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Title: Type Ia supernova rate studies from the SDSS-II Supernova Study

Abstract

The author presents new measurements of the type Ia SN rate from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey. The SDSS-II Supernova Survey was carried out during the Fall months (Sept.-Nov.) of 2005-2007 and discovered ~ 500 spectroscopically confirmed SNe Ia with densely sampled (once every ~ 4 days), multi-color light curves. Additionally, the SDSS-II Supernova Survey has discovered several hundred SNe Ia candidates with well-measured light curves, but without spectroscopic confirmation of type. This total, achieved in 9 months of observing, represents ~ 15-20% of the total SNe Ia discovered worldwide since 1885. The author describes some technical details of the SN Survey observations and SN search algorithms that contributed to the extremely high-yield of discovered SNe and that are important as context for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey SN Ia rate measurements.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
948603
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-THESIS-2008-80
TRN: US200907%%129
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS, 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ALGORITHMS; ASTROPHYSICS; FERMILAB; Astrophysics, Experiment-HEP

Citation Formats

Dilday, Benjamin. Type Ia supernova rate studies from the SDSS-II Supernova Study. United States: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.2172/948603.
Dilday, Benjamin. Type Ia supernova rate studies from the SDSS-II Supernova Study. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/948603
Dilday, Benjamin. 2008. "Type Ia supernova rate studies from the SDSS-II Supernova Study". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/948603. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/948603.
@article{osti_948603,
title = {Type Ia supernova rate studies from the SDSS-II Supernova Study},
author = {Dilday, Benjamin},
abstractNote = {The author presents new measurements of the type Ia SN rate from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey. The SDSS-II Supernova Survey was carried out during the Fall months (Sept.-Nov.) of 2005-2007 and discovered ~ 500 spectroscopically confirmed SNe Ia with densely sampled (once every ~ 4 days), multi-color light curves. Additionally, the SDSS-II Supernova Survey has discovered several hundred SNe Ia candidates with well-measured light curves, but without spectroscopic confirmation of type. This total, achieved in 9 months of observing, represents ~ 15-20% of the total SNe Ia discovered worldwide since 1885. The author describes some technical details of the SN Survey observations and SN search algorithms that contributed to the extremely high-yield of discovered SNe and that are important as context for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey SN Ia rate measurements.},
doi = {10.2172/948603},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/948603}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
}

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