Improved cosmological constraints from new, old, and combined supernova data sets

M Kowalski, D Rubin, G Aldering… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new data set of low-redshift
nearby-Hubble-flow SNe, and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous …

The Supernova Legacy Survey 3-year sample: Type Ia supernovae photometric distances and cosmological constraints

J Guy, M Sullivan, A Conley, N Regnault… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
Aims. We present photometric properties and distance measurements of 252high redshift
Type Ia supernovae (0.15< z< 1.1) discovered during the first three years of the Supernova …

SALT2: using distant supernovae to improve the use of type Ia supernovae as distance indicators

J Guy, P Astier, S Baumont, D Hardin, R Pain… - Astronomy & …, 2007 - aanda.org
Aims. We present an empirical model of type Ia supernovae spectro-photometric evolution
with time. Methods. The model is built using a large data set including light-curves and …

Type Iax supernovae: a new class of stellar explosion

RJ Foley, PJ Challis, R Chornock… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe observed properties of the Type Iax class of supernovae (SNe Iax), consisting
of SNe observationally similar to its prototypical member, SN 2002cx. The class currently …

A review of type Ia supernova spectra

J Parrent, B Friesen, M Parthasarathy - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2014 - Springer
SN 2011fe was the nearest and best-observed type Ia supernova in a generation, and
brought previous incomplete datasets into sharp contrast with the detailed new data. In …

Berkeley Supernova Ia Program–I. Observations, data reduction and spectroscopic sample of 582 low-redshift Type Ia supernovae

JM Silverman, RJ Foley, AV Filippenko… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this first paper in a series, we present 1298 low-redshift (z≲ 0.2) optical spectra of 582
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observed from 1989 to 2008 as part of the Berkeley Supernova …

PTF 11kx: a Type Ia supernova with a symbiotic nova progenitor

B Dilday, DA Howell, SB Cenko, JM Silverman… - Science, 2012 - science.org
There is a consensus that type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) arise from the thermonuclear
explosion of white dwarf stars that accrete matter from a binary companion. However, direct …

The spectroscopic diversity of type Ia supernovae

S Blondin, T Matheson, RP Kirshner… - The Astronomical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present 2603 spectra of 462 nearby Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), including 2065
previously unpublished spectra, obtained during 1993–2008 through the Center for …

Early blue excess from the type Ia supernova 2017cbv and implications for its progenitor

G Hosseinzadeh, DJ Sand, S Valenti… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present very early, high-cadence photometric observations of the nearby Type Ia SN
2017cbv. The light curve is unique in that it has a blue bump during the first five days of …

K-corrections and spectral templates of Type Ia supernovae

EY Hsiao, A Conley, DA Howell… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
With the advent of large dedicated Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) surveys, K-corrections of SNe
Ia and their uncertainties have become especially important in the determination of …