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The Dark Energy Bedrock All-Sky Supernova Program: Motivation, Design, Implementation, and Preliminary Data Release

Precise measurements of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at low redshifts ($z$) serve as one of the most viable keys to unlocking our understanding of cosmic expansion, isotropy, and growth of structure. The Dark Energy Bedrock All-Sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-15 Nora F. Sherman , Maria Acevedo , Dillon Brout , Bailey Martin , Daniel Scolnic , Dingyuan Cao , Christopher Lidman , Noor Ali , Patrick Armstrong , K. Auchett , Rebecca C. Chen , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Peter S. Ferguson , Kenneth Herner , Gautham Narayan , Erik R. Peterson , Liana Rauf , Armin Rest , Adam G. Riess , Masao Sako , Brian Schmidt , Xianzhe TZ Tang , Brad E. Tucker

Gemini Spectroscopy of Supernovae from SNLS: Improving High Redshift SN Selection and Classification

We present new techiques for improving the efficiency of supernova (SN) classification at high redshift using 64 candidates observed at Gemini North and South during the first year of the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS). The SNLS is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. A. Howell , M. Sullivan , K. Perrett , T. J. Bronder , I. M. Hook , P. Astier , E. Aubourg , D. Balam , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , S. Fabbro , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , H. Lafoux , J. D. Neill , R. Pain , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , J. Rich , R. Taillet , R. Knop , R. G. McMahon , S. Perlmutter , N. A. Walton

Photometric SN Ia Candidates from the Three-Year SDSS-II SN Survey Data

We analyze the three-year SDSS-II Superernova (SN) Survey data and identify a sample of 1070 photometric SN Ia candidates based on their multi-band light curve data. This sample consists of SN candidates with no spectroscopic confirmation,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Masao Sako , Bruce Bassett , Brian Connolly , Benjamin Dilday , Heather Campbell , Joshua Frieman , Larry Gladney , Richard Kessler , Hubert Lampeitl , John Marriner , Ramon Miquel , Robert Nichol , Donald Schneider , Mathew Smith , Jesper Sollerman

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

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

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 D. O. Jones , D. M. Scolnic , R. J. Foley , A. Rest , R. Kessler , P. M. Challis , K. C. Chambers , D. A. Coulter , K. G. Dettman , M. M. Foley , M. E. Huber , S. W. Jha , E. Johnson , C. D. Kilpatrick , R. P. Kirshner , J. Manuel , G. Narayan , Y. -C. Pan , A. G. Riess , A. S. B. Schultz , M. R. Siebert , E. Berger , R. Chornock , H. Flewelling , E. A. Magnier , S. J. Smartt , K. W. Smith , R. J. Wainscoat , C. Waters , M. Willman

Cosmology with Superluminous Supernovae

We predict cosmological constraints for forthcoming surveys using Superluminous Supernovae (SLSNe) as standardisable candles. Due to their high peak luminosity, these events can be observed to high redshift (z~3), opening up new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Dario Scovacricchi , Robert C. Nichol , David Bacon , Mark Sullivan , Szymon Prajs

Cosmology with Photometrically-Classified Type Ia Supernovae from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

We present the cosmological analysis of 752 photometrically-classified Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) obtained from the full Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II) Supernova (SN) Survey, supplemented with host-galaxy spectroscopy from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-05 Heather Campbell , Chris B. D'Andrea , Robert C. Nichol , Masao Sako , Mathew Smith , Hubert Lampeitl , Matthew D. Olmstead , Bruce Bassett , Rahul Biswas , Peter Brown , David Cinabro , Kyle S. Dawson , Ben Dilday , Ryan J. Foley , Joshua A. Frieman , Peter Garnavich , Renee Hlozek , Saurabh W. Jha , Steve Kuhlmann , Martin Kunz , John Marriner , Ramon Miquel , Michael Richmond , Adam Riess , Donald P. Schneider , Jesper Sollerman , Matt Taylor , Gong-Bo Zhao

Supernova Constraints and Systematic Uncertainties from the First 3 Years of the Supernova Legacy Survey

We combine high redshift Type Ia supernovae from the first 3 years of the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) with other supernova (SN) samples, primarily at lower redshifts, to form a high-quality joint sample of 472 SNe (123 low-$z$, 93 SDSS,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-11 A. Conley , J. Guy , M. Sullivan , N. Regnault , P. Astier , C. Balland , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , D. Fouchez , D. Hardin , I. M. Hook , D. A. Howell , R. Pain , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , K. M. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , J. Rich , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider , D. Balam , S. Baumont , R. S. Ellis , S. Fabbro , H. K. Fakhouri , N. Fourmanoit , S. Gonzalez-Gaitan , M. L. Graham , M. J. Hudson , E. Hsiao , T. Kronborg , C. Lidman , A. M. Mourao , J. D. Neill , S. Perlmutter , P. Ripoche , N. Suzuki , E. S. Walker

Assessment of the Systematic Uncertainties in the Cosmological Analysis of the SDSS Supernovae Photometric Sample

Improvement in the precision of measurements of cosmological parameters with Type Ia Supernovae (SNIa) is expected to come from large photometrically identified (photometric) SN samples. Here we re-analyse the SDSS photometric SN sample,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Brodie Popovic , Dan Scolnic , Richard Kessler

Results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge

We report results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge (SNPCC), a publicly released mix of simulated supernovae (SNe), with types (Ia, Ibc, and II) selected in proportion to their expected rate. The simulation was…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-03 Richard Kessler , Bruce Bassett , Pavel Belov , Vasudha Bhatnagar , Heather Campbell , Alex Conley , Joshua A. Frieman , Alexandre Glazov , Santiago Gonzalez-Gaitan , Renee Hlozek , Saurabh Jha , Stephen Kuhlmann , Martin Kunz , Hubert Lampeitl , Ashish Mahabal , James Newling , Robert C. Nichol , David Parkinson , Ninan Sajeeth Philip , Dovi Poznanski , Joseph W. Richards , Steven A. Rodney , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith , Maximilian Stritzinger , Melvin Varughese

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

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

Cosmology with Photometric Surveys of Type Ia Supernovae

We discuss the extent to which photometric measurements alone can be used to identify Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) and to determine redshift and other parameters of interest for cosmological studies. We fit the light curve data of the type…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Yan Gong , Asantha Cooray , Xuelei Chen

The Dark Energy Survey : Detection of weak lensing magnification of supernovae and constraints on dark matter haloes

The residuals of the distance moduli of Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) relative to a Hubble diagram fit contain information about the inhomogeneity of the universe, due to weak lensing magnification by foreground matter. By correlating the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-10 P. Shah , T. M. Davis , D. Bacon , J. Frieman , L. Galbany , R. Kessler , O. Lahav , J. Lee , C. Lidman , R. C. Nichol , M. Sako , D. Scolnic , M. Sullivan , M. Vincenzi , P. Wiseman , S. Allam , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , O. Alves , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , K. Bechtol , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. Brout , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , C. Doux , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , M. Gatti , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , R. Miquel , J. Myles , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , A. Pieres , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , N. Weaverdyck

The HST See Change Program: I. Survey Design, Pipeline, and Supernova Discoveries

The See Change survey was designed to make $z>1$ cosmological measurements by efficiently discovering high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and improving cluster mass measurements through weak lensing. This survey observed twelve galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-19 Brian Hayden , David Rubin , Kyle Boone , Greg Aldering , Jakob Nordin , Mark Brodwin , Susana Deustua , Sam Dixon , Parker Fagrelius , Andy Fruchter , Peter Eisenhardt , Anthony Gonzalez , Ravi Gupta , Isobel Hook , Chris Lidman , Kyle Luther , Adam Muzzin , Zachary Raha , Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente , Clare Saunders , Caroline Sofiatti , Adam Stanford , Nao Suzuki , Tracy Webb , Steven C. Williams , Gillian Wilson , Mike Yen , Rahman Amanullah , Kyle Barbary , Hans Bohringer , Greta Chappell , Carlos Cunha , Miles Currie , Rene Fassbender , Michael Gladders , Ariel Goobar , Hendrik Hildenrandt , Henk Hoekstra , Xiaosheng Huang , Dragan Huterer , M. James Jee , Alex Kim , Marek Kowalski , Eric Linder , Joshua E. Meyers , Reynald Pain , Saul Perlmutter , Johan Richard , Piero Rosati , Eduardo Rozo , Eli Rykoff , Joana Santos , Anthony Spadafora , Daniel Stern , Risa Wechsler , The Supernova Cosmology Project

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. Rest , D. Scolnic , R. J. Foley , M. E. Huber , R. Chornock , G. Narayan , J. L. Tonry , E. Berger , A. M. Soderberg , C. W. Stubbs , A. Riess , R. P. Kirshner , S. J. Smartt , E. Schlafly , S. Rodney , M. T. Botticella , D. Brout , P. Challis , I. Czekala , M. Drout , M. J. Hudson , R. Kotak , C. Leibler , R. Lunnan , G. H. Marion , M. McCrum , D. Milisavljevic , A. Pastorello , N. E. Sanders , K. Smith , E. Stafford , D. Thilker , S. Valenti , W. M. Wood-Vasey , Z. Zheng , W. S. Burgett , K. C. Chambers , L. Denneau , P. W. Draper , H. Flewelling , K. W. Hodapp , N. Kaiser , R. P. Kudritzki , E. A. Magnier , N. Metcalfe , P. A. Price , W. Sweeney , R. Wainscoat , C. Waters

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Richard Kessler , Andrew Becker , David Cinabro , Jake Vanderplas , Joshua A. Frieman , John Marriner , Tamara M Davis , Benjamin Dilday , Jon Holtzman , Saurabh Jha , Hubert Lampeitl , Masao Sako , Mathew Smith , Chen Zheng , Robert C. Nichol , Bruce Bassett , Ralf Bender , Darren L. Depoy , Mamoru Doi , Ed Elson , Alex V. Filippenko , Ryan J. Foley , Peter M. Garnavich , Ulrich Hopp , Yutaka Ihara , William Ketzeback , W. Kollatschny , Kohki Konishi , Jennifer L. Marshall , Russet J. McMillan , Gajus Miknaitis , Tomoki Morokuma , Edvard M"ortsell , Kaike Pan , Jose Luis Prieto , Michael W. Richmond , Adam G. Riess , Roger Romani , Donald P. Schneider , Jesper Sollerman , Naohiro Takanashi , Kouichi Tokita , Kurt van der Heyden , J. C. Wheeler , Naoki Yasuda , Donald York

Designing an Optimal LSST Deep Drilling Program for Cosmology with Type Ia Supernovae

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time is forecast to collect a large sample of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that could be instrumental in unveiling the nature of Dark Energy. The feat, however, requires measuring…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-12 Philippe Gris , Nicolas Regnault , Humna Awan , Isobel Hook , Saurabh W. Jha , Michelle Lochner , Bruno Sanchez , Dan Scolnic , Mark Sullivan , Peter Yoachim , the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Supernova Host Galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey: I. Deep Coadds, Photometry, and Stellar Masses

The five-year Dark Energy Survey supernova programme (DES-SN) is one of the largest and deepest transient surveys to date in terms of volume and number of supernovae. Identifying and characterising the host galaxies of transients plays a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 P. Wiseman , M. Smith , M. Childress , L. Kelsey , A. Möller , R. R. Gupta , E. Swann , C. R. Angus , D. Brout , T. M. Davis , R. J. Foley , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , C. P. Gutiérrez , R. Kessler , G. F. Lewis , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , R. C. Nichol , M. Pursiainen , M. Sako , D. Scolnic , N. E. Sommer , M. Sullivan , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , S. Avila , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , T. N. Varga , A. R. Walker , R. Wilkinson