Publications (83)
Euclid preparation. Spatially resolved stellar populations of local galaxies with Euclid: a proof of concept using synthetic images with the TNG50 simulation
Euclid Collaboration, Abdurro'uf, C. Tortora +286
The European Space Agency's Euclid mission will observe approximately 14,000 of the extragalactic sky and deliver high-quality imaging for many galaxies. The depth a…
Core-collapse Supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey: Luminosity Functions and Host Galaxy Demographics
M. Grayling, C. P. Gutiérrez, M. Sullivan +73
We present the luminosity functions and host galaxy properties of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) core-collapse supernova (CCSN) sample, consisting of 69 Type II and 50 Type Ibc spect…
Faint and peculiar objects in GAIA: results from GSC-II
D. Carollo, A. Spagna, M. G. Lattanzi +3
The one billion objects in the GSC-II make up a formidable data set for the hunt of peculiar and rare targets such as late type stars, white dwarfs, carbon dwarfs, asteroids, varia…
Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey
N. Shipp, A. Drlica-Wagner, E. Balbinot +80
We perform a search for stellar streams around the Milky Way using the first three years of multi-band optical imaging data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We use DES data cover…
A Study of Quasar Selection in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova fields
S. S. Tie, P. Martini, D. Mudd +75
We present a study of quasar selection using the DES supernova fields. We used a quasar catalog from an overlapping portion of the SDSS Stripe 82 region to quantify the completenes…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cross-Correlation Redshifts - Methods and Systematics Characterization
M. Gatti, P. Vielzeuf, C. Davis +104
We use numerical simulations to characterize the performance of a clustering-based method to calibrate photometric redshift biases. In particular, we cross-correlate the weak lensi…
The age structure of the Milky Way's halo
D. Carollo, T. C. Beers, V. M. Placco +7
We present a new, high-resolution chronographic (age) map of the Milky Way's halo, based on the inferred ages of ~130,000 field blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars with photometry f…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Deep anatomy of nearby galaxies
L. K. Hunt, F. Annibali, J. -C. Cuillandre +196
Euclid is poised to make significant advances in the study of nearby galaxies in the local Universe. Here we present a first look at 6 galaxies observed for the Nearby Galaxy Showc…
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Cosmological Analysis and Systematic Uncertainties
M. Vincenzi, D. Brout, P. Armstrong +93
We present the full Hubble diagram of photometrically-classified Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey supernova program (DES-SN). DES-SN discovered more than 20,…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Overview of the Perseus cluster and analysis of its luminosity and stellar mass functions
J. -C. Cuillandre, M. Bolzonella, A. Boselli +199
The Euclid ERO programme targeted the Perseus cluster of galaxies, gathering deep data in the central region of the cluster over 0.7 square degree, corresponding to approximately 0…
Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Inner and Outer Halo Components of the Milky Way
D. Carollo, T. C. Beers, J. Bovy +6
(Abridged) Carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars in the halo components of the Milky Way are explored, based on accurate determinations of the carbon-to-iron ([C/Fe]) abundance r…
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Light curves and 5-Year data release
B. O. Sánchez, D. Brout, M. Vincenzi +82
We present photometric light curves for the full 5 years of the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program (DES-SN), obtained with both forced Point Spread Function (PSF) photomet…
OzDES Reverberation Mapping Program: H lags from the 6-year survey
Umang Malik, Rob Sharp, A. Penton +64
Reverberation mapping measurements have been used to constrain the relationship between the size of the broad-line region and luminosity of active galactic nuclei (AGN). This …
OzDES multifibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: Three year results and first data release
M. J. Childress, C. Lidman, T. M. Davis +98
We present results for the first three years of OzDES, a six-year programme to obtain redshifts for objects in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova fields using the 2dF fibre pos…
Variable stars in Local Group Galaxies -- V. The fast and early evolution of the low-mass Eridanus II dSph galaxy
C. E. MartÃnez-Vázquez, M. Monelli, S. Cassisi +18
We present a detailed study of the variable star population of Eridanus II (Eri II), an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy that lies close to the Milky Way virial radius. We analyze multi-ep…
Stellar haloes of simulated Milky Way-like galaxies: Chemical and kinematic properties
P. B. Tissera, C. Scannapieco, T. Beers +1
We investigate the chemical and kinematic properties of the diffuse stellar haloes of six simulated Milky Way-like galaxies from the Aquarius Project. Binding energy criteria are a…
Quasar Accretion Disk Sizes from Continuum Reverberation Mapping in the DES Standard Star Fields
Zhefu Yu, Paul Martini, T. M. Davis +72
Measurements of the physical properties of accretion disks in active galactic nuclei are important for better understanding the growth and evolution of supermassive black holes. We…
Rapidly evolving transients in the Dark Energy Survey
M. Pursiainen, M. Childress, M. Smith +79
We present the results of a search for rapidly evolving transients in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Programme. These events are characterized by fast light curve evolution (rise…
First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Constraints on Cosmological Parameters
T. M. C. Abbott, S. Allam, P. Andersen +141
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…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Dwarf galaxies in the Perseus galaxy cluster
F. R. Marleau, J. -C. Cuillandre, M. Cantiello +193
We make use of the unprecedented depth, spatial resolution, and field of view of the Euclid Early Release Observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster to detect and characterise the…
Stellar haloes in Milky-Way mass galaxies: From the inner to the outer haloes
P. Tissera, T. Beers, D. Carollo +1
We present a comprehensive study of the chemical properties of the stellar haloes of Milky-Way mass galaxies, analysing the transition between the inner to the outer haloes. We fin…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Interplay between dwarf galaxies and their globular clusters in the Perseus galaxy cluster
T. Saifollahi, A. Lançon, Michele Cantiello +183
We present an analysis of globular clusters (GCs) of dwarf galaxies in the Perseus galaxy cluster to explore the relationship between dwarf galaxy properties and their GCs. Our foc…
The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernova
C. Inserra, M. Sullivan, C. R. Angus +88
We present the first Hubble diagram of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) out to a redshift of two, together with constraints on the matter density, , and the dark energy…
Chemical Analysis of the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Grus~II. Signature of high-mass stellar nucleosynthesis
T. T. Hansen, J. L. Marshall, J. D. Simon +59
We present a detailed abundance analysis of the three brightest member stars at the top of the giant branch of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Grus~II. All stars exhibit a higher than…
OzDES Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei: Final Data Release, Black-Hole Mass Results, & Scaling Relations
H. McDougall, T. M. Davis, Z. Yu +53
Over the last decade, the Australian Dark Energy (OzDES) collaboration has used Reverberation Mapping to measure the masses of high redshift supermassive black holes. Here we prese…
Quasar Accretion Disk Sizes From Continuum Reverberation Mapping From the Dark Energy Survey
D. Mudd, P. Martini, Y. Zu +69
We present accretion disk size measurements for 15 luminous quasars at derived from light curves from the Dark Energy Survey. We measure the disk sizes…
Modelling the impact of host galaxy dust on type Ia supernova distance measurements
B. Popovic, P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan +65
Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are a critical tool in measuring the accelerating expansion of the universe. Recent efforts to improve these standard candles have focused on incorporat…
Pegasus IV: Discovery and Spectroscopic Confirmation of an Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy in the Constellation Pegasus
W. Cerny, J. D. Simon, T. S. Li +29
We report the discovery of Pegasus IV, an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy found in archival data from the Dark Energy Camera processed by the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey. Pegasu…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Globular clusters in the Fornax galaxy cluster, from dwarf galaxies to the intracluster field
T. Saifollahi, K. Voggel, A. Lançon +196
We present an analysis of Euclid observations of a 0.5 deg field in the central region of the Fornax galaxy cluster that were acquired during the performance verification phase…
Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): Hunting for luminous z > 6 galaxies in the Euclid Deep Fields -- forecasts and first bright detections
Euclid Collaboration, N. Allen, P. A. Oesch +309
The evolution of the rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function (UV LF) is a powerful probe of early star formation and stellar mass build-up. At z > 6, its bright end (MUV < -21)…
Cosmological Constraints from Multiple Probes in the Dark Energy Survey
DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, A. Alarcon +166
The combination of multiple observational probes has long been advocated as a powerful technique to constrain cosmological parameters, in particular dark energy. The Dark Energy Su…
Euclid preparation. LVIII. Detecting globular clusters in the Euclid survey
Euclid Collaboration, K. Voggel, A. Lançon +270
Extragalactic globular clusters (EGCs) are an abundant and powerful tracer of galaxy dynamics and formation, and their own formation and evolution is also a matter of extensive deb…
Euclid: Quick Data Release (Q1) -- A census of dwarf galaxies across a range of distances and environments
F. R. Marleau, R. Habas, D. Carollo +204
The Euclid Q1 fields were selected for calibration purposes in cosmology and are therefore relatively devoid of nearby galaxies. However, this is precisely what makes them interest…
Euclid: Calibrating distances from surface brightness fluctuations with Early Release Observations of the Fornax cluster
R. Habas, M. Cantiello, G. Riccio +169
Surface brightness fluctuations (SBF), the pixel-to-pixel variations in flux that arise from the statistical distribution of stars in galaxy images, provide a powerful tool to meas…
Supernova Siblings: Assessing the Consistency of Properties of Type Ia Supernovae that Share the Same Parent Galaxies
D. Scolnic, M. Smith, A. Massiah +82
While many studies have shown a correlation between properties of the light curves of Type Ia SN (SNe Ia) and properties of their host galaxies, it remains unclear what is driving…
Discovery of a peculiar DQ white dwarf
D. Carollo, S. T. Hodgkin, A. Spagna +4
We report the discovery of a new carbon rich white dwarf that was identified during a proper motion survey for cool white dwarfs based on photographic material used for the constru…
Two Stellar Components in the Halo of the Milky Way
D. Carollo, T. C. Beers, Y. S. Lee +9
The halo of the Milky Way provides unique elemental abundance and kinematic information on the first objects to form in the Universe, which can be used to tightly constrain models…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Galaxy clustering for combined probes
J. Elvin-Poole, M. Crocce, A. J. Ross +123
We measure the clustering of DES Year 1 galaxies that are intended to be combined with weak lensing samples in order to produce precise cosmological constraints from the joint anal…
Rates and delay times of type Ia supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey
P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, M. Smith +87
We use a sample of 809 photometrically classified type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) along with 40415 field galaxies to calculate the rate of SN…
OzDES multi-fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: first-year operation and results
Fang Yuan, C. Lidman, T. M. Davis +99
OzDES is a five-year, 100-night, spectroscopic survey on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, whose primary aim is to measure redshifts of approximately 2,500 Type Ia supernovae host ga…
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: A 2.7% measurement of Baryon Acoustic Oscillation distance scale at redshift 0.835
DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena +108
We present angular diameter measurements obtained by measuring the position of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) in an optimised sample of galaxies from the first three years of D…
Euclid preparation LXXIX. Using mock low surface brightness dwarf galaxies to probe Euclid Wide Survey detection capabilities
Euclid Collaboration, M. Urbano, P. -A. Duc +313
Local Universe dwarf galaxies can serve as both cosmological and mass assembly probes. Deep surveys have enabled the study of these objects down to the low surface brightness (LSB)…
First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Survey Overview and Supernova Spectroscopy
C. B. D'Andrea, M. Smith, M. Sullivan +108
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, observ…
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Galaxy Sample for BAO Measurement
A. Carnero Rosell, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, M. Crocce +106
In this paper we present and validate the galaxy sample used for the analysis of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation signal (BAO) in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Y3 data. The definitio…
OzDES Reverberation Mapping Program: Mg II Lags and R-L relation
Zhefu Yu, Paul Martini, A. Penton +55
The correlation between the broad line region radius and continuum luminosity ( relation) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is critical for single-epoch mass estimates of superm…
Weak Lensing of Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey
E. Macaulay, D. Bacon, R. C. Nichol +69
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 (DE…
First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Analysis, Systematic Uncertainties, and Validation
D. Brout, D. Scolnic, R. Kessler +122
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…
Velocity Dispersions of Clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Y3 redMaPPer Catalog
V. Wetzell, T. E. Jeltema, B. Hegland +96
We measure the velocity dispersions of clusters of galaxies selected by the redMaPPer algorithm in the first three years of data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), allowing us to p…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- The extended stellar component of the IC10 dwarf galaxy
F. Annibali, A. M. N. Ferguson, P. M. Sanchez-Alarcon +175
We present a detailed analysis of the old, extended stellar component of the Local Group dwarf galaxy IC 10 using deep resolved-star photometry in the VIS and NISP bands of the Euc…
OzDES Reverberation Mapping Program: CIV lags from six years of data
A. Penton, H. McDougall, T. M. Davis +52
The paper reports 29 successful CIV reverberation time‑lag measurements for high‑redshift active galactic nuclei from the OzDES survey, derives black‑hole masses of 0.8–1.3 billion…
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: An updated measurement of the Hubble constant using the Inverse Distance Ladder
R. Camilleri, T. M. Davis, S. R. Hinton +77
We measure the current expansion rate of the Universe, Hubble's constant , by calibrating the absolute magnitudes of supernovae to distances measured by Baryon Acoustic Oscill…
An R-process enhanced star in the dwarf galaxy Tucana III
T. T. Hansen, J. D. Simon, J. L. Marshall +48
Chemically peculiar stars in dwarf galaxies provide a window for exploring the birth environment of stars with varying chemical enrichment. We present a chemical abundance analysis…
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Slow supernovae show cosmological time dilation out to
R. M. T. White, T. M. Davis, G. F. Lewis +67
We present a precise measurement of cosmological time dilation using the light curves of 1504 type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey spanning a redshift range $0.1\lesssim…
CIV Black Hole Mass Measurements with the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES)
J. K. Hoormann, P. Martini, T. M. Davis +67
Black hole mass measurements outside the local universe are critically important to derive the growth of supermassive black holes over cosmic time, and to study the interplay betwe…
Understanding the extreme luminosity of DES14X2fna
M. Grayling, C. P. Gutiérrez, M. Sullivan +66
We present DES14X2fna, a high-luminosity, fast-declining type IIb supernova (SN IIb) at redshift , detected by the Dark Energy Survey (DES). DES14X2fna is an unusual memb…
OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: Results and second data release
C. Lidman, B. E. Tucker, T. M. Davis +101
We present a description of the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) and summarise the results from its six years of operations. Using the 2dF fibre positioner and AAOmega spectro…
The Host Galaxies of Rapidly Evolving Transients in the Dark Energy Survey
P. Wiseman, M. Pursiainen, M. Childress +72
Rapidly evolving transients (RETs), also termed fast blue optical transients (FBOTs), are a distinct class of astrophysical event. They are characterised by lightcurves that declin…
EMU and Euclid: Detection of a radio-optical galaxy clustering cross-correlation signal between the Evolutionary Map of the Universe and Euclid
G. Piccirilli, B. Bahr-Kalus, S. Camera +173
Synergies between large-scale radio-continuum and optical/near-infrared galaxy surveys are a powerful tool for cosmology. Cross-correlating these surveys can constrain the redshift…
Using Host Galaxy Spectroscopy to Explore Systematics in the Standardisation of Type Ia Supernovae
M. Dixon, C. Lidman, J. Mould +75
We use stacked spectra of the host galaxies of photometrically identified type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) to search for correlations between Hubble di…
VST-SMASH: VST Survey of Mass Assembly and Structural Hierarchy II. Exploring dwarf galaxies in the vicinity of NGC 5068 and of the two galaxies NGC 5084 and NGC 5087 at the edges of the Virgo Supercluster
C. Tortora, R. Ragusa, L. K. Hunt +9
We present a study of dwarf galaxy candidates in the deepest optical imaging yet obtained of the field surrounding the nearby galaxies NGC 5068 and NGC 5084/NGC 5087, the latter tw…
The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results With ~1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using The Full 5-year Dataset
DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Acevedo +156
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 contra…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Redshift distributions of the weak lensing source galaxies
B. Hoyle, D. Gruen, G. M. Bernstein +135
We describe the derivation and validation of redshift distribution estimates and their uncertainties for the galaxies used as weak lensing sources in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Y…
Multi-wavelength Optical and NIR Variability Analysis of the Blazar PKS 0027-426
E. Guise, S. F. Hönig, T. Almeyda +62
We present multi-wavelength spectral and temporal variability analysis of PKS 0027-426 using optical griz observations from DES (Dark Energy Survey) between 2013-2018 and VOILETTE…
The First Tidally Disrupted Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy? - Spectroscopic Analysis of the Tucana III Stream
T. S. Li, J. D. Simon, K. Kuehn +68
We present a spectroscopic study of the tidal tails and core of the Milky Way satellite Tucana III, collectively referred to as the Tucana III stream, using the 2dF+AAOmega spectro…
First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: The Effect of Host Galaxy Properties on Supernova Luminosity
M. Smith, M. Sullivan, P. Wiseman +88
We present improved photometric measurements for the host galaxies of 206 spectroscopically confirmed type Ia supernovae discovered by the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES…
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Cosmological biases from supernova photometric classification
M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, A. Möller +81
Cosmological analyses of samples of photometrically-identified Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) depend on understanding the effects of 'contamination' from core-collapse and peculiar SN…
The GALAH Survey: Scientific Motivation
G. M. De Silva, K. C. Freeman, J. Bland-Hawthorn +44
The GALAH survey is a large high-resolution spectroscopic survey using the newly commissioned HERMES spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The HERMES spectrograph provide…
Euclid: Early Release Observations of diffuse stellar structures and globular clusters as probes of the mass assembly of galaxies in the Dorado group
M. Urbano, P. -A. Duc, T. Saifollahi +160
Deep surveys reveal tidal debris and associated compact stellar systems. Euclid's unique combination of capabilities (spatial resolution, depth, and wide sky coverage) will make it…
Studying Type II supernovae as cosmological standard candles using the Dark Energy Survey
T. de Jaeger, L. Galbany, S. González-Gaitán +85
Despite vast improvements in the measurement of the cosmological parameters, the nature of dark energy and an accurate value of the Hubble constant (H) in the Hubble-Lemaître…
Chronography of the Milky Way's Halo System with Field Blue Horizontal-Branch Stars
R. M. Santucci, T. C. Beers, V. M. Placco +6
In a pioneering effort, Preston et al. reported that the colors of blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars in the halo of the Galaxy shift with distance, from regions near the Galactic…
redMaGiC: Selecting Luminous Red Galaxies from the DES Science Verification Data
E. Rozo, E. S. Rykoff, A. Abate +84
We introduce redMaGiC, an automated algorithm for selecting Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs). The algorithm was specifically developed to minimize photometric redshift uncertainties in…
Model atmosphere analysis of the extreme DQ white dwarf GSC2U J131147.2+292348
D. Carollo, D. Koester, A. Spagna +2
A new model atmosphere analysis for the peculiar DQ white dwarf discovered by Carollo et al. (2002) is presented. The effective temperature and carbon abundance have been estimated…
First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: Simulations to Correct Supernova Distance Biases
R. Kessler, D. Brout, C. B. D'Andrea +103
We describe catalog-level simulations of Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) light curves in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN), and in low-redshift samples from the Center fo…
Dark Energy Survey: A 2.1% measurement of the angular Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation scale at redshift =0.85 from the final dataset
DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Adamow +105
We present the angular diameter distance measurement obtained with the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation feature from galaxy clustering in the completed Dark Energy Survey, consisting…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Programme overview and pipeline for compact- and diffuse-emission photometry
J. -C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, M. Bolzonella +260
The Euclid ERO showcase Euclid's capabilities in advance of its main mission, targeting 17 astronomical objects, from galaxy clusters, nearby galaxies, globular clusters, to star-f…
The GALAH Survey: Second Data Release
S. Buder, M. Asplund, L. Duong +39
The Galactic Archaeology with HERMES (GALAH) survey is a large-scale stellar spectroscopic survey of the Milky Way and designed to deliver chemical information complementary to a l…
OzDES Reverberation Mapping Program: The first Mg II lags from five years of monitoring
Zhefu Yu, Paul Martini, A. Penton +63
Reverberation mapping is a robust method to measure the masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) outside of the local Universe. Measurements of the radius -- luminosity () r…
First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Effects of Chromatic Corrections to Supernova Photometry on Measurements of Cosmological Parameters
J. Lasker, R. Kessler, D. Scolnic +78
Calibration uncertainties have been the leading systematic uncertainty in recent analyses using type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) to measure cosmological parameters. To improve the calib…
The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae
A. Möller, M. Smith, M. Sako +80
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-curve…
First Cosmological Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Measurement of the Hubble Constant
E. Macaulay, R. C. Nichol, D. Bacon +106
We present an improved measurement of the Hubble constant (H_0) using the 'inverse distance ladder' method, which adds the information from 207 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the…
The Mystery of Photometric Twins DES17X1boj and DES16E2bjy
M. Pursiainen, C. Gutierrez, P. Wiseman +80
We present an analysis of DES17X1boj and DES16E2bjy, two peculiar transients discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES). They exhibit nearly identical double-peaked light curves wh…
The GSC-II-based survey of ancient cool white dwarfs I. The sample of spectroscopically confirmed WDs
D. Carollo, B. Bucciarelli, S. T. Hodgkin +6
The GSC-II white dwarf survey was designed to identify faint and high proper motion objects, which we used to define a new and independent sample of cool white dwarfs. With this su…
Disk or Halo white dwarfs? Kinematic analysis of high proper motion surveys
A. Spagna, D. Carollo, M. G. Lattanzi +1
We present an alternative method for the kinematic analysis of high proper motion surveys and discuss its application to the survey of Oppenheimer et al. (2001) for the selection o…