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Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae by the Carnegie Supernova Project

This is the first release of optical spectroscopic data of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) by the Carnegie Supernova Project including 604 previously unpublished spectra of 93 SNe Ia. The observations cover a range of phases from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-05 Gastón Folatelli , Nidia Morrell , Mark M. Phillips , Eric Hsiao , Abdo Campillay , Carlos Contreras , Sergio Castellón , Mario Hamuy , Wojtek Krzeminski , Miguel Roth , Maximilian Stritzinger , Christopher R. Burns , Wendy L. Freedman , Barry F. Madore , David Murphy , S. E. Persson , José L. Prieto , Nicholas B. Suntzeff , Kevin Krisciunas , Joseph P. Anderson , Francisco Förster , José Maza , Giuliano Pignata , P. Andrea Rojas , Luis Boldt , Francisco Salgado , Pamela Wyatt , Felipe Olivares E. , Avishay Gal-Yam , Masao Sako

Light curve studies of nearby Type Ia Supernovae with a Multi-band Stretch method

We create new U, B, V, R and I-band light curve templates of type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) and re-analyze 122 nearby (redshift < 0.11) SNe Ia using a new ``Multi-band Stretch method,'' which is a revised Stretch method (cf. Perlmutter et al.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Takanashi , M. Doi , N. Yasuda

Evidence of Environmental Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory indicated by Local H{\alpha}

(Abridged) We study the host galaxy regions in close proximity to Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) to analyze relations between the properties of SN Ia events and environments most similar to where their progenitors formed. We focus on local…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-09 M. Rigault , Y. Copin , G. Aldering , P. Antilogus , C. Aragon , S. Bailey , C. Baltay , S. Bongard , C. Buton , A. Canto , F. Cellier-Holzem , M. Childress , N. Chotard , H. K. Fakhouri , U. Feindt , M. Fleury , E. Gangler , P. Greskovic , J. Guy , A. G. Kim , M. Kowalski , S. Lombardo , J. Nordin , P. Nugent , R. Pain , E. Pécontal , R. Pereira , S. Perlmutter , D. Rabinowitz , K. Runge , C. Saunders , R. Scalzo , G. Smadja , C. Tao , R. C. Thomas , B. A. Weaver

Measuring Ejecta Velocity Improves Type Ia Supernova Distances

We use a sample of 121 spectroscopically normal Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) to show that their intrinsic color is correlated with their ejecta velocity, as measured from the blueshift of the Si II 6355 feature near maximum brightness, v_Si.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Ryan J. Foley , Daniel Kasen

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

How to Find Gravitationally Lensed Type Ia Supernovae

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that are multiply imaged by gravitational lensing can extend the SN Ia Hubble diagram to very high redshifts $(z\gtrsim 2)$, probe potential SN Ia evolution, and deliver high-precision constraints on $H_0$, $w$,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-04 Daniel A. Goldstein , Peter E. Nugent

Dependence of low redshift Type Ia Supernovae luminosities on host galaxies

We study the relation of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) with host galaxies from a large low redshift sample. By examining the Hubble residuals of the entire sample from the best-fit cosmology, we show that SNe Ia in passive hosts are brighter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Wen-Ke Liang , Jian-Cheng Wang

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

Further evidence that galaxy age drives observed type Ia supernova luminosity differences

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are explosions of white dwarf stars that facilitate exquisite measurements of cosmological expansion history, but improvements in accuracy and precision are hindered by observational biases. Of particular concern…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-22 P. Wiseman , M. Sullivan , M. Smith , B. Popovic

The Dependence of Type Ia Supernova Luminosities on their Host Galaxies

(Abridged) Precision cosmology with Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) makes use of the fact that SN Ia luminosities depend on their light-curve shapes and colours. Using Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) and other data, we show that there is an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Sullivan , A. Conley , D. A. Howell , J. D. Neill , P. Astier , C. Balland , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. Hardin , I. M. Hook , R. Pain , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , K. M. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , J. Rich , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider , S. Baumont , E. Hsiao , T. Kronborg , C. Lidman , S. Perlmutter , E. S. Walker

SCONE: Supernova Classification with a Convolutional Neural Network

We present a novel method of classifying Type Ia supernovae using convolutional neural networks, a neural network framework typically used for image recognition. Our model is trained on photometric information only, eliminating the need for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-10 Helen Qu , Masao Sako , Anais Möller , Cyrille Doux

Identification of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift 1.3 and Beyond with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on HST

We present discoveries of SNe Ia at z > 1 and the photometric diagnostic used to discriminate them from other types of SNe detected during the GOODS Hubble Space Telescope Treasury program with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Adam G. Riess , Louis-Gregory Strolger , John Tonry , Zlatan Tsvetanov , Stefano Casertano , Henry C. Ferguson , Bahram Mobasher , Peter Challis , Nino Panagia , Alexei V. Filippenko , Weidong Li , Ryan Chornock , Robert P. Kirshner , Bruno Leibundgut , Mark Dickinson , Anton Koekemoer , Norman A. Grogin , Mauro Giavalisco

The SDSS-II Supernova Survey: Parameterizing the Type Ia Supernova Rate as a Function of Host Galaxy Properties

Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Supernova Survey-II, we measure the rate of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) as a function of galaxy properties at intermediate redshift. A sample of 342 SNe Ia with 0.05<z<0.25 is constructed. Using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Mathew Smith , Robert C Nichol , Benjamin Dilday , John Marriner , Richard Kessler , Bruce Bassett , David Cinabro , Joshua Frieman , Peter Garnavich , Saurabh W Jha , Hubert Lampeitl , Masao Sako , Donald P Schneider , Jesper Sollerman

First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Survey Overview and Supernova Spectroscopy

We present spectroscopy from the first three seasons of the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). We describe the supernova spectroscopic program in full: strategy, observations, data reduction, and classification. We have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 C. B. D'Andrea , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , R. C. Nichol , R. C. Thomas , A. G. Kim , A. Möller , M. Sako , F. J. Castander , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , L. Galbany , S. González-Gaitán , E. Kasai , R. P. Kirshner , C. Lidman , D. Scolnic , D. Brout , T. M. Davis , R. R. Gupta , S. R. Hinton , R. Kessler , J. Lasker , E. Macaulay , R. C. Wolf , B. Zhang , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , B. A. Bassett , J. Calcino , D. Carollo , R. Casas , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , S. Crawford , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , M. L. Graham , J. K. Hoormann , K. Kuehn , G. F. Lewis , K. S. Mandel , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , P. Nugent , Y. -C. Pan , M. Pursiainen , R. Sharp , N. E. Sommer , E. Swann , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , P. Wiseman , W. Zheng , T. M. C. Abbott , J. Annis , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , H. T. Diehl , T. F. Eifler , J. Estrada , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , E. Neilsen , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. L. Tucker , W. Wester

Hubble Space Telescope studies of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae: Evolution with redshift and ultraviolet spectral trends

We present an analysis of the maximum light, near ultraviolet (NUV; 2900-5500 A) spectra of 32 low redshift (0.001<z<0.08) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We combine this spectroscopic sample…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 K. Maguire , M. Sullivan , R. S. Ellis , P. E. Nugent , D. A. Howell , A. Gal-Yam , J. Cooke , P. Mazzali , Y-C. Pan , B. Dilday , R. C. Thomas , I. Arcavi , S. Ben-Ami , D. Bersier , F. B. Bianco , B. J. Fulton , I. Hook , A. Horesh , E. Hsiao , P. A. James , P. Podsiadlowski , E. S. Walker , O. Yaron , M. M. Kasliwal , R. R. Laher , N. M. Law , E. O. Ofek , D. Poznanski , J. Surace

Spectroscopic identification of a redshift 1.55 supernova host galaxy from the Subaru Deep Field Supernova Survey

Context: The Subaru Deep Field (SDF) Supernova Survey discovered 10 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the redshift range 1.5<z<2.0, as determined solely from photometric redshifts of the host galaxies. However, photometric redshifts might be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-01 Teddy F. Frederiksen , Or Graur , Jens Hjorth , Dan Maoz , Dovi Poznanski

A Mismatch in the Ultraviolet Spectra between Low-Redshift and Intermediate-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae as a Possible Systematic Uncertainty for Supernova Cosmology

We present Keck high-quality rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) through optical spectra of 21 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the redshift range 0.11 < z < 0.37 and a mean redshift of 0.22 that were discovered during the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-20 Ryan J. Foley , Alexei V. Filippenko , Richard Kessler , Bruce Bassett , Joshua A. Frieman , Peter M. Garnavich , Saurabh W. Jha , Kohki Konishi , Hubert Lampeitl , Adam G. Riess , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , Jesper Sollerman , Mathew Smith

The Fall 2004 SDSS Supernova Survey

In preparation for the Supernova Survey of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) II, a proposed 3-year extension to the SDSS, we have conducted an early engineering and science run during the fall of 2004, which consisted of approximately 20…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masao Sako , Roger Romani , Josh Frieman , Jen Adelman-McCarthy , Andrew Becker , Fritz DeJongh , Ben Dilday , Juan Estrada , John Hendry , Jon Holtzman , Jared Kaplan , Rick Kessler , Hubert Lampeitl , John Marriner , Gajus Miknaitis , Adam Riess , Douglas Tucker , J. Barentine , R. Blandford , H. Brewington , J. Dembicky , M. Harvanek , S. Hawley , C. Hogan , D. Johnston , S. Kahn , B. Ketzeback , S. Kleinman , J. Krzesinski , D. Lamenti , D. Long , R. McMillan , P. Newman , A. Nitta , R. Nichol , R. Scranton , E. Sheldon , S. Snedden , C. Stoughton , D. York , the SDSS Collaboration

Two Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift ~2 : Improved Classification and Redshift Determination with Medium-band Infrared Imaging

We present two supernovae (SNe) discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), an HST multi-cycle treasury program. We classify both objects as Type Ia SNe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 Steven A. Rodney , Adam G. Riess , Daniel M. Scolnic , David O. Jones , Shoubaneh Hemmati , Alberto Molino , Curtis McCully , Bahram Mobasher , Louis-Gregory Strolger , Or Graur , Brian Hayden , Stefano Casertano

The influence of Host Galaxies in Type Ia Supernova Cosmology

We use a sample of 1338 spectroscopically confirmed and photometrically classified Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia), sourced from the CSP, CfA, SDSS-II, and SNLS supernova samples, to examine the relationships between SNe Ia and the galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 Syed A. Uddin , Jeremy Mould , Chris Lidman , Vanina Ruhlmann-Kleider , Bonnie R. Zhang