivan , F. Taddia , G. Östlin , S. Asadi , R. Herrero-Illana , J. J. Jensen , K. Karhunen , S. Lazarevi , E. Varenius , P. Santos , S. Seethapuram Sridhar , S. H. J. Wallström , J. Wiegert

Type Ia supernova Hubble diagram with near-infrared and optical observations

We main goal of this paper is to test whether the NIR peak magnitudes of SNe Ia could be accurately estimated with only a single observation obtained close to maximum light, provided the time of B band maximum and the optical stretch…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 V. Stanishev , A. Goobar , R. Amanullah , B. Bassett , Y. T. Fantaye , P. Garnavich , R. Hlozek , J. Nordin , P. M. Okouma , L. Ostman , M. Sako , R. Scalzo , M. Smith

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

The Nearby Supernova Factory

The Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) is an ambitious project to find and study in detail approximately 300 nearby Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) at redshifts 0.03<z<0.08. This program will provide an exceptional data set of well-studied…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. M. Wood-Vasey , G. Aldering , B. C. Lee , S. Loken , P. Nugent , S. Perlmutter , J. Siegrist , L. Wang , P. Antilogus , P. Astier , D. Hardin , R. Pain , Y. Copin , G. SMadja , E. Gangler , A. Castera , G. Adam , R. Bacon , J-P. Lemonnier , A. Pecontal , E. Pecontal , R. Kessler

Not Color Blind: Using Multiband Photometry to Classify Supernovae

Large numbers of supernovae (SNe) have been discovered in recent years, and many more will be found in the near future. Once discovered, further study of a SN and its possible use as an astronomical tool (e.g., as a distance estimator)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dovi Poznanski , Avishay Gal-Yam , Dan Maoz , Alexei V. Filippenko , Douglas C. Leonard , Thomas Matheson

Discovery of Two Distant Type Ia Supernovae in the Hubble Deep Field North with the Advanced Camera for Surveys

We present observations of the first two supernovae discovered with the recently installed Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. The supernovae were found in Wide Field Camera images of the Hubble Deep Field North…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 John P. Blakeslee , Zlatan I. Tsvetanov , Adam G. Riess , Holland C. Ford , Garth D. Illingworth , Daniel Magee , John L. Tonry , N. Benitez , M. Clampin , G. F. Hartig , G. R. Meurer , M. Sirianni , D. R. Ardila , F. Bartko , R. Bouwens , T. Broadhurst , N. Cross , P. D. Feldman , M. Franx , D. A. Golimowski , C. Gronwall , R. Kimble , J. Krist , A. R. Martel , F. Menanteau , G. Miley , M. Postman , P. Rosati , W. Sparks , L. -G. Strolger , H. D. Tran , R. L. White , W. Zheng

Hubble Space Telescope spectra of the type Ia supernova SN2011fe: a tail of low-density, high-velocity material with Z<Zsolar

Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopic observations of the nearby type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN2011fe, taken on 10 epochs from -13.1 to +40.8 days relative to B-band maximum light, and spanning the far-ultraviolet (UV) to the near-infrared…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Paolo Mazzali , Mark Sullivan , Stephan Hachinger , Richard Ellis , Peter E. Nugent , D. Andrew Howell , Avishay Gal-Yam , Kate Maguire , Jeff Cooke , Rollin Thomas , Ken Nomoto , Emma Walker

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Cosmological Analysis and Systematic Uncertainties

We present the full Hubble diagram of photometrically-classified Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey supernova program (DES-SN). DES-SN discovered more than 20,000 SN candidates and obtained spectroscopic redshifts of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-24 M. Vincenzi , D. Brout , P. Armstrong , B. Popovic , G. Taylor , M. Acevedo , R. Camilleri , R. Chen , T. M. Davis , S. R. Hinton , L. Kelsey , R. Kessler , J. Lee , C. Lidman , A. Möller , H. Qu , M. Sako , B. Sanchez , D. Scolnic , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , P. Wiseman , J. Asorey , B. A. Bassett , D. Carollo , A. Carr , R. J. Foley , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , O. Graur , E. Kovacs , K. Kuehn , U. Malik , R. C. Nichol , B. Rose , B. E. Tucker , M. Toy , D. L. Tucker , F. Yuan , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , O. Alves , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , D. Bacon , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , D. J. James , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , S. Lee , H. Lin , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. Palmese , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , C. To , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck

The Foundation Supernova Survey: Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Supernovae from a Single Telescope

Measurements of the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, $w$, have been limited by uncertainty in the selection effects and photometric calibration of $z<0.1$ Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The Foundation Supernova Survey is designed to…

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