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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using repeated five-band (ugriz) imaging over an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Joshua A. Frieman , B. Bassett , A. Becker , C. Choi , D. Cinabro , F. DeJongh , D. L. Depoy , B. Dilday , M. Doi , P. M. Garnavich , C. J. Hogan , J. Holtzman , M. Im , S. Jha , R. Kessler , K. Konishi , H. Lampeitl , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , D. McGinnis , G. Miknaitis , R. C. Nichol , J. L. Prieto , A. G. Riess , M. W. Richmond , R. Romani , M. Sako , D. P. Schneider , M. Smith , N. Takanashi , K. Tokita , K. van der Heyden , N. Yasuda , C. Zheng , J. Adelman-McCarthy , J. Annis , R. J. Assef , J. Barentine , R. Bender , R. D. Blandford , W. N. Boroski , M. Bremer , H. Brewington , C. A. Collins , A. Crotts , J. Dembicky , J. Eastman , A. Edge , E. Edmondson , E. Elson , M. E. Eyler , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , S. Frank , A. Goobar , T. Gueth , J. E. Gunn , M. Harvanek , U. Hopp , Y. Ihara , Ž. Ivezić , S. Kahn , J. Kaplan , S. Kent , W. Ketzeback , S. J. Kleinman , W. Kollatschny , R. G. Kron , J. Krzesiński , D. Lamenti , G. Leloudas , H. Lin , D. C. Long , J. Lucey , R. H. Lupton , E. Malanushenko , V. Malanushenko , R. J. McMillan , J. Mendez , C. W. Morgan , T. Morokuma , A. Nitta , L. Ostman , K. Pan , C. M. Rockosi , A. K. Romer , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , G. Saurage , K. Schlesinger , S. A. Snedden , J. Sollerman , C. Stoughton , M. Stritzinger , M. SubbaRao , D. Tucker , P. Vaisanen , L. C. Watson , S. Watters , J. C. Wheeler , B. Yanny , D. York

Subaru Spectroscopy of SDSS-II Supernovae

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey discovered Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in an almost unexplored intermediate redshift range of $0.05 < z < 0.4$ and provided densely sampled multi-color light curves for SN…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 Kohki Konishi , Naoki Yasuda , Kouichi Tokita , Mamoru Doi , Yutaka Ihara , Tomoki Morokuma , Naohiro Takanashi , Jakob Nordin , John Marriner , Linda Östman , Michael Richmond , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , J. Craig Wheeler

First-Year Spectroscopy for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

This paper presents spectroscopy of supernovae discovered in the first season of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey. This program searches for and measures multi-band light curves of supernovae in the redshift range z = 0.05 -…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chen Zheng , Roger W. Romani , Masao Sako , John Marriner , Bruce Bassett , Andrew Becker , Changsu Choi , David Cinabro , Fritz DeJongh , Darren L. Depoy , Ben Dilday , Mamoru Doi , Joshua A. Frieman , Peter M. Garnavich , Craig J. Hogan , Jon Holtzman , Myungshin Im , Saurabh Jha , Richard Kessler , Kohki Konishi , Hubert Lampeitl , Jennifer L. Marshall , David McGinnis , Gajus Miknaitis , Robert C. Nichol , Jose Luis Prieto , Adam G. Riess , Michael W. Richmond , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith , Naohiro Takanashi , Kouichi Tokita , Kurt van der Heyden , Naoki Yasuda , Roberto J. Assef , John Barentine , Ralf Bender , Roger D. Blandford , Malcolm Bremer , Howard Brewington , Chris A. Collins , Arlin Crotts , Jack Dembicky , Jason Eastman , Alastair Edge , Ed Elson , Michael E. Eyler , Alexei V. Filippenko , Ryan J. Foley , Stephan Frank , Ariel Goobar , Michael Harvanek , Ulrich Hopp , Yutaka Ihara , Steven Kahn , William Ketzeback , Scott J. Kleinman , Wolfram Kollatschny , Jurek Krzesiński , Giorgos Leloudas , Daniel C. Long , John Lucey , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , Russet J. McMillan , Christopher W. Morgan , Tomoki Morokuma , Atsuko Nitta , Linda Ostman , Kaike Pan , A. Kathy Romer , Gabrelle Saurage , Katie Schlesinger , Stephanie A. Snedden , Jesper Sollerman , Maximilian Stritzinger , Linda C. Watson , Shannon Watters , J. Craig Wheeler , Donald York

NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae

Context. The SDSS-II Supernova Survey, conducted between 2005 and 2007, was designed to detect a large number of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) around z~0.2, the redshift "gap" between low-z and high-z SN searches. The survey has provided…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. Ostman , J. Nordin , A. Goobar , R. Amanullah , M. Smith , J. Sollerman , V. Stanishev , M. D. Stritzinger , B. A. Bassett , T. M. Davis , E. Edmondson , J. A. Frieman , P. M. Garnavich , H. Lampeitl , G. Leloudas , J. Marriner , R. C. Nichol , K. Romer , M. Sako , D. P. Schneider , C. Zheng

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey has identified a large number of new transient sources in a 300 sq. deg. region along the celestial equator during its first two seasons of a three-season campaign. Multi-band (ugriz) light…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masao Sako , B. Bassett , A. Becker , D. Cinabro , F. DeJongh , D. L. Depoy , B. Dilday , M. Doi , J. A. Frieman , P. M. Garnavich , C. J. Hogan , J. Holtzman , S. Jha , R. Kessler , K. Konishi , H. Lampeitl , J. Marriner , G. Miknaitis , R. C. Nichol , J. L. Prieto , A. G. Riess , M. W. Richmond , R. Romani , D. P. Schneider , M. Smith , M. SubbaRao , N. Takanashi , K. Tokita , K. van der Heyden , N. Yasuda , C. Zheng , J. Barentine , H. Brewington , C. Choi , J. Dembicky , M. Harnavek , Y. Ihara , M. Im , W. Ketzeback , S. J. Kleinman , J. Krzesiński , D. C. Long , E. Malanushenko , V. Malanushenko , R. J. McMillan , T. Morokuma , A. Nitta , K. Pan , G. Saurage , S. A. Snedden

The Rate of Type Ia Supernovae at z~0.2 from SDSS-I Overlapping Fields

In the course of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I), a large fraction of the surveyed area was observed more than once due to field tiling overlap, usually at different epochs. We utilize some of these data to perform a supernova (SN)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Assaf Horesh , Dovi Poznanski , Eran O. Ofek , Dan Maoz

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

Measurements of the Rate of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift z < ~0.3 from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

We present a measurement of the volumetric Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate based on data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey. The adopted sample of supernovae (SNe) includes 516 SNe Ia at redshift z \lesssim 0.3,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-07 Benjamin Dilday , Mathew Smith , Bruce Bassett , Andrew Becker , Ralf Bender , Francisco Castander , David Cinabro , Alexei V. Filippenko , Joshua A. Frieman , Lluis Galbany , Peter M. Garnavich , Ariel Goobar , Ulrich Hopp , Yutaka Ihara , Saurabh W. Jha , Richard Kessler , Hubert Lampeitl , John Marriner , Ramon Miquel , Mercedes Molla , Robert C. Nichol , Jakob Nordin , Adam G. Riess , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , Jesper Sollerman , J. Craig Wheeler , Linda Ostman , Dmitry Bizyaev , Howard Brewington , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , Dan Oravetz , Kaike Pan , Audrey Simmons , Stephanie Snedden

Spectroscopic detection of Type Ia Supernovae in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

We present the results of a novel new search of the first data-release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-DR1) for the spectra of supernovae. The use of large spectroscopic galaxy surveys offers the prospect of obtaining improved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Darren S. Madgwick , Paul Hewett , Daniel Mortlock , Lifan Wang

Photometric Identification of Type Ia Supernovae at Moderate Redshift

Large photometric surveys with the aim of identifying many Type Ia supernovae (SNe) at moderate redshift are challenged in separating these SNe from other SN types. We are motivated to identify Type Ia SNe based only on broadband…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Benjamin D. Johnson , Arlin P. S. Crotts

SNLS Spectroscopy: Testing for Evolution in Type Ia Supernovae

Aims: We present a quantitative study of a new data set of high redshift Type Ia supernovae spectra, observed at the Gemini telescopes during the first 34 months of the Supernova Legacy Survey. During this time 123 supernovae candidates…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. J. Bronder , I. M. Hook , P. Astier , D. Balam , C. Balland , S. Basa , R. G. Carlberg , A. Conley , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , D. A. Howell , J. D. Neill , R. Pain , K. Perrett , C. J. Pritchet , N. Regnault , M. Sullivan , S. Baumont , S. Fabbro , M. Filliol , S. Perlmutter , P. Ripoche

The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae

As part of the cosmology analysis using Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) in the Dark Energy Survey (DES), we present photometrically identified SN Ia samples using multi-band light-curves and host galaxy redshifts. For this analysis, we use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 A. Möller , M. Smith , M. Sako , M. Sullivan , M. Vincenzi , P. Wiseman , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , D. Brout , D. Carollo , T. M. Davis , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , L. Kelsey , R. Kessler , G. F. Lewis , C. Lidman , U. Malik , R. C. Nichol , D. Scolnic , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. March , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga

The Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey

This paper describes the data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey conducted between 2005 and 2007. Light curves, spectra, classifications, and ancillary data are presented for 10,258 variable and transient…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Masao Sako , Bruce Bassett , Andrew C. Becker , Peter J. Brown , Heather Campbell , Rachel Cane , David Cinabro , Chris B. D'Andrea , Kyle S. Dawson , Fritz DeJongh , Darren L. Depoy , Ben Dilday , Mamoru Doi , Alexei V. Filippenko , John A. Fischer , Ryan J. Foley , Joshua A. Frieman , Lluis Galbany , Peter M. Garnavich , Ariel Goobar , Ravi R. Gupta , Gary J. Hill , Brian T. Hayden , Renee Hlozek , Jon A. Holtzman , Ulrich Hopp , Saurabh W. Jha , Richard Kessler , Wolfram Kollatschny , Giorgos Leloudas , John Marriner , Jennifer L. Marshall , Ramon Miquel , Tomoki Morokuma , Jennifer Mosher , Robert C. Nichol , Jakob Nordin , Matthew D. Olmstead , Linda Ostman , Jose L. Prieto , Michael Richmond , Roger W. Romani , Jesper Sollerman , Max Stritzinger , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith , J. Craig Wheeler , Naoki Yasuda , Chen Zheng

Spectroscopic Determination of the Low Redshift Type Ia Supernova Rate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Supernova rates are directly coupled to high mass stellar birth and evolution. As such, they are one of the few direct measures of the history of cosmic stellar evolution. In this paper we describe an probabilistic technique for identifying…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 K. Simon Krughoff , Andrew Connolly , Joshua Frieman , Mark SubbaRao , Gary Kilper , Donald Schneider

Photometric selection of high-redshift type Ia supernovae

We present a method for selecting high-redshift type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) located via rolling SN searches. The technique, using both color and magnitude information of events from only 2-3 epochs of multi-band real-time photometry, is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Sullivan , D. A. Howell , K. Perrett , P. Nugent , P. Astier , E. Aubourg , D. Balam , S. Basa , R. Carlberg , A. Conley , S. Fabbro , D. Fouchez , J. Guy , I. Hook , H. Lafoux , J. D. Neill , R. Pain , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , C. Pritchet , N. Regnault , J. Rich , R. Taillet , G. Aldering , S. Baumont , J. Bronder , M. Filiol , R. Knop , S. Perlmutter , C. Tao

Host Galaxy Spectra and Consequences for SN Typing From The SDSS SN Survey

We present the spectroscopy from 5254 galaxies that hosted supernovae (SNe) or other transient events in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II (SDSS-II). Obtained during SDSS-I, SDSS-II, and the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Matthew D. Olmstead , Peter J. Brown , Masao Sako , Bruce Bassett , J. Brinkmann , Joel R. Brownstein , Howard Brewington , Heather Campbell , Chris B. D'Andrea , Kyle S. Dawson , Garrett L. Ebelke , Joshua A. Frieman , Lluís Galbany , Peter Garnavich , Ravi R. Gupta , Renee Hlozek , Saurabh W. Jha , Martin Kunz , Hubert Lampeitl , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , John Marriner , Ramon Miquel , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Robert C. Nichol , Daniel J. Oravetz , Kaike Pan , Donald P. Schneider , Audrey E. Simmons , Mathew Smith , Stephanie A. Snedden

Spectra of High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae and a Comparison with their Low-Redshift Counterparts

We present spectra for 14 high-redshift (0.17 < z < 0.83) supernovae, which were discovered by the Supernova Cosmology Project as part of a campaign to measure cosmological parameters. The spectra are used to determine the redshift and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 I. M. Hook , D. A. Howell , G. Aldering , R. Amanullah , M. S. Burns , A. Conley , S. E. Deustua , R. Ellis , S. Fabbro , V. Fadeyev , G. Folatelli , G. Garavini , R. Gibbons , G. Goldhaber , A. Goobar , D. E. Groom , A. G. Kim , R. A. Knop , M. Kowalski , C. Lidman , S. Nobili , P. E. Nugent , R. Pain , C. R. Pennypacker , S. Perlmutter , P. Ruiz-Lapuente , G. Sainton , B. E. Schaefer , E. Smith , A. L. Spadafora , V. Stanishev , R. C. Thomas , N. A. Walton , L. Wang , W. M. Wood-Vasey

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

Type Ia Supernova Properties as a Function of the Distance to the Host Galaxy in the SDSS-II SN Survey

We use type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the SDSS-II SN Survey to search for dependencies between SN Ia properties and the projected distance to the host galaxy center, using the distance as a proxy for local galaxy properties…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-06 Lluis Galbany , Ramon Miquel , Linda Ostman , Peter J. Brown , David Cinabro , Chris B. D'Andrea , Joshua Frieman , Saurabh W. Jha , John Marriner , Robert C. Nichol , Jakob Nordin , Matthew D. Olmstead , Masao Sako , Donald P. Schneider , Mathew Smith , Jesper Sollerman , Kaike Pan , Stephanie Snedden , Dmitry Bizyaev , Howard Brewington , Elena Malanushenko , Viktor Malanushenko , Dan Oravetz , Audrey Simmons , Alaina Shelden

Spectral properties of Type Ia supernovae up to z~0.3

Aims: Spectroscopic observations of Type Ia supernovae obtained at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), in conjunction with the SDSS-II Supernova Survey, are analysed. We use spectral indicators…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. Nordin , L. Ostman , A. Goobar , R. Amanullah , R. C. Nichol , M. Smith , J. Sollerman , B. A. Bassett , J. Frieman , P. M. Garnavich , G. Leloudas , M. Sako , D. P. Schneider