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1. DES Y3 + KiDS-1000: Consistent cosmology combining cosmic shear surveys

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T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, A. Alarcon, O. Alves, A. Amon, F. Andrade-Oliveira, M. Asgari, S. Avila, D. Bacon, K. Bechtol, M. R. Becker, G. M. Bernstein, E. Bertin, M. Bilicki, J. Blazek, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, P. Burger, D. L. Burke, H. Camacho, A. Campos, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, R. Cawthon, C. Chang, R. Chen, A. Choi, C. Conselice, J. Cordero, M. Crocce, L. N. da Costa, M. E. da Silva Pereira, R. Dalal, C. Davis, J. T. A. de Jong, J. DeRose, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, S. Dodelson, P. Doel, C. Doux, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. Dvornik, K. Eckert, T. F. Eifler, J. Elvin-Poole, S. Everett, X. Fang, I. Ferrero, A. Ferté, B. Flaugher, O. Friedrich, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, G. Giannini, B. Giblin, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, I. Harrison, W. G. Hartley, K. Herner, C. Heymans, H. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hinton, H. Hoekstra, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, H. Huang, E. M. Huff, D. Huterer, D. J. James, M. Jarvis, N. Jeffrey, T. Jeltema, B. Joachimi, S. Joudaki, A. Kannawadi, E. Krause, K. Kuehn, K. Kuijken, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, P.-F. Leget, P. Lemos, S.-S. Li, X. Li, A. R. Liddle, M. Lima, C.-A. Lin, H. Lin, N. MacCrann, C. Mahony, J. L. Marshall, J. McCullough, J. Mena-Fernández, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, J. J. Mohr, J. Muir, J. Myles, N. Napolitano, A. Navarro-Alsina, R. L. C. Ogando, A. Palmese, S. Pandey, Y. Park, M. Paterno, J. A. Peacock, D. Petravick, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. Porredon, J. Prat, M. Radovich, M. Raveri, R. Reischke, N. C. Robertson, R. P. Rollins, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. S. Rykoff, S. Samuroff, C. Sánchez, E. Sanchez, J. Sanchez, P. Schneider, L. F. Secco, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, H.-Y. Shan, E. Sheldon, T. Shin, C. Sifón, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, B. Stölzner, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, C. To, M. A. Troxel, T. Tröster, I. Tutusaus, J. L. van den Busch, T. N. Varga, A. R. Walker, N. Weaverdyck, R. H. Wechsler, J. Weller, P. Wiseman, A. H. Wright, B. Yanny, B. Yin, M. Yoon, Y. Zhang, and J. Zuntz

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Astronomy, QB1-991, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Published
2023
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2. Improving the astrometric solution of the Hyper Suprime-Cam with anisotropic Gaussian processes

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A. Roodman, P. Antilogus, Clare Saunders, David Rubin, P. F. Leget, Nicolas Regnault, P. Astier, Mike Jarvis, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), techniques: image processing, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Correlation function (astronomy), Residual, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, gravitational lensing: weak, 0103 physical sciences, Statistical physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Gaussian process, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrometry, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Kernel (statistics), cosmology: observations, symbols, Dark energy, astrometry, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Interpolation, atmospheric effects
Abstract

Context. We study astrometric residuals from a simultaneous fit of Hyper Suprime-Cam images. Aims. We aim to characterize these residuals and study the extent to which they are dominated by atmospheric contributions for bright sources. Methods. We used Gaussian process interpolation with a correlation function (kernel) measured from the data to smooth and correct the observed astrometric residual field. Results. We find that a Gaussian process interpolation with a von Kármán kernel allows us to reduce the covariances of astrometric residuals for nearby sources by about one order of magnitude, from 30 mas2 to 3 mas2 at angular scales of ∼1 arcmin. This also allows us to halve the rms residuals. Those reductions using Gaussian process interpolation are similar to recent result published with the Dark Energy Survey dataset. We are then able to detect the small static astrometric residuals due to the Hyper Suprime-Cam sensors effects. We discuss how the Gaussian process interpolation of astrometric residuals impacts galaxy shape measurements, particularly in the context of cosmic shear analyses at the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

Published
2021

3. Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Curved-sky weak lensing mass map reconstruction

Author

Sunayana Bhargava, Jennifer L. Marshall, David J. Brooks, Carlos Solans Sanchez, G. Tarle, Samuel Hinton, G. Gutierrez, Alexandra Amon, Peter Doel, Ami Choi, Ben Hoyle, Marco Raveri, B. Flaugher, F. Andrade-Oliveira, Jochen Weller, R. P. Rollins, H. T. Diehl, D. L. Burke, Felipe Menanteau, Alex Drlica-Wagner, J. DeRose, F. J. Castander, David Bacon, E. Suchyta, Dragan Huterer, Christopher J. Conselice, Brian Yanny, Jack Elvin-Poole, U. Demirbozan, Maria E. S. Pereira, Niall MacCrann, Keith Bechtol, Erin Sheldon, Martin Crocce, V. Scarpine, T. M. C. Abbott, Peter Melchior, D. L. Hollowood, S. Serrano, Agnès Ferté, J. De Vicente, J. Cordero, P. F. Leget, A. Campos, Eli S. Rykoff, C. Doux, Chun-Hao To, E. J. Sanchez, K. Herner, F. Paz-Chinchón, J. Carretero, Antonella Palmese, Marcos Lima, J. Myles, I. Harrison, G. Pollina, A. Roodman, David J. James, Tommaso Giannantonio, D. Zeurcher, M. A. G. Maia, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, Joe Zuntz, A. Alarcon, B. Yin, S. Allam, Robert A. Gruendl, A. Kovács, Matthew R. Becker, Pablo Fosalba, B. Mawdsley, Ashley J. Ross, S. Pandey, J. Muir, Joseph J. Mohr, Michael Troxel, I. Ferrero, Matt J. Jarvis, A. Carnero Rosell, J. McCullough, P. Vielzeuf, Yanxi Zhang, Seshadri Nadathur, M. Carrasco Kind, M. March, S. Everett, M. Smith, M. Costanzi, Jean-Luc Starck, Daniel Gruen, I. Tutusaus, Francois Lanusse, Chihway Chang, Daniel Thomas, J. Prat, L. Whiteway, F. Elsner, S. Desai, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Soares-Santos, G. Giannini, W. G. Hartley, D. W. Gerdes, R. Cawthon, N. Kuropatkin, Ramon Miquel, K. D. Eckert, T. N. Varga, L. N. da Costa, J. P. Dietrich, Juan Garcia-Bellido, E. Bertin, E. M. Huff, R. Chen, Michel Aguena, Enrique Gaztanaga, R. L. C. Ogando, Bhuvnesh Jain, M Gatti, Ofer Lahav, Niall Jeffrey, Robert Morgan, L. F. Secco, Nico Hamaus, A. A. Plazas, A. Navarro-Alsina, T. Shin, T. Kacprzak, C. Davis, J. Gschwend, Gary Bernstein, National Science Foundation (US), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, European Commission, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (Brasil), University of Portsmouth, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DES, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS (UMR_8023)), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Jeffrey, N., Gatti, M., Chang, C., Whiteway, L., Demirbozan, U., Kovacs, A., Pollina, G., Bacon, D., Hamaus, N., Kacprzak, T., Lahav, O., Lanusse, F., Mawdsley, B., Nadathur, S., Starck, J. L., Vielzeuf, P., Zeurcher, D., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., Bernstein, G. M., Campos, A., Rosell, A. C., Kind, M. C., Cawthon, R., Chen, R., Choi, A., Cordero, J., Davis, C., Derose, J., Doux, C., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eckert, K., Elsner, F., Elvin-Poole, J., Everett, S., Ferte, A., Giannini, G., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Harrison, I., Hartley, W. G., Herner, K., Huff, E. M., Huterer, D., Kuropatkin, N., Jarvis, M., Leget, P. F., Maccrann, N., Mccullough, J., Muir, J., Myles, J., Navarro-Alsina, A., Pandey, S., Prat, J., Raveri, M., Rollins, R. P., Ross, A. J., Rykoff, E. S., Sanchez, C., Secco, L. F., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Shin, T., Troxel, M. A., Tutusaus, I., Varga, T. N., Yanny, B., Yin, B., Zhang, Y., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Becker, M. R., Bertin, E., Bhargava, S., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., Da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Giannantonio, T., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Hoyle, B., Jain, B., James, D. J., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J. J., Morgan, R., Ogando, R. L. C., Palmese, A., Paz-Chinchon, F., Plazas, A. A., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Roodman, A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Serrano, S., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., To, C., Weller, J., Université de Paris, University College London, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Calle Viá Láctea, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, ETH Zurich, Argonne National Laboratory, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, CarnegieMellon University, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Laboratorio Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia-LIneA, Dpto. Astrofisica, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Duke University, Ohio State University, University of Manchester, University of California,Berkeley, Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Denys Wilkinson Building, University of Geneva, University of Michigan, University of Cambridge, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), CSIC), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Edinburgh, NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, Universidade de Saõ Paul, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Institut d'Astrophysique deParis, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, University of Sussex, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Trieste, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Observatório Nacional, IIT Hyderabad, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, University of Oslo, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, University of Queensland, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, Texas A and M University, Princeton University, Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, University of Southampton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)

Subjects
statistical [Methods], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Gravitational lensing: weak, 0103 physical sciences, Prior probability, Maximum a posteriori estimation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, STFC, Weak gravitational lensing, Methods: statistical, media_common, Physics, ST/M001334/1, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, RCUK, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Celestial sphere, gravitational lensing: Weak, large-scale structure of Universe, methods: Statistical, ST/R000476/1, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, astro-ph.CO, Dark energy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], weak [Gravitational lensing], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Jeffrey, N., et al. DES Collaboration, We present reconstructed convergence maps, mass maps, from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) third year (Y3) weak gravitational lensing data set. The mass maps are weighted projections of the density field (primarily dark matter) in the foreground of the observed galaxies. We use four reconstruction methods, each is a maximum a posteriori estimate with a different model for the prior probability of the map: Kaiser–Squires, null B-mode prior, Gaussian prior, and a sparsity prior. All methods are implemented on the celestial sphere to accommodate the large sky coverage of the DES Y3 data. We compare the methods using realistic ΛCDM simulations with mock data that are closely matched to the DES Y3 data. We quantify the performance of the methods at the map level and then apply the reconstruction methods to the DES Y3 data, performing tests for systematic error effects. The maps are compared with optical foreground cosmic-web structures and are used to evaluate the lensing signal from cosmic-void profiles. The recovered dark matter map covers the largest sky fraction of any galaxy weak lensing map to date., The DES data management system is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers AST-1138766 and AST-1536171. The DES participants from Spanish institutions are partially supported by MICINN under grants ESP2017-89838, PGC2018-094773, PGC2018-102021, SEV-2016-0588, SEV-2016-0597, and MDM-2015-0509, some of which include ERDF funds from the European Union. IFAE is partially funded by the CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) including ERC grant agreements 240672, 291329, and 306478. We acknowledge support from the Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (INCT) do e-Universo (CNPq grant 465376/2014-2). This paper has been authored by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics. NJ has been supported by funding from l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. OL and NJ acknowledge support from a European Research Council Advanced Grant TESTDE (FP7/291329) and STFC Consolidated Grants ST/M001334/1 and ST/R000476/1. AK has been supported by a Juan de la Cierva fellowship from MINECO with project number IJC2018-037730-I, and funding for this project was also available in part through SEV-2015-0548 and AYA2017-89891-P. Cosmic voids computational work has been performed on the UK SCIAMA High Performance Computing cluster supported by the ICG, SEPNet, and the University of Portsmouth.

Published
2021

4. Influence of Type Ia Supernova Environment and Their Peculiar Velocities on Distance measurements

Author

P. F. Leget and Maria Pruzhinskaya

Subjects
Physics, Supernova, Observational techniques, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Measure (mathematics), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Redshift, Cosmology, Metric expansion of space, Luminosity
Abstract

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 to be determined. The luminosity can be measured thanks to so-called standardization procedure that allows to correlate a luminosity of a supernova with its light curve or spectrum parameters. Unfortunately, even after the standardization procedures there is a remaining dispersion on the Hubble diagram. This dispersion can be due to environmental effects (age, chemical composition, dust around a SN) which are not yet taken into account. Besides the standardization of SN Ia, the Hubble diagram contains another parameter, i.e. the supernova cosmological redshift. In fact the redshift observed on the Earth is also affected by peculiar velocities. The exact contribution of peculiar velocities in the observed redshift is unknown, however it was shown that the peculiar velocities have an impact on the distance measurements and therefore can potentially affect the cosmological analysis. Here, we discuss the impact of SN environment and peculiar velocities on the distance measurements and cosmology. In the epoch of large transient surveys, development of observational techniques and further processing of the data, a study of any possible sources of systematical uncertainties in the cosmological analysis is of high priority.

Published
2019

5. The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) Science Requirements Document

Author

Steven M. Kahn, Jonathan Blazek, Ian P. Dell'Antonio, F. Javier Sánchez, Tim Eifler, P.-F. Leget, Humna Awan, Robert C. Nichol, Seth Digel, Željko Ivezić, Renée Hložek, Daniel A. Goldstein, Isobel Hook, Jeffrey A. Newman, Mark Sullivan, Eli S. Rykoff, Rachel Mandelbaum, Thomas E. Collett, D. Kirkby, Rahul Biswas, Sowmya Kamath, Daniel Scolnic, Josh Frieman, Elisabeth Krause, Philip J. Marshall, Thomas D. Kitching, Anže Slosar, Eric Gawiser, Nora Elisa Chisari, Michael Troxel, Patricia R. Burchat, David Alonso, Hironao Miyatake, and J. Meyers

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Task force, Process (engineering), business.industry, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Field (computer science), Software, 0103 physical sciences, Dark energy, Systems engineering, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Weak gravitational lensing
Abstract

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) will use five cosmological probes: galaxy clusters, large scale structure, supernovae, strong lensing, and weak lensing. This Science Requirements Document (SRD) quantifies the expected dark energy constraining power of these probes individually and together, with conservative assumptions about analysis methodology and follow-up observational resources based on our current understanding and the expected evolution within the field in the coming years. We then define requirements on analysis pipelines that will enable us to achieve our goal of carrying out a dark energy analysis consistent with the Dark Energy Task Force definition of a Stage IV dark energy experiment. This is achieved through a forecasting process that incorporates the flowdown to detailed requirements on multiple sources of systematic uncertainty. Future versions of this document will include evolution in our software capabilities and analysis plans along with updates to the LSST survey strategy.

Published
2018

6. Strong Dependence of Type Ia Supernova Standardization on the Local Specific Star Formation Rate

Author

Emmanuel Pecontal, S. Lombardo, C. Saunders, R. Pereira, Cecilia Aragon, C. Baltay, V. Brinnel, Marek Kowalski, Caroline Sofiatti, Mickael Rigault, Greg Aldering, Stephen Bailey, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, U. Feindt, David Rubin, P. Antilogus, D. Kuesters, S. Bongard, K. Barbary, A. G. Kim, Jakob Nordin, R. C. Thomas, N. Chotard, Reynald Pain, David Rabinowitz, Dominique Fouchez, C. Buton, Kyle Boone, E. Gangler, Nao Suzuki, Saul Perlmutter, Parker Fagrelius, Dale Andrew Howell, Q. Lin, Y. Copin, Brian Hayden, S. Taubenberger, P.-F. Leget, G. Smadja, S. Dixon, K. Runge, Charling Tao, M. Childress, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nearby Supernova Factory, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Brightness, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Stellar mass, astro-ph.GA, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, 0103 physical sciences, cosmological parameters, dark energy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Redshift, observations [cosmology], Large sample, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, cosmology: observations, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Dark energy, astro-ph.CO, ddc:520, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 644, A176 (1-20) (2020). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730404, 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 classified a large sample of nearby SNeIa into those located in predominantly younger or older environments. This classification is based on the specific star formation rate measured within a projected distance of 1kpc from each SN location (LsSFR). This is an important refinement compared to using the local star formation rate directly as it provides a normalization for relative numbers of available SN progenitors and is more robust against extinction by dust. We find that the SNeIa in predominantly younger environments are Δ$_Y$ = 0.163 ± 0.029 mag (5.7σ) fainter than those in predominantly older environments after conventional light-curve standardization. This is the strongest standardized SN Ia brightness systematic connected to host-galaxy environment measured to date. The well-established step in standardized brightnesses between SNeIa in hosts with lower or higher total stellar masses is smaller at Δ$_M$ = 0.119 ± 0.032 mag (4.5σ), for the same set of SNeIa. When fit simultaneously, the environment age offset remains very significant, with Δ$_Y$ = 0.129 ± 0.032 mag (4.0σ), while the global stellar mass step is reduced to Δ$_M$ = 0.064 ± 0.029 mag (2.2σ). Thus, approximately 70% of the variance from the stellar mass step is due to an underlying dependence on environment-based progenitor age. Standardization using only the SNeIa in younger environments reduces the total dispersion from 0.142 ± 0.008 mag to 0.120 ± 0.010 mag. We show that as environment ages evolve with redshift a strong bias on measurement of the dark energy equation of state parameters can develop. Fortunately, data to measure and correct for this effect is likely to be available for many next-generation experiments., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

Published
2018
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7. Correcting for peculiar velocities of Type Ia Supernovae in clusters of galaxies

Author

Mickael Rigault, S. Bongard, K. Barbary, Greg Aldering, C. Baltay, Q. Lin, L.-P. Says, David Rabinowitz, S. Lombardo, C. Saunders, Stephen Bailey, Charling Tao, M. Childress, A. G. Kim, P.-F. Leget, N. Chotard, Caroline Sofiatti, D. Kuesters, Dominique Fouchez, C. Buton, Kyle Boone, Nao Suzuki, Philippe Luc Yves Gris, E. Gangler, Marek Kowalski, K. Runge, Dale Andrew Howell, Emmanuel Pecontal, A. Ciulli, Parker Fagrelius, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, U. Feindt, S. Dixon, R. Pereira, P. Antilogus, Saul Perlmutter, Maria Pruzhinskaya, Reynald Pain, Cecilia Aragon, Y. Copin, G. Smadja, Brian Hayden, S. Taubenberger, Jakob Nordin, R. C. Thomas, David Rubin, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont ( LPC ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Clermont Auvergne ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies ( LPNHE ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon ( IPNL ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille ( CPPM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon ( CRAL ), École normale supérieure - Lyon ( ENS Lyon ) -Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Nearby Supernova Factory, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), supernovae, astro-ph.GA, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, supernovae: general, 0103 physical sciences, galaxies, Peculiar velocity, clusters: general [galaxies], Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, clusters, distances and redshifts, dark energy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Spiral galaxy, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Virgo Cluster, Galaxy, Redshift, Space and Planetary Science, general, galaxies: clusters: general, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Elliptical galaxy, astro-ph.CO, ddc:520, distances and redshifts [galaxies], galaxies: distances and redshifts, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [supernovae], Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 615, A162 (2018). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832932, Context. Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are widely used to measure the expansion of the Universe. To perform such measurements the luminosity and cosmological redshift (z) of the SNe Ia have to be determined. The uncertainty on z includes an unknown peculiar velocity, which can be very large for SNe Ia in the virialized cores of massive clusters.Aims. We determine which SNe Ia exploded in galaxy clusters using 145 SNe Ia from the Nearby Supernova Factory. We then study how the correction for peculiar velocities of host galaxies inside the clusters improves the Hubble residuals.Methods. We found 11 candidates for membership in clusters. We applied the biweight technique to estimate the redshift of a cluster. Then, we used the galaxy cluster redshift instead of the host galaxy redshift to construct the Hubble diagram.Results. For SNe Ia inside galaxy clusters, the dispersion around the Hubble diagram when peculiar velocities are taken into account is smaller compared with a case without peculiar velocity correction, which has a wRMS = 0.130 ± 0.038 mag instead of wRMS = 0.137 ± 0.036 mag. The significance of this improvement is 3.58σ. If we remove the very nearby Virgo cluster member SN2006X (z < 0.01) from the analysis, the significance decreases to 1.34σ. The peculiar velocity correction is found to be highest for the SNe Ia hosted by blue spiral galaxies. Those SNe Ia have high local specific star formation rates and smaller stellar masses, which is seemingly counter to what might be expected given the heavy concentration of old, massive elliptical galaxies in clusters.Conclusions. As expected, the Hubble residuals of SNe Ia associated with massive galaxy clusters improve when the cluster redshift is taken as the cosmological redshift of the supernova. This fact has to be taken into account in future cosmological analyses in order to achieve higher accuracy for cosmological redshift measurements. We provide an approach to do so., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

Published
2018

8. Understanding Type Ia supernovae through their $U$-band spectra

Author

V. Brinnel, Reynald Pain, D. Kuesters, P. Antilogus, David Rabinowitz, R. Pereira, G. Smadja, S. Dixon, C. Baltay, K. Barbary, P. F. Leget, Dominique Fouchez, Kyle Boone, S. Bongard, Cecilia Aragon, Charling Tao, M. Childress, Parker Fagrelius, Saul Perlmutter, K. Runge, Caroline Sofiatti, E. Gangler, Marek Kowalski, N. Chotard, C. Buton, Q. Lin, M. Rigault, Alex G. Kim, David Rubin, Greg Aldering, Jakob Nordin, S. Lombardo, C. Saunders, R. C. Thomas, U. Feindt, Stephen Bailey, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Nao Suzuki, Y. Copin, Brian Hayden, S. Taubenberger, E. Pecontal, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nearby Supernova Factory, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies ( LPNHE ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon ( IPNL ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille ( CPPM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont ( LPC ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Clermont Auvergne ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon ( CRAL ), École normale supérieure - Lyon ( ENS Lyon ) -Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), SNfactory, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)

Subjects
astro-ph.SR, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Luminosity, Root mean square, supernovae: general, 0103 physical sciences, dark energy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, astro-ph.HE, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Galaxy, observations [cosmology], Supernova, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, cosmology: observations, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [supernovae], Astronomical and Space Sciences
Abstract

Context. Observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) can be used to derive accurate cosmological distances through empirical standardization techniques. Despite this success neither the progenitors of SNe Ia nor the explosion process are fully understood. The U-band region has been less well observed for nearby SNe, due to technical challenges, but is the most readily accessible band for high-redshift SNe. Aims. Using spectrophotometry from the Nearby Supernova Factory, we study the origin and extent of U-band spectroscopic variations in SNe Ia and explore consequences for their standardization and the potential for providing new insights into the explosion process. Methods. We divide the U-band spectrum into four wavelength regions {\lambda}(uNi), {\lambda}(uTi), {\lambda}(uSi) and {\lambda}(uCa). Two of these span the Ca H&K {\lambda}{\lambda} 3934, 3969 complex. We employ spectral synthesis using SYNAPPS to associate the two bluer regions with Ni/Co and Ti. Results. (1) The flux of the uTi feature is an extremely sensitive temperature/luminosity indicator, standardizing the SN peak luminosity to 0.116 $\pm$ 0.011 mag RMS. A traditional SALT2.4 fit on the same sample yields a 0.135 mag RMS. Standardization using uTi also reduces the difference in corrected magnitude between SNe originating from different host galaxy environments. (2) Early U-band spectra can be used to probe the Ni+Co distribution in the ejecta, thus offering a rare window into the source of lightcurve power. (3) The uCa flux further improves standardization, yielding a 0.086 $\pm$ 0.010 mag RMS without the need to include an additional intrinsic dispersion to reach {\chi}$^2$/dof $\sim$ 1. This reduction in RMS is partially driven by an improved standardization of Shallow Silicon and 91T-like SNe., Comment: 19 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2018

9. SN 2009ip at late times - an interacting transient at+2 years

Author

Maria Theresa Botticella, Morgan Fraser, S. Benetti, D. Andrew Howell, J. Polshaw, Avishay Gal-Yam, Gerard Gilmore, A. Morales-Garoffolo, M. Fleury, Franz E. Bauer, Stephen J. Smartt, Emma S. Walker, Bonnie Zhang, Stefan Taubenberger, Massimo Turatto, Anders Jerkstrand, Seppo Mattila, David Young, Laurent Le Guillou, Mark Sullivan, Nancy Elias-Rosa, Susanna Spiro, Cosimo Inserra, Andrea Pastorello, Chris Ashall, Erkki Kankare, Heather Campbell, Stephan Hachinger, Steve Margheim, Ting-Wan Chen, Stefano Valenti, P.-F. Leget, Rubina Kotak, and M. J. Childress

Subjects
Physics, ta115, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Conclusive evidence, Astrophysics, Lambda, 01 natural sciences, Redshift, Supernova, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), QB
Abstract

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of the interacting transient SN 2009ip taken during the 2013 and 2014 observing seasons. We characterise the photometric evolution as a steady and smooth decline in all bands, with a decline rate that is slower than expected for a solely $^{56}$Co-powered supernova at late phases. No further outbursts or eruptions were seen over a two year period from 2012 December until 2014 December. SN 2009ip remains brighter than its historic minimum from pre-discovery images. Spectroscopically, SN 2009ip continues to be dominated by strong, narrow ($\lesssim$2000 km~s$^{-1}$) emission lines of H, He, Ca, and Fe. While we make tenuous detections of [Fe~{\sc ii}] $\lambda$7155 and [O~{\sc i}] $\lambda\lambda$6300,6364 lines at the end of 2013 June and the start of 2013 October respectively, we see no strong broad nebular emission lines that could point to a core-collapse origin. In general, the lines appear relatively symmetric, with the exception of our final spectrum in 2014 May, when we observe the appearance of a redshifted shoulder of emission at +550 km~s$^{-1}$. The lines are not blue-shifted, and we see no significant near- or mid-infrared excess. From the spectroscopic and photometric evolution of SN 2009ip until 820 days after the start of the 2012a event, we still see no conclusive evidence for core-collapse, although whether any such signs could be masked by ongoing interaction is unclear., Comment: Submitted to MNRAS

Published
2015

10. SCALA: In situ calibration for integral field spectrographs

Author

C. Buton, S. Lombardo, Charling Tao, Alex G. Kim, Stephen Bailey, K. Barbary, E. Gangler, Marek Kowalski, Stefan Taubenberger, David Rubin, J. Chen, S. Dixon, G. Smadja, D. Küsters, Greg Aldering, Klaus Reif, N. Chotard, M. Rigault, A. Hoffmann, David Rabinowitz, C. Baltay, K. Runge, Dominique Fouchez, Y. Copin, Kyle Boone, Brian Hayden, L. Mckay, Jakob Nordin, R. C. Thomas, S. Bongard, Saul Perlmutter, U. Feindt, E. Pecontal, Parker Fagrelius, P. Antilogus, R. Pereira, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Clare Saunders, P. F. Leget, Reynald Pain, Nao Suzuki, D. Baugh, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Calibration (statistics), data analysis, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Type (model theory), 01 natural sciences, methods, law.invention, 010309 optics, Telescope, Integral field spectrograph, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, data analysis [methods], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, miscellaneous [instrumentation], instrumentation, Physics, business.industry, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, telescopes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, miscellaneous, Stars, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, standards, ddc:520, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, Astronomical and Space Sciences, astro-ph.IM
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 607, A113 (2017). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731076, The scientific yield of current and future optical surveys is increasingly limited by systematic uncertainties in the flux calibration. This is the case for type Ia supernova (SN Ia) cosmology programs, where an improved calibration directly translates into improved cosmological constraints. Current methodology rests on models of stars. Here we aim to obtain flux calibration that is traceable to state-of-the-art detector-based calibration.Methods. We present the SNIFS Calibration Apparatus (SCALA), a color (relative) flux calibration system developed for the SuperNova integral field spectrograph (SNIFS), operating at the University of Hawaii 2.2 m (UH 88) telescope.Results. By comparing the color trend of the illumination generated by SCALA during two commissioning runs, and to previous laboratory measurements, we show that we can determine the light emitted by SCALA with a long-term repeatability better than 1%. We describe the calibration procedure necessary to control for system aging. We present measurements of the SNIFS throughput as estimated by SCALA observations.Conclusions. The SCALA calibration unit is now fully deployed at the UH 88 telescope, and with it color-calibration between 4000 Å and 9000 Å is stable at the percent level over a one-year baseline., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

Published
2017

11. Supernovae - a tool for observational cosmology

Author

Maria Pruzhinskaya, P.-F. Leget, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Physics, Supernova, Observational cosmology, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

International audience; Type Ia Supernovae (SNe) are excellent distance indicators in the Universe. Observations of distant SNe~Ia led to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. The most recent analysis of SNe Ia indicates that considering a flat $\Lambda$CDM cosmology, the contribution of dark energy in the total density of the Universe is $\sim$70%. Cosmological parameters are estimated from the ``luminosity distance-redshift'' relation of SNe. Currently a lot of attention is paid to standardization of SNe, i.e. to increase of the accuracy of luminosity distance determination. The uncertainty on the redshift is quite often considered negligible. The redshift most often used corresponds to the one of SN host galaxy relative to CMB frame. In fact the redshift observed on the Earth also includes the contribution from the Doppler effect induced by peculiar velocities related to the Hubble flow. The existing methods to correct redshift for peculiar velocity contribution do not work in clusters of galaxies, the biggest virialized systems in the Universe where peculiar velocities can reach 1000 km~s$^{-1}$. To count for the effect of peculiar velocities in galaxy clusters we studied 145 SNe from the Nearby Supernova Factory and found 11 objects that belong to the clusters. We used the galaxy cluster redshift instead the host galaxy redshift to construct the Hubble diagram. The applied technique allowed to improve the redshift measurements and to decrease the spread on the Hubble diagram. The peculiar velocity correction of galaxies inside galaxy clusters has to be taken into account in future cosmological surveys such as LSST.

Published
2017

12. The Extinction Properties of and Distance to the Highly Reddened Type IA Supernova 2012cu

Author

P.-F. Leget, N. Chotard, S. Taubenberger, Y. Copin, Nao Suzuki, Caroline Sofiatti, Brian Hayden, Saul Perlmutter, E. Pecontal, X. Huang, Zachary Raha, G. Smadja, Dominique Fouchez, Kyle Boone, D. Baugh, J. Chen, R. Pereira, Ulrich Feindt, Andrew Stocker, S. Bongard, M. Rigault, Parker Fagrelius, Clare Saunders, Greg Aldering, Charling Tao, Jakob Nordin, Reynald Pain, K. Runge, E. Gangler, David Rubin, Marek Kowalski, S. Lombardo, Stephen Bailey, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Kyle Barbary, A. G. Kim, H. K. Fakhouri, C. Buton, D. Rabinowitz, C. Baltay, P. Antilogus, R. C. Thomas, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)

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[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), astro-ph.SR, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Milky Way, astro-ph.GA, Extinction (astronomy), observations-distance scale -dust, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, Physical Chemistry, Cosmology, Particle and Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear, individual, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, astro-ph.HE, Extinction ratio, Molecular, Astronomy and Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.SR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Redshift, Dust lane, Galaxy, Supernova, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), astro-ph.CO, ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, cosmology, extinction-supernovae, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
Abstract

Correction of Type Ia Supernova brightnesses for extinction by dust has proven to be a vexing problem. Here we study the dust foreground to the highly reddened SN 2012cu, which is projected onto a dust lane in the galaxy NGC 4772. The analysis is based on multi-epoch, spectrophotometric observations spanning 3,300 - 9,200 {\AA}, obtained by the Nearby Supernova Factory. Phase-matched comparison of the spectroscopically twinned SN 2012cu and SN 2011fe across 10 epochs results in the best-fit color excess of (E(B-V), RMS) = (1.00, 0.03) and total-to-selective extinction ratio of (RV , RMS) = (2.95, 0.08) toward SN 2012cu within its host galaxy. We further identify several diffuse interstellar bands, and compare the 5780 {\AA} band with the dust-to-band ratio for the Milky Way. Overall, we find the foreground dust-extinction properties for SN 2012cu to be consistent with those of the Milky Way. Furthermore we find no evidence for significant time variation in any of these extinction tracers. We also compare the dust extinction curve models of Cardelli et al. (1989), O'Donnell (1994), and Fitzpatrick (1999), and find the predictions of Fitzpatrick (1999) fit SN 2012cu the best. Finally, the distance to NGC4772, the host of SN 2012cu, at a redshift of z = 0.0035, often assigned to the Virgo Southern Extension, is determined to be 16.6$\pm$1.1 Mpc. We compare this result with distance measurements in the literature., Comment: 48 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. The spectral time series data presented in this article can be found at http://snfactory.lbl.gov/snf/data/

Published
2017

13. The supernova CSS121015:004244+132827: a clue for understanding superluminous supernovae

Author

Stephen J. Smartt, Enrico Cappellaro, M. Dennefeld, Jesper Sollerman, P. F Leget, Stefano Valenti, L. Le Guillou, Stephan Hachinger, Nancy Elias-Rosa, L. Tomasella, S. Taubenberger, Morgan Fraser, S. Benetti, David Young, A. Pastorello, Andrew J. Drake, Avishay Gal-Yam, Cosimo Inserra, Maria Letizia Pumo, S. G. Djorgovski, M. Fleury, Avet Harutyunyan, T. W. Chen, A. Morales-Garoffolo, Massimo Turatto, Paolo A. Mazzali, Matt Nicholl, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), and Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Opacity, general [Supernovae], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Photometry (optics), symbols.namesake, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, supernovae: general, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Ejecta, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Physics, individual: CSS121015: 004244+132827 [supernovae], [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, supernovae: individual: CSS121015:004244+132827, Astronomy, Balmer series, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Rest frame, Light curve, Supernova, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, symbols
Abstract

We present optical photometry and spectra of the super luminous type II/IIn supernova CSS121015:004244+132827 (z=0.2868) spanning epochs from -30 days (rest frame) to more than 200 days after maximum. CSS121015 is one of the more luminous supernova ever found and one of the best observed. The photometric evolution is characterized by a relatively fast rise to maximum (~40 days in the SN rest frame), and by a linear post-maximum decline. The light curve shows no sign of a break to an exponential tail. A broad Halpha is first detected at ~ +40 days (rest-frame). Narrow, barely-resolved Balmer and [O III] 5007 A lines, with decreasing strength, are visible along the entire spectral evolution. The spectra are very similar to other super luminous supernovae (SLSNe) with hydrogen in their spectrum, and also to SN 2005gj, sometimes considered a type Ia interacting with H-rich CSM. The spectra are also similar to a subsample of H-deficient SLSNe. We propose that the properties of CSS121015 are consistent with the interaction of the ejecta with a massive, extended, opaque shell, lost by the progenitor decades before the final explosion, although a magnetar powered model cannot be excluded. Based on the similarity of CSS121015 with other SLSNe (with and without H), we suggest that the shocked-shell scenario should be seriously considered as a plausible model for both types of SLSN., 17 pages, 10 figures and 5 tables. In press to MNRAS. This version matches the accepted one. Main conclusions are unchanged

Published
2014

14. The influence of host galaxy morphology on the properties of Type Ia supernovae from the JLA compilation

Author

Vincent Henne, Emille E. O. Ishida, P. F. Leget, Alexandre Ciulli, Philippe Rosnet, Philippe Luc Yves Gris, E. Gangler, Louis-Pierre Says, Maria Pruzhinskaya, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont ( LPC ), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Clermont Auvergne ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmological parameters, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Type (model theory), 01 natural sciences, Observational cosmology, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation, Lenticular galaxy, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmic distance ladder, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Galaxy, Supernova, Supernovae, Space and Planetary Science, Dark energy, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The observational cosmology with distant Type Ia supernovae (SNe) as standard candles claims that the Universe is in accelerated expansion, caused by a large fraction of dark energy. In this paper we investigate the SN Ia environment, studying the impact of the nature of their host galaxies on the Hubble diagram fitting. The supernovae (192 SNe) used in the analysis were extracted from Joint-Light-curves-Analysis (JLA) compilation of high-redshift and nearby supernovae which is the best one to date. The analysis is based on the empirical fact that SN Ia luminosities depend on their light curve shapes and colors. We confirm that the stretch parameter of Type Ia supernovae is correlated with the host galaxy type. The supernovae with lower stretch are hosted mainly in elliptical and lenticular galaxies. No significant correlation between SN Ia colour and host morphology was found. We also examine how the luminosities of SNe Ia change depending on host galaxy morphology after stretch and colour corrections. Our results show that in old stellar populations and low dust environments, the supernovae are slightly fainter. SNe Ia in elliptical and lenticular galaxies have a higher $\alpha$ (slope in luminosity-stretch) and $\beta$ (slope in luminosity-colour) parameter than in spirals. However, the observed shift is at the 1-$\sigma$ uncertainty level and, therefore, can not be considered as significant. We confirm that the supernova properties depend on their environment and that the incorporation of a host galaxy term into the Hubble diagram fit is expected to be crucial for future cosmological analyses., Comment: 30 pages, 4 figures, submitted to New Astronomy

Published
2016

15. Improving Cosmological Distance Measurements Using Twin Type IA Supernovae

Author

Dominique Fouchez, C. Buton, Kyle Boone, M. Strovink, E. Gangler, J. Ren, H. K. Fakhouri, Marek Kowalski, Cecilia Aragon, Nao Suzuki, Parker Fagrelius, P. Antilogus, G. Smadja, Caroline Sofiatti, A. G. Kim, K. Barbary, David Rubin, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, Charling Tao, M. Rigault, Greg Aldering, Brian Hayden, M. Childress, Jakob Nordin, R. Pereira, Saul Perlmutter, R. C. Thomas, K. Runge, David Rabinowitz, Benjamin A. Weaver, J. Chen, U. Feindt, C. Baltay, P.-F. Leget, R. Pain, D. Baugh, M. Fleury, Richard Scalzo, Emmanuel Pecontal, S. Bongard, S. Lombardo, C. Saunders, Stephen Bailey, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), SNFactory, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Type (model theory), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Physical Chemistry, Atomic, Cosmology, Spectral line, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Then test, Particle and Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Molecular, Astronomy and Astrophysics, observations [cosmology], Red shift, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, astro-ph.CO, ddc:520, general [supernovae], Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
Abstract

The astrophysical journal 815(1), 58 - (2015). doi:10.1088/0004-637X/815/1/58, We introduce a method for identifying "twin" Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and using them to improve distance measurements. This novel approach to SN Ia standardization is made possible by spectrophotometric time series observations from the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory). We begin with a well-measured set of SNe, find pairs whose spectra match well across the entire optical window, and then test whether this leads to a smaller dispersion in their absolute brightnesses. This analysis is completed in a blinded fashion, ensuring that decisions made in implementing the method do not inadvertently bias the result. We find that pairs of SNe with more closely matched spectra indeed have reduced brightness dispersion. We are able to standardize this initial set of SNfactory SNe to 0.083 ± 0.012 mag, implying a dispersion of 0.072 ± 0.010 mag in the absence of peculiar velocities. We estimate that with larger numbers of comparison SNe, e.g., using the final SNfactory spectrophotometric data set as a reference, this method will be capable of standardizing high-redshift SNe to within 0.06–0.07 mag. These results imply that at least 3/4 of the variance in Hubble residuals in current SN cosmology analyses is due to previously unaccounted-for astrophysical differences among the SNe., Published by Univ.11032, Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]

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2015
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16. Confirmation of a Star Formation Bias in Type Ia Supernova Distances and its Effect on Measurement of the Hubble Constant

Author

Nao Suzuki, M. Kowalski, Saul Perlmutter, Greg Aldering, Stephen Bailey, D. Rabinowitz, C. Buton, Clare Saunders, J. Chen, P.-F. Leget, D. Fouchez, Kyle Boone, S. Bongard, A. G. Kim, N. Chotard, C. Baltay, P. Antilogus, Parker Fagrelius, K. Runge, Y. Copin, D. Baugh, B. A. Weaver, R. Pereira, Brian Hayden, J. Nordin, Cecilia Aragon, E. Gangler, Caroline Sofiatti, M. Rigault, Ulrich Feindt, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, Charling Tao, M. Fleury, H. K. Fakhouri, G. Smadja, David Rubin, Simona Lombardo, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Fudan University [Shanghai], IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University [Sendai], Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cepheid variable, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Milky Way, Megamaser, FOS: Physical sciences, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Type (model theory), Galaxy, Redshift, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The astrophysical journal 802(1), 20 - (2015). doi:10.1088/0004-637X/802/1/20, Previously we used the Nearby Supernova Factory sample to show that Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) having locally star-forming environments are dimmer than SNe Ia having locally passive environments. Here we use the Constitution sample together with host galaxy data from GALEX to independently confirm that result. The effect is seen using both the SALT2 and MLCS2k2 lightcurve fitting and standardization methods, with brightness differences of 0.094 $\pm$ 0.037 mag for SALT2 and 0.155 $\pm$ 0.041 mag for MLCS2k2 with $R_{V}$ = 2.5. When combined with our previous measurement the effect is 0.094 $\pm$ 0.025 mag for SALT2. If the ratio of these local SN Ia environments changes with redshift or sample selection, this can lead to a bias in cosmological measurements. We explore this issue further, using as an example the direct measurement of H $_{0}$. GALEX observations show that the SNe Ia having standardized absolute magnitudes calibrated via the Cepheid period-luminosity relation using the Hubble Space Telescope originate in predominately star-forming environments, whereas only $\sim$50% of the Hubble-flow comparison sample have locally star-forming environments. As a consequence, the H 0 measurement using SNe Ia is currently overestimated. Correcting for this bias, we find a value of $H_0^{\mathrm{corr}}=$ 70.6 $\pm$ 2.6 km $s^{–1} Mpc^{–1}$ when using the LMC distance, Milky Way parallaxes, and the NGC 4258 megamaser as the Cepheid zero point, and 68.8 $\pm$ 3.3 km $s^{–1} Mpc^{–1}$ when only using NGC 4258. Our correction brings the direct measurement of H $_{0}$ within $\sim$1 $\sigma$ of recent indirect measurements based on the cosmic microwave background power spectrum., Published by Univ.11032, Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]

Published
2015

17. Bump Morphology of the CMAGIC Diagram

Author

L. Aldoroty, L. Wang, P. Hoeflich, J. Yang, N. Suntzeff, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, S. Bongard, K. Boone, C. Buton, Y. Copin, S. Dixon, D. Fouchez, E. Gangler, R. Gupta, B. Hayden, Mitchell Karmen, A. G. Kim, M. Kowalski, D. Küsters, P.-F. Léget, F. Mondon, J. Nordin, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, K. A. Ponder, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, D. Rubin, K. Runge, C. Saunders, G. Smadja, N. Suzuki, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, and M. Vincenzi

Subjects
Supernovae, Type Ia supernovae, Photometry, Spectrophotometry, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

We apply the color–magnitude intercept calibration method (CMAGIC) to the Nearby Supernova Factory SNe Ia spectrophotometric data set. The currently existing CMAGIC parameters are the slope and intercept of a straight line fit to the linear region in the color–magnitude diagram, which occurs over a span of approximately 30 days after maximum brightness. We define a new parameter, ω _XY , the size of the “bump” feature near maximum brightness for arbitrary filters X and Y . We find a significant correlation between the slope of the linear region, β _XY , in the CMAGIC diagram and ω _XY . These results may be used to our advantage, as they are less affected by extinction than parameters defined as a function of time. Additionally, ω _XY is computed independently of templates. We find that current empirical templates are successful at reproducing the features described in this work, particularly SALT3, which correctly exhibits the negative correlation between slope and “bump” size seen in our data. In 1D simulations, we show that the correlation between the size of the “bump” feature and β _XY can be understood as a result of chemical mixing due to large-scale Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities.

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2023
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18. Weak Gravitational Lensing around Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the DES Year 3 Data

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N. Chicoine, J. Prat, G. Zacharegkas, C. Chang, D. Tanoglidis, A. Drlica-Wagner, D. Anbajagane, S. Adhikari, A. Amon, R. H. Wechsler, A. Alarcon, K. Bechtol, M. R. Becker, G. M. Bernstein, A. Campos, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, R. Cawthon, R. Chen, A. Choi, J. Cordero, C. Davis, J. DeRose, S. Dodelson, C. Doux, K. Eckert, J. Elvin-Poole, S. Everett, A. Ferté, M. Gatti, G. Giannini, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, I. Harrison, K. Herner, M. Jarvis, P. -F. Leget, N. MacCrann, J. McCullough, J. Myles, A. Navarro-Alsina, S. Pandey, M. Raveri, R. P. Rollins, A. Roodman, A. J. Ross, E. S. Rykoff, C. Sánchez, L. F. Secco, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Sheldon, T. Shin, M. A. Troxel, I. Tutusaus, T. N. Varga, B. Yanny, B. Yin, J. Zuntz, M. Aguena, O. Alves, D. Bacon, D. Brooks, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, C. Conselice, S. Desai, J. De Vicente, P. Doel, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, S. Lee, C. Lidman, M. Lima, J. L. Marshall, J. Mena-Fernández, R. Miquel, J. Muir, R. L. C. Ogando, A. Palmese, M. E. S. Pereira, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. Porredon, A. R. Walker, S. Samuroff, E. Sanchez, D. Sanchez Cid, M. Smith, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, C. To, D. L. Tucker, V. Vikram, N. Weaverdyck, and P. Wiseman

Subjects
Astronomy, QB1-991, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

We present galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements using a sample of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) drawn from the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (Y3) data as lenses. LSBGs are diffuse galaxies with a surface brightness dimmer than the ambient night sky. These dark-matter-dominated objects are intriguing due to potentially unusual formation channels that lead to their diffuse stellar component. Given the faintness of LSBGs, using standard observational techniques to characterize their total masses proves challenging. Weak gravitational lensing, which is less sensitive to the stellar component of galaxies, could be a promising avenue to estimate the masses of LSBGs. Our LSBG sample consists of 23,790 galaxies separated into red and blue color types at $g-i\ge 0.60$ and $g-i< 0.60$, respectively. Combined with the DES Y3 shear catalog, we measure the tangential shear around these LSBGs and find signal-to-noise ratios of 6.67 for the red sample, 2.17 for the blue sample, and 5.30 for the full sample. We use the clustering redshifts method to obtain redshift distributions for the red and blue LSBG samples. Assuming all red LSBGs are satellites, we fit a simple model to the measurements and estimate the host halo mass of these LSBGs to be $\log(M_{\rm host}/M_{\odot}) = 12.98 ^{+0.10}_{-0.11}$. We place a 95% upper bound on the subhalo mass at $\log(M_{\rm sub}/M_{\odot})

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2024
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19. Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: galaxy-halo connection from galaxy-galaxy lensing

Author

Martin Crocce, R. D. Wilkinson, Maria E. S. Pereira, Joe Zuntz, Alex Drlica-Wagner, K. Honscheid, J. Blazek, Elisabeth Krause, Scott Dodelson, Chihway Chang, Matthew R. Becker, S. Desai, F. J. Castander, T. M. C. Abbott, Marcos Lima, Antonella Palmese, C. Doux, Chun-Hao To, E. J. Sanchez, Stella Seitz, I. Tutusaus, E. Bertin, M. A. G. Maia, J. Annis, A. Alarcon, I. Ferrero, Matt J. Jarvis, Eli S. Rykoff, Peter Doel, Brian Yanny, Yanxi Zhang, P. F. Leget, Josh Frieman, David J. Brooks, W. G. Hartley, J. P. Dietrich, Juan Garcia-Bellido, Ramon Miquel, Bhuvnesh Jain, H. T. Diehl, David Bacon, A. Roodman, G. Zacharegkas, J. McCullough, M. Costanzi, E. M. Huff, R. Chen, M Gatti, Niall MacCrann, Jennifer L. Marshall, Carlos Solans Sanchez, Samuel Hinton, Michel Aguena, Adriano Pieres, C. Davis, G. Gutierrez, B. Yin, B. Flaugher, Alexandra Amon, R. P. Rollins, J. Myles, J. Gschwend, Gary Bernstein, K. Herner, A. Navarro-Alsina, Keith Bechtol, Enrique Gaztanaga, Ami Choi, Ben Hoyle, J. Carretero, G. Giannini, J. DeRose, E. Suchyta, August E. Evrard, Felipe Menanteau, David J. James, A. Carnero Rosell, S. Everett, Jack Elvin-Poole, A. Porredon, Youngsoo Park, Pablo Fosalba, Risa H. Wechsler, Daniel Thomas, Peter Melchior, R. Cawthon, Agnès Ferté, J. Cordero, D. L. Burke, D. L. Hollowood, R. L. C. Ogando, S. Serrano, A. Campos, F. Paz-Chinchón, I. Harrison, S. Allam, Robert A. Gruendl, M. Smith, Daniel Gruen, T. Shin, M. Carrasco Kind, F. Andrade-Oliveira, Marco Raveri, L. F. Secco, G. Tarle, Erin Sheldon, Ashley J. Ross, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, Kyler Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, K. D. Eckert, T. N. Varga, L. N. da Costa, Michael Troxel, S. Pandey, J. Muir, J. Prat, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DES, Zacharegkas, G., Chang, C., Prat, J., Pandey, S., Ferrero, I., Blazek, J., Jain, B., Crocce, M., Derose, J., Palmese, A., Seitz, S., Sheldon, E., Hartley, W. G., Wechsler, R. H., Dodelson, S., Fosalba, P., Krause, E., Park, Y., Sanchez, C., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Campos, A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Cawthon, R., Chen, R., Choi, A., Cordero, J., Davis, C., Diehl, H. T., Doux, C., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eckert, K., Elvin-Poole, J., Everett, S., Ferte, A., Gatti, M., Giannini, G., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Harrison, I., Herner, K., Huff, E. M., Jarvis, M., Kuropatkin, N., Leget, P. -F., Maccrann, N., Mccullough, J., Myles, J., Navarro-Alsina, A., Porredon, A., Raveri, M., Rollins, R. P., Roodman, A., Ross, A. J., Rykoff, E. S., Secco, L. F., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Shin, T., Troxel, M. A., Tutusaus, I., Varga, T. N., Yanny, B., Yin, B., Zhang, Y., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Costanzi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Muir, J., Ogando, R. L. C., Paz-Chinchon, F., Pieres, A., Sanchez, E., Serrano, S., Smith, M., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., To, C., Wilkinson, R. D., Department of Energy (US), National Science Foundation (US), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, European Research Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Oslo, Northeastern University, Observatoire de Sauverny, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), CSIC), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Giessenbachstrasse, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Geneva, Stanford University, Slac National Accelerator Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Arizona, University of Tokyo, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, la Laguna, Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-Astronomia-LIneA, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Duke University, Ohio State University, University of Manchester, Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, California Institute of Technology, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Denys Wilkinson Building, University of Cambridge, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), University of Edinburgh, Casilla, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), University of Portsmouth, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, University College London, University of Trieste, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Observatório Nacional, University of Michigan, Iit Hyderabad, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, University of Queensland, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, Macquarie University, Lowell Observatory, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Texas AandM University, Peyton Hall, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, University of Southampton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Sussex, and UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), challenge lightcone simulation, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Halo occupation distribution, Cosmology, matter haloes, Galactic halo, gravitational lensing: weak, dark matter [cosmology], weak [gravitational lensing], 0103 physical sciences, Galaxy formation and evolution, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, large-scale structure of universe, occupation distribution, massive galaxies, model, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 100 square degrees, Física, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, cosmology: dark matter, large-scale structure of Universe, Galaxy, Redshift, radial-distribution, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Dark energy, cosmological constraints, cfhtlens, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], sdss, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

DES Collaboration: G. Zacharegkas et al., Galaxy–galaxy lensing is a powerful probe of the connection between galaxies and their host dark matter haloes, which is important both for galaxy evolution and cosmology. We extend the measurement and modelling of the galaxy–galaxy lensing signal in the recent Dark Energy Survey Year 3 cosmology analysis to the highly non-linear scales (∼100 kpc). This extension enables us to study the galaxy–halo connection via a Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) framework for the two lens samples used in the cosmology analysis: a luminous red galaxy sample (REDMAGIC) and a magnitude-limited galaxy sample (MAGLIM). We find that REDMAGIC (MAGLIM) galaxies typically live in dark matter haloes of mass log10(Mh/M⊙) ≈ 13.7 which is roughly constant over redshift (13.3−13.5 depending on redshift). We constrain these masses to ∼15 per cent ⁠, approximately 1.5 times improvement over the previous work. We also constrain the linear galaxy bias more than five times better than what is inferred by the cosmological scales only. We find the satellite fraction for REDMAGIC (MAGLIM) to be ∼0.1−0.2 (0.1−0.3) with no clear trend in redshift. Our constraints on these halo properties are broadly consistent with other available estimates from previous work, large-scale constraints, and simulations. The framework built in this paper will be used for future HOD studies with other galaxy samples and extensions for cosmological analyses., CC is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. JP is supported by DOE grant DE-SC0021429. Funding for the DES Projects has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Education of Spain, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics at the Ohio State University, the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the Collaborating Institutions in the Dark Energy Survey. The Collaborating Institutions are Argonne National Laboratory, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Cambridge, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas-Madrid, the University of Chicago, University College London, the DES-Brazil Consortium, the University of Edinburgh, the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (IEEC/CSIC), the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and the associated Excellence Cluster Universe, the University of Michigan, NFS’s NOIRLab, the University of Nottingham, The Ohio State University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Portsmouth, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, the University of Sussex, Texas A&M University, and the OzDES Membership Consortium. Based in part on observations at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory at NSF’s NOIRLab (NOIRLab Prop. ID 2012B-0001; PI: J. Frieman), which is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The DES data management system is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers AST-1138766 and AST-1536171. The DES participants from Spanish institutions are partially supported by MICINN under grants ESP2017-89838, PGC2018-094773,PGC2018-102021, SEV-2016-0588, SEV-2016-0597, and MDM-2015-0509, some of which include ERDF funds from the European Union. IFAE is partially funded by the CERCA programme of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) including ERC grant agreements 240672, 291329, and 306478. We acknowledge support from the Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (INCT) do e-Universo (CNPq grant 465376/2014-2). This manuscript has been authored by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics.

20. The Extinction Properties of and Distance to the Highly Reddened Type IA Supernova 2012cu.

Author

Factory), (The Nearby Supernova, X. Huang, Z. Raha, E. Gangler, P.-F. Leget, W. Hillebrandt, S. Taubenberger, S. Lombardo, M. Rigault, M. Kowalski, E. Pecontal, A. Stocker, R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering, S. Bailey, B. Hayden, A. G. Kim, K. Runge, J. Nordin, and D. Rubin

Subjects
TYPE I supernovae, SUPERNOVAE as distance indicators, INTERSTELLAR reddening, SUPERNOVAE spectra, METAPHYSICAL cosmology
Abstract

Correcting Type Ia Supernova brightnesses for extinction by dust has proven to be a vexing problem. Here we study the dust foreground to the highly reddened SN 2012cu, which is projected onto a dust lane in the galaxy NGC 4772. The analysis is based on multi-epoch, spectrophotometric observations spanning from 3300–9200 Å, obtained by the Nearby Supernova Factory. Phase-matched comparison of the spectroscopically twinned SN 2012cu and SN 2011fe across 10 epochs results in the best-fit color excess of (, RMS) = (1.00, 0.03) and total-to-selective extinction ratio of (RV, RMS) = (2.95, 0.08) toward SN 2012cu within its host galaxy. We further identify several diffuse interstellar bands and compare the 5780 Å band with the dust-to-band ratio for the Milky Way (MW). Overall, we find the foreground dust-extinction properties for SN 2012cu to be consistent with those of the MW. Furthermore, we find no evidence for significant time variation in any of these extinction tracers. We also compare the dust extinction curve models of Cardelli et al., O’Donnell, and Fitzpatrick, and find the predictions of Fitzpatrick fit SN 2012cu the best. Finally, the distance to NGC4772, the host of SN 2012cu, at a redshift of z = 0.0035, often assigned to the Virgo Southern Extension, is determined to be 16.6 ± 1.1 Mpc. We compare this result with distance measurements in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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21. DES Y3 + KiDS-1000: Consistent cosmology combining cosmic shear surveys

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Dark Energy Survey, Kilo-Degree Survey Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, A. Alarcon, O. Alves, A. Amon, F. Andrade-Oliveira, M. Asgari, S. Avila, D. Bacon, K. Bechtol, M. R. Becker, G. M. Bernstein, E. Bertin, M. Bilicki, J. Blazek, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, P. Burger, D. L. Burke, H. Camacho, A. Campos, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, R. Cawthon, C. Chang, R. Chen, A. Choi, C. Conselice, J. Cordero, M. Crocce, L. N. da Costa, M. E. da Silva Pereira, R. Dalal, C. Davis, J. T. A. deJong, J. DeRose, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, S. Dodelson, P. Doel, C. Doux, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. Dvornik, K. Eckert, T. F. Eifler, J. Elvin-Poole, S. Everett, X. Fang, I. Ferrero, A. Ferté, B. Flaugher, O. Friedrich, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, G. Giannini, B. Giblin, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, I. Harrison, W. G. Hartley, K. Herner, C. Heymans, H. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hinton, H. Hoekstra, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, H. Huang, E. M. Huff, D. Huterer, D. J. James, M. Jarvis, N. Jeffrey, T. Jeltema, B. Joachimi, S. Joudaki, A. Kannawadi, E. Krause, K. Kuehn, K. Kuijken, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, P. -F. Leget, P. Lemos, S. Li, X. Li, A. R. Liddle, M. Lima, C. -A Lin, H. Lin, N. MacCrann, C. Mahony, J. L. Marshall, J. McCullough, J. Mena-Fernández, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, J. J. Mohr, J. Muir, J. Myles, N. Napolitano, A. Navarro-Alsina, R. L. C. Ogando, A. Palmese, S. Pandey, Y. Park, M. Paterno, J. A. Peacock, D. Petravick, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. Porredon, J. Prat, M. Radovich, M. Raveri, R. Reischke, N. C. Robertson, R. P. Rollins, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. S. Rykoff, S. Samuroff, C. Sánchez, E. Sanchez, J. Sanchez, P. Schneider, L. F. Secco, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, H.-Y. Shan, E. Sheldon, T. Shin, C. Sifón, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, B. Stölzner, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, C. To, M. A. Troxel, T. Tröster, I. Tutusaus, J. L. van den Busch, T. N. Varga, A. R. Walker, N. Weaverdyck, R. H. Wechsler, J. Weller, P. Wiseman, A. H. Wright, B. Yanny, B. Yin, M. Yoon, Y. Zhang, and J. Zuntz

Subjects
Astronomy, QB1-991, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

We present a joint cosmic shear analysis of the Dark Energy Survey (DES Y3) and the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-1000) in a collaborative effort between the two survey teams. We find consistent cosmological parameter constraints between DES Y3 and KiDS-1000 which, when combined in a joint-survey analysis, constrain the parameter $S_8 = \sigma_8 \sqrt{\Omega_{\rm m}/0.3}$ with a mean value of $0.790^{+0.018}_{-0.014}$. The mean marginal is lower than the maximum a posteriori estimate, $S_8=0.801$, owing to skewness in the marginal distribution and projection effects in the multi-dimensional parameter space. Our results are consistent with $S_8$ constraints from observations of the cosmic microwave background by Planck, with agreement at the $1.7\sigma$ level. We use a Hybrid analysis pipeline, defined from a mock survey study quantifying the impact of the different analysis choices originally adopted by each survey team. We review intrinsic alignment models, baryon feedback mitigation strategies, priors, samplers and models of the non-linear matter power spectrum. Supplementary information: you can download the chains here or create your own chains with CosmoSIS here.

Published
2023
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