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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

The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey: V. Improving the Dark Energy Constraints Above z>1 and Building an Early-Type-Hosted Supernova Sample

We present ACS, NICMOS, and Keck AO-assisted photometry of 20 Type Ia supernovae SNe Ia from the HST Cluster Supernova Survey. The SNe Ia were discovered over the redshift interval 0.623 < z < 1.415. Fourteen of these SNe Ia pass our strict…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-21 N. Suzuki , D. Rubin , C. Lidman , G. Aldering , R. Amanullah , K. Barbary , L. F. Barrientos , J. Botyanszki , M. Brodwin , N. Connolly , K. S. Dawson , A. Dey , M. Doi , M. Donahue , S. Deustua , P. Eisenhardt , E. Ellingson , L. Faccioli , V. Fadeyev , H. K. Fakhouri , A. S. Fruchter , D. G. Gilbank , M. D. Gladders , G. Goldhaber , A. H. Gonzalez , A. Goobar , A. Gude , T. Hattori , H. Hoekstra , E. Hsiao , X. Huang , Y. Ihara , M. J. Jee , D. Johnston , N. Kashikawa , B. Koester , K. Konishi , M. Kowalski , E. V. Linder , L. Lubin , J. Melbourne , J. Meyers , T. Morokuma , F. Munshi , C. Mullis , T. Oda , N. Panagia , S. Perlmutter , M. Postman , T. Pritchard , J. Rhodes , P. Ripoche , P. Rosati , D. J. Schlegel , A. Spadafora , S. A. Stanford , V. Stanishev , D. Stern , M. Strovink , N. Takanashi , K. Tokita , M. Wagner , L. Wang , N. Yasuda , H. K. C. Yee

A Revised SALT2 Surface for Fitting Type Ia Supernova Light Curves

We present a revised SALT2 surface (`SALT2-2021') for fitting the light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), which incorporates new measurements of zero-point calibration offsets and Milky Way extinction. The most notable change in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 G. Taylor , C. Lidman , B. E. Tucker , D. Brout , S. R. Hinton , R. Kessler

Towards Precision Photometric Type Ia Supernova Cosmology with Machine Learning

The revolutionary discovery of dark energy and accelerating cosmic expansion was made with just 42 type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in 1999. Since then, large synoptic surveys, e.g., Dark Energy Survey (DES), have observed thousands more SNe Ia…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-10 Helen Qu

Non-LTE models for synthetic spectra of type Ia supernovae. IV. A modified Feautrier scheme for opacity-sampled pseudo-continua at high expansion velocities and application to synthetic SN Ia spectra

Context. Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) have become an invaluable cosmological tool as their exceptional brightness makes them observable even at very large distances (up to redshifts around z~1). To investigate possible systematic differences…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 T. L. Hoffmann , D. N. Sauer , A. W. A. Pauldrach , P. J. N. Hultzsch

Survey Requirements for Accurate and Precise Photometric Redshifts for Type Ia Supernovae

In this paper we advance the simple analytic photometric redshift estimator for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) proposed by Wang (2007), and use it to study simulated SN Ia data. We find that better than 0.5% accuracy in z_phot (with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yun Wang , Gautham Narayan , Michael Wood-Vasey

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

Constraints on dark energy with the LOSS SN Ia sample

We present a cosmological analysis of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) photometry sample introduced by Ganeshalingam et al. (2010). These SNe provide an effective anchor point to estimate cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-04 Mohan Ganeshalingam , Weidong Li , Alexei V. Filippenko

Utilizing Type Ia Supernovae in a Large, Fast, Imaging Survey to Constrain Dark Energy

We study the utility of a large sample of type Ia supernovae that might be observed in an imaging survey that rapidly scans a large fraction of the sky for constraining dark energy. We consider information from the traditional luminosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Andrew R. Zentner , Suman Bhattacharya

Forecast of Cosmological Constraints with Type Ia Supernovae from the Chinese Space Station Telescope

The 2-m aperture Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), which observes at wavelengths ranging from 255 to 1000 nm, is expected to start science operations in 2024. An ultra-deep field observation program covering approximately 10 square…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-09 Shi-Yu Li , Yun-Long Li , Tianmeng Zhang , Jozsef Vinko , Eniko Regos , Xiaofeng Wang , Gaobo Xi , Hu Zhan

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

A Template-Based Approach to the Photometric Classification of SN 1991bg-like Supernovae in the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

The use of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) to measure cosmological parameters has grown significantly over the past two decades. However, there exists a significant diversity in the SN Ia population that is not well understood. Over-luminous SN…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Daniel Perrefort , Yike Zhang , Lluís Galbany , W. M. Wood-Vasey , Santiago González-Gaitán

ZTF SN Ia DR2: The spectral diversity of Type Ia supernovae in a volume-limited sample

More than 3000 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are presented in the Zwicky Transient Facility SN Ia Data Release 2 (ZTF DR2). In this paper, we detail the spectral properties of 482 SNe Ia near maximum light, up to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-18 U. Burgaz , K. Maguire , G. Dimitriadis , L. Harvey , R. Senzel , J. Sollerman , J. Nordin , L. Galbany , M. Rigault , M. Smith , A. Goobar , J. Johansson , P. Rosnet , M. Amenouche , M. Deckers , S. Dhawan , M. Ginolin , Y. -L. Kim , A. A. Miller , T. E. Muller-Bravo , P. E. Nugent , J. H. Terwel , R. Dekany , A. Drake , M. J. Graham , S. L. Groom , M. M. Kasliwal , S. R. Kulkarni , K. Nolan , G. Nir , R. L. Riddle , B. Rusholme , Y. Sharma

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

Redshift-Independent Distances to Type Ia Supernovae

We describe a procedure for accurately determining luminosity distances to Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) without knowledge of redshift. This procedure, which may be used as an extension of any of the various distance determination methods…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Brian J. Barris , John L. Tonry

Template-Fitting Meets Deep Learning: Redshift Estimation Using Physics-Guided Neural Networks

Accurate photometric redshift estimation is critical for observational cosmology, especially in large-scale surveys where spectroscopic measurements are impractical. Traditional approaches include template fitting and machine learning, each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 Jonas Chris Ferrao , Dickson Dias , Pranav Naik , Glory D'Cruz , Anish Naik , Siya Khandeparkar , Manisha Gokuldas Fal Dessai

Evidence for Type Ia Supernova Diversity from Ultraviolet Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope

We present ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy and photometry of four Type Ia supernovae (SNe 2004dt, 2004ef, 2005M, and 2005cf) obtained with the UV prism of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. This dataset provides…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Xiaofeng Wang , Lifan Wang , Alexei V. Filippenko , Eddie Baron , Markus Kromer , Dennis Jack , Tianmeng Zhang , Greg Aldering , Pierre Antilogus , David Arnett , Dietrich Baade , Brian J. Barris , Stefano Benetti , Patrice Bouchet , Adam S. Burrows , Ramon Canal , Enrico Cappellaro , Raymond Carlberg , Elisa di Carlo , Peter Challis , Arlin Crotts , John I. Danziger , Massimo Della Valle , Michael Fink , Ryan J. Foley , Claes Fransson , Avishay Gal-Yam , Peter Garnavich , Chris L. Gerardy , Gerson Goldhaber , Mario Hamuy , Wolfgang Hillebrandt , Peter A. Hoeflich , Stephen T. Holland , Daniel E. Holz , John P. Hughes , David J. Jeffery , Saurabh W. Jha , Dan Kasen , Alexei M. Khokhlov , Robert P. Kirshner , Robert Knop , Cecilia Kozma , Kevin Krisciunas , Brian C. Lee , Bruno Leibundgut , Eric J. Lentz , Douglas C. Leonard , Walter H. G. Lewin , Weidong Li , Mario Livio , Peter Lundqvist , Dan Maoz , Thomas Matheson , Paolo Mazzali , Peter Meikle , Gajus Miknaitis , Peter Milne , Stefan Mochnacki , Ken'Ichi Nomoto , Peter E. Nugent , Elaine Oran , Nino Panagia , Saul Perlmutter , Mark M. Phillips , Philip Pinto , Dovi Poznanski , Christopher J. Pritchet , Martin Reinecke , Adam Riess , Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente , Richard Scalzo , Eric M. Schlegel , Brian Schmidt , James Siegrist , Alicia M. Soderberg , Jesper Sollerman , George Sonneborn , Anthony Spadafora , Jason Spyromilio , Richard A. Sramek , Sumner G. Starrfield , Louis G. Strolger , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , Rollin Thomas , John L. Tonry , Amedeo Tornambe , James W. Truran , Massimo Turatto , Michael Turner , Schuyler D. Van Dyk , Kurt Weiler , J. Craig Wheeler , Michael Wood-Vasey , Stan Woosley , Hitoshi Yamaoka

Models for SNeIa and Evolutionary Effects with Redshift

Based on detailed models for the explosions, light curves and NLTE-spectra, evolutionary effects of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) with redshift have been studied to evaluate their size on cosmological time scales,how the effects can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Hoeflich

Constraining dust and color variations of high-z SNe using NICMOS on Hubble Space Telescope

We present data from the Supernova Cosmology Project for five high redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that were obtained using the NICMOS infrared camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. We add two SNe from this sample to a rest-frame…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-30 S. Nobili , V. Fadeyev , G. Aldering , R. Amanullah , K. Barbary , M. S. Burns , K. S. Dawson , S. E. Deustua , L. Faccioli , A. S. Fruchter , G. Goldhaber , A. Goobar , I. Hook , D. A. Howell , A. G. Kim , R. A. Knop , C. Lidman , J. Meyers , P. E. Nugent , R. Pain , N. Panagia , S. Perlmutter , D. Rubin , A. L. Spadafora , M. Strovink , N. Suzuki , H. Swift

Artificial Neural Network Spectral Light Curve Template for Type Ia Supernovae and its Cosmological Constraints

The spectral energy distribution (SED) sequence for type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) is modeled by an artificial neural network. The SN Ia luminosity is characterized as a function of phase, wavelength, a color parameter and a decline rate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-28 Qiao-Bin Cheng , Chao-Jun Feng , Xiang-Hua Zhai , Xin-Zhou Li