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First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Constraints on Cosmological Parameters

We present the first cosmological parameter constraints using measurements of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). The analysis uses a subsample of 207 spectroscopically confirmed SNe Ia from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-13 T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , P. Andersen , C. Angus , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , S. Avila , B. A. Bassett , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. Brout , P. Brown , D. L. Burke , J. Calcino , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , R. Casas , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , E. Fernandez , A. V. Filippenko , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , L. Galbany , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , T. Giannantonio , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , S. Gonzalez-Gaitan , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , R. R. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , J. K. Hoormann , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , E. Kasai , S. Kent , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , R. P. Kirshner , E. Kovacs , E. Krause , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , J. Lasker , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , E. Macaulay , M. A. G. Maia , K. S. Mandel , M. March , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , J. J. Mohr , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , A. A. Plazas , M. Pursiainen , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. Sharp , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , N. E. Sommer , H. Spinka , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , E. Swann , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , P. Wiseman , R. C. Wolf , B. Yanny , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang

New Constraints on Macroscopic Compact Objects as a Dark Matter Candidate from Gravitational Lensing of Type Ia Supernovae

We use the distribution, and particularly the skewness, of high redshift type Ia supernovae brightnesses relative to the low redshift sample to constrain the density of macroscopic compact objects (MCOs) in the universe. The data favors…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Benton Metcalf , Joseph Silk

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

Limits on the Density of Compact Objects from High Redshift Supernovae

Due to the effects of gravitational lensing, the magnification distribution of high redshift supenovae can be a powerful discriminator between smooth dark matter and dark matter consisting of compact objects. We use high resolution N-body…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Uros Seljak , Daniel E. Holz

It's not $\sigma_8$ : constraining the non-linear matter power spectrum with the Dark Energy Survey Year-5 supernova sample

The weak gravitational lensing magnification of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is sensitive to the matter power spectrum on scales $k>1 h$ Mpc$^{-1}$, making it unwise to interpret SNe Ia lensing in terms of power on linear scales. We compute…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-03 Paul Shah , T. M. Davis , M. Vincenzi , P. Armstrong , D. Brout , R. Camilleri , L. Galbany , M. S. S. Gill , D. Huterer , N. Jeffrey , O. Lahav , J. Lee , C. Lidman , A. Möller , M. Sullivan , L. Whiteway , P. Wiseman , S. Allam , M. Aguena , J. Annis , J. Blazek , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , C. Conselice , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , R. Miquel , A. Palmese , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. L. Tucker , N. Weaverdyck

Limits on stellar-mass compact objects as dark matter from gravitational lensing of type Ia supernovae

The nature of dark matter (DM) remains unknown despite very precise knowledge of its abundance in the universe. An alternative to new elementary particles postulates DM as made of macroscopic compact halo objects (MACHO) such as black holes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-10 Miguel Zumalacarregui , Uros Seljak

Gravitational Lensing of Distant Supernovae in Cold Dark Matter Universes

Ongoing searches for supernovae (SNe) at cosmological distances have recently started to provide large numbers of events with measured redshifts and apparent brightnesses. Compared to quasars or galaxies, Type Ia SNe represent a population…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cristiano Porciani , Piero Madau

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

Constraints on neutrino masses from the lensing dispersion of Type Ia supernovae

We investigate how accurately the total mass of neutrinos is constrained from the magnitude dispersion of SNe Ia due to the effects of gravitational lensing. For this purpose, we use the propagation equation of light bundles in a realistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-30 Ryuichiro Hada , Toshifumi Futamase

Measuring dark energy spatial inhomogeneity with supernova data

The gravitational lensing distortion of distant sources by the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe has been extensively studied. In contrast, very little is known about the effects due to the large-scale distribution of dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-19 Asantha Cooray , Daniel E. Holz , Robert Caldwell

Distance Measurements from Supernovae and Dark Energy Constraints

Constraints on dark energy from current observational data are sensitive to how distances are measured from Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) data. We find that flux-averaging of SNe Ia can be used to test the presence of unknown systematic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 Yun Wang

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

Forecasts of cosmological constraints from Type Ia supernovae including the weak-lensing convergence

We investigate how the cosmological constraints from SNe Ia are improved by including the effects of weak-lensing convergence. To do so, we introduce the lognormal function as the convergence PDF modeling the lensing scatter of SN Ia…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 Ryuichiro Hada , Toshifumi Futamase

Observational Constraints on the Nature of the Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey

We present constraints on the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w=P/(rho c^2), using 60 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the ESSENCE supernova survey. We derive a set of constraints on the nature of the dark energy assuming a flat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. M. Wood-Vasey , G. Miknaitis , C. W. Stubbs , S. Jha , A. G. Riess , P. M. Garnavich , R. P. Kirshner , C. Aguilera , A. C. Becker , J. W. Blackman , S. Blondin , P. Challis , A. Clocchiatti , A. Conley , R. Covarrubias , T. M. Davis , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , A. Garg , M. Hicken , K. Krisciunas , B. Leibundgut , W. Li , T. Matheson , A. Miceli , G. Narayan , G. Pignata , J. L. Prieto , A. Rest , M. E. Salvo , B. P. Schmidt , R. C. Smith , J. Sollerman , J. Spyromilio , J. L. Tonry , N. B. Suntzeff , A. Zenteno

Constraining dark matter halo properties using lensed SNLS supernovae

This paper exploits the gravitational magnification of SNe Ia to measure properties of dark matter haloes. The magnification of individual SNe Ia can be computed using observed properties of foreground galaxies and dark matter halo models.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. Jonsson , M. Sullivan , I. Hook , S. Basa , R. Carlberg , A. Conley , D. Fouchez , D. A. Howell , K. Perrett , C. Pritchet

Observational signatures of the weak lensing magnification of supernovae

Due to the deflection of light by density fluctuations along the line of sight, weak lensing is an unavoidable systematic uncertainty in the use of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as cosmological distance indicators. We derive the expected weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yun Wang

Weak Lensing of Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey

We consider the effects of weak gravitational lensing on observations of 196 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) from years 1 to 3 of the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We simultaneously measure both the angular correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-17 E. Macaulay , D. Bacon , R. C. Nichol , T. M. Davis , J. Elvin-Poole , D. Brout , D. Carollo , K. Glazebrook , S. R. Hinton , G. F. Lewis , C. Lidman , A. Möller , M. Sako , D. Scolnic , M. Smith , N. E. Sommer , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , J. Annis , S. Avila , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. Palmese , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , T. N. Varga , A. R. Walker , J. Weller

Forecasting Cosmological Constraints from the Weak Lensing Magnification of Type Ia Supernovae Measured by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

The weak lensing magnification of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) is sensitive to the clustering of matter, and provides an independent cosmological probe complementary to SN Ia distance measurements. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Zhongxu Zhai , Yun Wang , Dan Scolnic

Testing cosmic opacity with the combination of strongly lensed and unlensed supernova Ia

In this paper, we present a scheme to investigate the opacity of the Universe in a cosmological-model-independent way, with the combination of current and future measurements of type Ia supernova sample and galactic-scale strong…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Yu-Bo Ma , Shuo Cao , Jia Zhang , Jingzhao Qi , Tonghua Liu , Yuting Liu , Shuaibo Geng

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