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most citedConfirmation of a Star Formation Bias in Type Ia Supernova Distances and its Effect on Measurement of the Hubble Constant

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26 papers

astro-ph.CO2020

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…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 55 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 27 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 66 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 158 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 14 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 12 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 10 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 19 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 17 cited

An Intermediate Type Ia Supernova Between Normal And Super-Chandrasekhar

Yi Cao, J. Johansson, Peter E. Nugent +14

In this paper, we report observations of a peculiar Type Ia supernova iPTF13asv (a.k.a., SN2013cv) from the onset of the explosion to months after its peak. The early-phase spectra…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 66 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 236 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 10 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 103 cited

Exploring the spectral diversity of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae using the Palomar Transient Factory

Kate Maguire, Mark Sullivan, Yen-Chen Pan +15

We present an investigation of the optical spectra of 264 low-redshift (z < 0.2) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory, an untargeted transient su…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 141 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 13 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 103 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 217 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 187 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 81 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 79 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 227 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 96 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 149 cited

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…