Observational clues to the progenitors of type Ia supernovae
D Maoz, F Mannucci, G Nelemans - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are important distance indicators, element factories, cosmic-ray
accelerators, kinetic-energy sources in galaxy evolution, and end points of stellar binary …
accelerators, kinetic-energy sources in galaxy evolution, and end points of stellar binary …
Observational probes of cosmic acceleration
DH Weinberg, MJ Mortonson, DJ Eisenstein, C Hirata… - Physics reports, 2013 - Elsevier
The accelerating expansion of the universe is the most surprising cosmological discovery in
many decades, implying that the universe is dominated by some form of “dark energy” with …
many decades, implying that the universe is dominated by some form of “dark energy” with …
The baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey of SDSS-III
KS Dawson, DJ Schlegel, CP Ahn… - The Astronomical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) is designed to measure
the scale of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the clustering of matter over a larger …
the scale of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the clustering of matter over a larger …
Leveraging SN Ia spectroscopic similarity to improve the measurement of H 0
Recent studies suggest spectroscopic differences explain a fraction of the variation in Type
Ia supernova (SN Ia) luminosities after light-curve/color standardization. In this work,(i) we …
Ia supernova (SN Ia) luminosities after light-curve/color standardization. In this work,(i) we …
Improved cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the SDSS-II and SNLS supernova samples
MEA Betoule, R Kessler, J Guy, J Mosher… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
Aims. We present cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of type Ia supernova (SN Ia)
observations obtained by the SDSS-II and SNLS collaborations. The dataset includes …
observations obtained by the SDSS-II and SNLS collaborations. The dataset includes …
First results from the catalina real-time transient survey
AJ Drake, SG Djorgovski, A Mahabal… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the results from the first six months of the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey
(CRTS). In order to search for optical transients (OTs) with timescales of minutes to years …
(CRTS). In order to search for optical transients (OTs) with timescales of minutes to years …
RAPID: early classification of explosive transients using deep learning
D Muthukrishna, G Narayan, KS Mandel… - Publications of the …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present Real-time Automated Photometric IDentification (RAPID), a novel time
series classification tool capable of automatically identifying transients from within a day of …
series classification tool capable of automatically identifying transients from within a day of …
Photometric supernova classification with machine learning
Automated photometric supernova classification has become an active area of research in
recent years in light of current and upcoming imaging surveys such as the Dark Energy …
recent years in light of current and upcoming imaging surveys such as the Dark Energy …
The difference imaging pipeline for the transient search in the dark energy survey
R Kessler, J Marriner, M Childress… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the operation and performance of the difference imaging pipeline (DiffImg)
used to detect transients in deep images from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program …
used to detect transients in deep images from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program …
Optical discovery of probable stellar tidal disruption flares
ABSTRACT Using archival Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) multi-epoch imaging data
(Stripe 82), we have searched for the tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes in …
(Stripe 82), we have searched for the tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes in …