The Spectroscopic Classification of Astronomical Transients (SCAT) Survey: Overview, Pipeline Description, Initial Results, and Future Plans

MA Tucker, BJ Shappee, ME Huber… - Publications of the …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present the Spectroscopic Classification of Astronomical Transients (SCAT)
survey, which is dedicated to spectrophotometric observations of transient objects such as …

Union Through UNITY: Cosmology with 2,000 SNe Using a Unified Bayesian Framework

D Rubin, G Aldering, M Betoule, A Fruchter… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) were instrumental in establishing the acceleration of the
universe's expansion. By virtue of their combination of distance reach, precision, and …

StarDICE-I. Sensor calibration bench and absolute photometric calibration of a Sony IMX411 sensor

M Betoule, S Antier, E Bertin, PÉ Blanc… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The Hubble diagram of type-Ia supernovae (SNe-Ia) provides cosmological
constraints on the nature of dark energy with an accuracy limited by the flux calibration of …

Towards an integrated optical transient utility

SR Kulkarni - arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.03511, 2020 - arxiv.org
The ongoing optical time-domain astronomy surveys are routinely reporting fifty transient
candidates per night. Here, I investigate the demographics of astronomical transients and …

Measurement of telescope transmission using a Collimated Beam Projector

N Mondrik, M Coughlin, M Betoule… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
With the increasingly large number of Type Ia supernova being detected by current-
generation survey telescopes, and even more expected with the upcoming Rubin …

SCALA upgrade: development of a light source for sub-percent calibration uncertainties

D Küsters, B Bastian-Querner… - Ground-based and …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The SCALA system provides a physical flux calibration for the SuperNova Integral Field
Spectrograph (SNIFS) mounted to the University of Hawaii 2.2 m telescope on Mauna Kea …

Design and performance of a collimated beam projector for telescope transmission measurement using a broad-band light source

K Sommer, J Cohen-Tanugi, B Plez… - RAS Techniques …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Type Ia supernovae are the most direct cosmological probe to study dark energy in the
recent Universe, for which the photometric calibration of astronomical instruments remains …

Uniform Recalibration of Common Spectrophotometry Standard Stars onto the CALSPEC System using the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph

D Rubin, G Aldering, P Antilogus… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We calibrate spectrophotometric optical spectra of 32 stars commonly used as standard
stars, referenced to 14 stars already on the Hubble Space Telescope–based CALSPEC flux …

Calibration of Standard Stars

B Bastian-Querner - 2024 - edoc.hu-berlin.de
Abstract Die Messung der dunklen Energie Ω (Λ) und des equation-of-state Parameters 𝑤
spielen in der Kosmologie eine entscheidende Rolle. Das Hubble-Diagramm einer …

Synergies between Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and Euclid Mission: Constraining Dark Energy with Type Ia Supernovae

BM Rose, G Aldering, M Dai, S Deustua… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
We review the needs of the supernova community for improvements in survey coordination
and data sharing that would significantly boost the constraints on dark energy using samples …