Publications (38)
Strong Dependence of Type Ia Supernova Standardization on the Local Specific Star Formation Rate
M. Rigault, V. Brinnel, G. Aldering +40
As part of an on-going effort to identify, understand and correct for astrophysics biases in the standardization of Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) for cosmology, we have statistically c…
The SNEMO and SUGAR Companion Datasets
G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon +41
The Nearby Supernova Factory has made spectrophotometric observations of Type Ia supernovae since . This work presents an interim version of the data produced, including $210…
Constraining Type Ia supernova models: SN 2011fe as a test case
F. K. Roepke, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl +42
The nearby supernova SN 2011fe can be observed in unprecedented detail. Therefore, it is an important test case for Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) models, which may bring us closer to u…
The Twins Embedding of Type Ia Supernovae I: The Diversity of Spectra at Maximum Light
K. Boone, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +34
We study the spectral diversity of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at maximum light using high signal-to-noise spectrophotometry of 173 SNe Ia from the Nearby Supernova Factory. We dec…
Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory
M. J. Childress, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +32
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of galaxies hosting Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observed by the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory). Combining GALEX UV data…
Analysis of the Early-Time Optical Spectra of SN 2011fe in M101
J. T. Parrent, D. A. Howell, B. Friesen +35
The nearby Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe in M101 (cz=241 km s^-1) provides a unique opportunity to study the early evolution of a "normal" Type Ia supernova, its compositional struct…
A Search for New Candidate Super-Chandrasekhar-Mass Type Ia Supernovae in the Nearby Supernova Factory Dataset
The Nearby Supernova Factory, :, R. Scalzo +32
We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of five type Ia supernovae discovered by the Nearby Supernova Factory selected to be spectroscopic analogues of the candidate super-C…
Evidence of Environmental Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory indicated by Local Hα
M. Rigault, Y. Copin, G. Aldering +33
(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 simi…
Improving Cosmological Distance Measurements Using Twin Type Ia Supernovae
H. K. Fakhouri, K. Boone, G. Aldering +41
We introduce a method for identifying "twin" Type Ia supernovae, and using them to improve distance measurements. This novel approach to Type Ia supernova standardization is made p…
Type Ia Supernova Distance Modulus Bias and Dispersion From K-correction Errors: A Direct Measurement Using Lightcurve Fits to Observed Spectral Time Series
C. Saunders, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +34
We estimate systematic errors due to K-corrections in standard photometric analyses of high redshift Type Ia supernovae. Errors due to K-correction occur when the spectral template…
A metric space for type Ia supernova spectra
Michele Sasdelli, W. Hillebrandt, G. Aldering +43
We develop a new framework for use in exploring Type Ia Supernova (SN Ia) spectra. Combining Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Square analysis (PLS) we are able…
Spectrophotometric time series of SN 2011fe from the Nearby Supernova Factory
R. Pereira, R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering +36
We present 32 epochs of optical (3300-9700 Ã ) spectrophotometric observations of the nearby quintessential "normal" type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2011fe in the galaxy M101, extendi…
Bump Morphology of the CMAGIC Diagram
L. Aldoroty, L. Wang, P. Hoeflich +38
We apply the color-magnitude intercept calibration method (CMAGIC) to the Nearby Supernova Factory SNe Ia spectrophotometric dataset. The currently existing CMAGIC parameters are t…
SNEMO: Improved Empirical Models for Type Ia Supernovae
C. Saunders, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +39
Type Ia supernova cosmology depends on the ability to fit and standardize observations of supernova magnitudes with an empirical model. We present here a series of new models of Ty…
The Twins Embedding of Type Ia Supernovae II: Improving Cosmological Distance Estimates
K. Boone, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +34
We show how spectra of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at maximum light can be used to improve cosmological distance estimates. In a companion article, we used manifold learning to bui…
The reddening law of Type Ia Supernovae: separating intrinsic variability from dust using equivalent widths
N. Chotard, E. Gangler, G. Aldering +28
We employ 76 type Ia supernovae with optical spectrophotometry within 2.5 days of B-band maximum light obtained by the Nearby Supernova Factory to derive the impact of Si and Ca fe…
Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2006D: On Sporadic Carbon Signatures in Early Type Ia Supernova Spectra
The Nearby Supernova Factory, :, R. C. Thomas +27
We present four spectra of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2006D extending from -7 to +13 days with respect to B-band maximum. The spectra include the strongest signature of unburned…
SCALA: In-situ calibration for Integral Field Spectrographs
S. Lombardo, D. Küsters, M. Kowalski +39
The scientific yield of current and future optical surveys is increasingly limited by systematic uncertainties in the flux calibration. This is the case for Type Ia supernova (SN I…
The Extinction Properties of and Distance to the Highly Reddened Type Ia Supernova SN 2012cu
X. Huang, Z. Raha, G. Aldering +39
Correction of Type Ia Supernova brightnesses for extinction by dust has proven to be a vexing problem. Here we study the dust foreground to the highly reddened SN 2012cu, which is…
Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2007if: First Total Mass Measurement of a Super-Chandrasekhar-Mass Progenitor
R. A. Scalzo, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +27
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2007if, an overluminous (M_V = -20.4), red (B-V = 0.16 at B-band maximum), slow-rising (t_rise = 24 days) type Ia supern…
Type Ia Supernova Hubble Residuals and Host-Galaxy Properties
A. G. Kim, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +33
Kim et al. (2013) [K13] introduced a new methodology for determining peak-brightness absolute magnitudes of type Ia supernovae from multi-band light curves. We examine the relation…
Host Galaxy Properties and Hubble Residuals of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory
M. J. Childress, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +32
We examine the relationship between Type Ia Supernova (SN Ia) Hubble residuals and the properties of their host galaxies using a sample of 115 SNe Ia from the Nearby Supernova Fact…
Standardizing Type Ia Supernova Absolute Magnitudes Using Gaussian Process Data Regression
A. G. Kim, R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering +32
We present a novel class of models for Type Ia supernova time-evolving spectral energy distributions (SED) and absolute magnitudes: they are each modeled as stochastic functions de…
Atmospheric extinction properties above Mauna Kea from the Nearby Supernova Factory spectro-photometric data set
C. Buton, Y. Copin, G. Aldering +30
We present a new atmospheric extinction curve for Mauna Kea spanning 3200--9700 Ã . It is the most comprehensive to date, being based on some 4285 standard star spectra obtained on…
Using Spectral Flux Ratios to Standardize SN Ia Luminosities
S. Bailey, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +23
We present a new method to standardize Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) luminosities to ~<0.13 magnitudes using flux ratios from a single flux-calibrated spectrum per SN. Using Nearby Sup…
A Probabilistic Autoencoder for Type Ia Supernovae Spectral Time Series
George Stein, Uros Seljak, Vanessa Bohm +37
We construct a physically-parameterized probabilistic autoencoder (PAE) to learn the intrinsic diversity of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from a sparse set of spectral time series. T…
Type Ia Supernova Carbon Footprints
R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +32
We present convincing evidence of unburned carbon at photospheric velocities in new observations of 5 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) obtained by the Nearby Supernova Factory. These SN…
An Agnostic Approach to Building Empirical Type Ia Supernova Light Curves: Evidence for Intrinsic Chromatic Flux Variation Using Nearby Supernova Factory Data
Jared Hand, A. G. Kim, G. Aldering +35
We present a new empirical Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) model with three chromatic flux variation templates: one phase dependent and two phase independent. No underlying dust extincti…
Confirmation of a Star Formation Bias in Type Ia Supernova Distances and its Effect on Measurement of the Hubble Constant
M. Rigault, G. Aldering, M. Kowalski +35
Previously we used the Nearby Supernova Factory sample to show that SNe~Ia having locally star-forming environments are dimmer than SNe~Ia having locally passive environments.Here…
Correcting for peculiar velocities of Type Ia Supernovae in clusters of galaxies
P. -F. Léget, M. V. Pruzhinskaya, A. Ciulli +43
Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are widely used to measure the expansion of the Universe. To perform such measurements the luminosity and cosmological redshift () of the SNe Ia have…
Type Ia supernova bolometric light curves and ejected mass estimates from the Nearby Supernova Factory
R. Scalzo, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +32
We present a sample of normal type Ia supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory dataset with spectrophotometry at sufficiently late phases to estimate the ejected mass using the…
Uniform Recalibration of Common Spectrophotometry Standard Stars onto the CALSPEC System using the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph
David Rubin, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +35
We calibrate spectrophotometric optical spectra of 32 stars commonly used as standard stars, referenced to 14 stars already on the HST-based CALSPEC flux system. Observations of CA…
SUGAR: An improved empirical model of Type Ia Supernovae based on spectral features
P. -F. Léget, E. Gangler, F. Mondon +40
Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are widely used to measure the expansion of the Universe. Improving distance measurements of SNe Ia is one technique to better constrain the acceleratio…
SN 2012dn from early to late times: 09dc-like supernovae reassessed
S. Taubenberger, A. Floers, C. Vogl +40
As a candidate 'super-Chandrasekhar' or 09dc-like Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), SN 2012dn shares many characteristics with other members of this remarkable class of objects but lacks…
Understanding Type Ia supernovae through their U-band spectra
J. Nordin, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +39
Context. Observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) can be used to derive accurate cosmological distances through empirical standardization techniques. Despite this success neithe…
Measuring cosmic bulk flows with Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory
U. Feindt, M. Kerschhaggl, M. Kowalski +33
Context. Our Local Group of galaxies appears to be moving relative to the cosmic microwave background with the source of the peculiar motion still uncertain. While in the past this…
Keck Observations of the Young Metal-Poor Host Galaxy of the Super-Chandrasekhar-Mass Type Ia Supernova SN 2007if
M. Childress, G. Aldering, C. Aragon +28
We present Keck LRIS spectroscopy and -band photometry of the metal-poor, low-luminosity host galaxy of the super-Chandrasekhar mass Type Ia supernova SN 2007if. Deep imaging of…
Initial Hubble Diagram Results from the Nearby Supernova Factory
S. Bailey, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +22
The use of Type Ia supernovae as distance indicators led to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe a decade ago. Now that large second generation surveys have…