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An improved standardization framework for Type II-P supernovae using a hierarchical Bayesian approach
A. Holas, S. Taubenberger, C. Vogl +41
We use Type II-P supernovae (SNe II-P) observed as part of the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) experiment as standardizable candles to develop an improved standardization fram…
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…
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…
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 HST See Change Program: I. Survey Design, Pipeline, and Supernova Discoveries
Brian Hayden, David Rubin, Kyle Boone +53
The See Change survey was designed to make cosmological measurements by efficiently discovering high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and improving cluster mass measureme…
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…
Initial Evaluation of SNEMO2 and SNEMO7 Standardization Derived From Current Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae
B. M. Rose, S. Dixon, D. Rubin +7
To determine if the SuperNova Empirical Model (SNEMO) can improve Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) standardization of several currently available photometric data sets, we perform an init…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
UNITY: Confronting Supernova Cosmology's Statistical and Systematic Uncertainties in a Unified Bayesian Framework
David Rubin, Greg Aldering, Kyle Barbary +12
While recent supernova cosmology research has benefited from improved measurements, current analysis approaches are not statistically optimal and will prove insufficient for future…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lensed Type Ia Supernovae as Probes of Cluster Mass Models
J. Nordin, D. Rubin, J. Richard +19
Using three magnified Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) detected behind CLASH clusters, we perform a first pilot study to see whether standardizable candles can be used to calibrate clus…
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…
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…
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…
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 Å) spectrophotometric observations of the nearby quintessential "normal" type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2011fe in the galaxy M101, extendin…
Precision Measurement of The Most Distant Spectroscopically Confirmed Supernova Ia with the Hubble Space Telescope
D. Rubin, R. A. Knop, E. Rykoff +25
We report the discovery of a redshift 1.71 supernova in the GOODS North field. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ACS spectrum has almost negligible contamination from the host or ne…