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UNITY: Confronting Supernova Cosmology's Statistical and Systematic Uncertainties in a Unified Bayesian Framework

While recent supernova cosmology research has benefited from improved measurements, current analysis approaches are not statistically optimal and will prove insufficient for future surveys. This paper discusses the limitations of current…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-25 David Rubin , Greg Aldering , Kyle Barbary , Kyle Boone , Greta Chappell , Miles Currie , Susana Deustua , Parker Fagrelius , Andrew Fruchter , Brian Hayden , Chris Lidman , Jakob Nordin , Saul Perlmutter , Clare Saunders , Caroline Sofiatti

Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old and Combined Supernova Datasets

We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new dataset of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This ``Union'' compilation of 414 SN Ia, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 M. Kowalski , D. Rubin , G. Aldering , R. J. Agostinho , A. Amadon , R. Amanullah , C. Balland , K. Barbary , G. Blanc , P. J. Challis , A. Conley , N. V. Connolly , R. Covarrubias , K. S. Dawson , S. E. Deustua , R. Ellis , S. Fabbro , V. Fadeyev , X. Fan , B. Farris , G. Folatelli , B. L. Frye , G. Garavini , E. L. Gates , L. Germany , G. Goldhaber , B. Goldman , A. Goobar , D. E. Groom , J. Haissinski , D. Hardin , I. Hook , S. Kent , A. G. Kim , R. A. Knop , C. Lidman , E. V. Linder , J. Mendez , J. Meyers , G. J. Miller , M. Moniez , A. M. Mourao , H. Newberg , S. Nobili , P. E. Nugent , R. Pain , O. Perdereau , S. Perlmutter , M. M. Phillips , V. Prasad , R. Quimby , N. Regnault , J. Rich , E. P. Rubenstein , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , F. D. Santos , B. E. Schaefer , R. A. Schommer , R. C. Smith , A. M. Soderberg , A. L. Spadafora , L. -G. Strolger , M. Strovink , N. B. Suntzeff , N. Suzuki , R. C. Thomas , N. A. Walton , L. Wang , W. M. Wood-Vasey , J. L. Yun

Union3.1: Self-consistent Measurements of Host Galaxy Properties for 2000 Type Ia Supernovae

The determination of distances using time-series photometry of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) relies on a ~5% empirical correction related to the properties of their host galaxies, e.g., global stellar mass. It is therefore crucial for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 Taylor J. Hoyt , David Rubin , Greg Aldering , Saul Perlmutter , Andrei Cuceu , Ravi Gupta

Towards an understanding of Type Ia supernovae from a synthesis of theory and observations

Motivated by the fact that calibrated light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have become a major tool to determine the expansion history of the Universe, considerable attention has been given to, both, observations and models of these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-27 W. Hillebrandt , M. Kromer , F. K. Röpke , A. J. Ruiter

Banana Split: Improved Cosmological Constraints with Two Light-Curve-Shape and Color Populations Using Union3.1+UNITY1.8

SNe Ia have been used to provide key constraints on the equation-of-state parameter of dark energy. They are generally standardized under the assumption that they belong to a single population, with luminosities standardized in a continuous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 David Rubin , Taylor Hoyt , Greg Aldering , Saul Perlmutter

Spectra and Light Curves of Six Type Ia Supernovae at 0.511 < z < 1.12 and the Union2 Compilation

We report on work to increase the number of well-measured Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at high redshifts. Light curves, including high signal-to-noise HST data, and spectra of six SNe Ia that were discovered during 2001 are presented.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-15 R. Amanullah , C. Lidman , D. Rubin , G. Aldering , P. Astier , K. Barbary , M. S. Burns , A. Conley , K. S. Dawson , S. E. Deustua , M. Doi , S. Fabbro , L. Faccioli , H. K. Fakhouri , G. Folatelli , A. S. Fruchter , H. Furusawa , G. Garavini , G. Goldhaber , A. Goobar , D. E. Groom , I. Hook , D. A. Howell , N. Kashikawa , A. G. Kim , R. A. Knop , M. Kowalski , E. Linder , J. Meyers , T. Morokuma , S. Nobili , J. Nordin , P. E. Nugent , L. Ostman , R. Pain , N. Panagia , S. Perlmutter , J. Raux , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , A. L. Spadafora , M. Strovink , N. Suzuki , L. Wang , W. M. Wood-Vasey , N. Yasuda

Over-Luminous Type Ia Supernovae and Standard Candle Cosmology

Type Ia supernovae (SNe\,Ia) serve as crucial cosmological distance indicators because of their empirical consistency in peak luminosity and characteristic light curve decline rates. These properties facilitate them to be standardized…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Abhinandan Ravi , T. R. Govindarajan , Surajit Kalita

On the Mechanism of Type Ia Supernovae

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are one of the major tools to determine the cosmological parameters. Utilizing them as distance indicators, it is possible to geometrically survey the universe. To this end, the intrinsic scatter in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. K. Roepke , W. Hillebrandt , S. I. Blinnikov

The supernova cosmology cookbook: Bayesian numerical recipes

Theoretical and observational cosmology have enjoyed a number of significant successes over the last two decades. Cosmic microwave background measurements from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Planck, together with large-scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 N. V. Karpenka

Observations of Type Ia Supernovae, and Challenges for Cosmology

Observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) reveal correlations between their luminosities and light-curve shapes, and between their spectral sequence and photometric sequence. Assuming SNe Ia do not evolve at different redshifts, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Weidong Li , Alexei V. Filippenko

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Improved SN Ia colors through expanded dimensionality with SALT3+

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are a key probe in modern cosmology, as they can be used to measure luminosity distances at gigaparsec scales. Models of their light-curves are used to project heterogeneous observed data onto a common basis for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 W. D. Kenworthy , A. Goobar , D. O. Jones , J. Johansson , S. Thorp , R. Kessler , U. Burgaz , S. Dhawan , G. Dimitriadis , L. Galbany , M. Ginolin , Y. -L. Kim , K. Maguire , T. E. Müller-Bravo , P. Nugent , J. Nordin , B. Popovic , P. J. Pessi , M. Rigault , P. Rosnet , J. Sollerman , J. H. Terwel , A. Townsend , R. R. Laher , J. Purdum , D. Rosselli , B. Rusholme

The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample

We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for 365 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Medium Deep Survey. We detail improvements to the PS1 SN photometry,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 D. M. Scolnic , D. O. Jones , A. Rest , Y. C. Pan , R. Chornock , R. J. Foley , M. E. Huber , R. Kessler , G. Narayan , A. G. Riess , S. Rodney , E. Berger , D. J. Brout , P. J. Challis , M. Drout , D. Finkbeiner , R. Lunnan , R. P. Kirshner , N. E. Sanders , E. Schlafly , S. Smartt , C. W. Stubbs , J. Tonry , W. M. Wood-Vasey , M. Foley , J. Hand , E. Johnson , W. S. Burgett , K. C. Chambers , P. W. Draper , K. W. Hodapp , N. Kaiser , R. P. Kudritzki , E. A. Magnier , N. Metcalfe , F. Bresolin , E. Gall , R. Kotak , M. McCrum , K. W. Smith

Evidence from Type Ia Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy

I review the use of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) for cosmological distance determinations. Low-redshift SNe Ia (z <~ 0.1) demonstrate that the Hubble expansion is linear, that H_0 = 65 +/- 2 (statistical) km/s/Mpc, and that the properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexei V. Filippenko

First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Analysis, Systematic Uncertainties, and Validation

We present the analysis underpinning the measurement of cosmological parameters from 207 spectroscopically classified type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first three years of the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN), spanning a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-04 D. Brout , D. Scolnic , R. Kessler , C. B. D'Andrea , T. M. Davis , R. R. Gupta , S. R. Hinton , A. G. Kim , J. Lasker , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , A. Möller , R. C. Nichol , M. Sako , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , B. Zhang , P. Andersen , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , B. A. Bassett , P. Brown , J. Calcino , D. Carollo , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , J. K. Hoormann , E. Kasai , R. P. Kirshner , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , G. F. Lewis , K. S. Mandel , M. March , V. Miranda , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , P. Nugent , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , R. Sharp , N. E. Sommer , E. Swann , R. C. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , W. Wester , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Estrada , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , E. Krause , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , Y. Zhang

The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results With ~1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using The Full 5-year Dataset

We present cosmological constraints from the sample of Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) discovered during the full five years of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Supernova Program. In contrast to most previous cosmological samples, in which SN are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-22 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Acevedo , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , S. Allam , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , S. Avila , D. Bacon , B. A. Bassett , K. Bechtol , P. H. Bernardinelli , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. Brout , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , H. Camacho , R. Camilleri , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , A. Carr , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , A. Choi , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. Crocce , T. M. Davis , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , M. Dixon , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , K. Glazebrook , O. Graur , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , E. Kasai , L. Kelsey , S. Kent , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , R. P. Kirshner , E. Kovacs , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , J. Lee , S. Lee , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , H. Lin , U. Malik , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Mould , J. Muir , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , M. Paterno , W. J. Percival , M. E. S. Pereira , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , B. Popovic , A. Porredon , J. Prat , H. Qu , M. Raveri , M. Rodríguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , B. Rose , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , P. Shah , J. Allyn. Smith , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , N. Suntzeff , M. E. C. Swanson , B. O. Sánchez , G. Tarle , G. Taylor , D. Thomas , C. To , M. Toy , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , M. Vincenzi , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , P. Wiseman , M. Yamamoto , F. Yuan , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang

The Pantheon+ Analysis: The Full Dataset and Light-Curve Release

Here we present 1701 light curves of 1550 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that will be used to infer cosmological parameters as part of the Pantheon+ SN analysis and the SH0ES (Supernovae and H0 for the Equation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Dan Scolnic , Dillon Brout , Anthony Carr , Adam G. Riess , Tamara M. Davis , Arianna Dwomoh , David O. Jones , Noor Ali , Pranav Charvu , Rebecca Chen , Erik R. Peterson , Brodie Popovic , Benjamin M. Rose , Charlotte Wood , Peter J. Brown , Ken Chambers , David A. Coulter , Kyle G. Dettman , Georgios Dimitriadis , Alexei V. Filippenko , Ryan J. Foley , Saurabh W. Jha , Charles D. Kilpatrick , Robert P. Kirshner , Yen-Chen Pan , Armin Rest , Cesar Rojas-Bravo , Matthew R. Siebert , Benjamin E. Stahl , WeiKang Zheng

Standardization of type Ia supernovae

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have been intensively investigated due to its great homogeneity and high luminosity, which make it possible to use them as standardizable candles for the determination of cosmological parameters. In 2011, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-04 Rodrigo C. V. Coelho , Maurício O. Calvão , Ribamar R. R. Reis , Beatriz B. Siffert

An Exploration of Heterogeneity in Supernova Type Ia Samples

We examine three SNe Type Ia datasets: Union2.1, JLA and Panstarrs to check their consistency using cosmology blind statistical analyses as well as cosmological parameter fitting. We find that Panstarrs dataset is the most stable of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Ujjaini Alam , Jeremie Lasue

Evidence for Cosmic Acceleration is Robust to Observed Correlations Between Type Ia Supernova Luminosity and Stellar Age

Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are powerful standardizable candles for constraining cosmological models and provided the first evidence of the accelerated expansion of the universe. Their precision derives from empirical correlations, now…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 B. M. Rose , D. Rubin , A. Cikota , S. E. Deustua , S. Dixon , A. Fruchter , D. O. Jones , A. G. Riess , D. M. Scolnic

Rates and Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

The remarkable uniformity of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) has allowed astronomers to use them as distance indicators to measure the properties and expansion history of the Universe. However, SNe Ia exhibit intrinsic variation in both their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 William Michael Wood-Vasey