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The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample by Scolnic, D. M., Jones, D. O., Rest, A., Pan, Y. C., Chornock, R., Foley, R. J., Huber, M. E., Kessler, R., Narayan, G., Riess, A. G., Rodney, S., Berger, E., Brout, D. J., Challis, P. J., Drout, M., Finkbeiner, D., Lunnan, R., Kirshner, R. P., Sanders, N. E., Schlafly, E., Smartt, S., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J., Wood-Vasey, W. M., Foley, M., Hand, J., Johnson, E., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Hodapp, K. W., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R. P., Magnier, E. A., Metcalfe, N., Bresolin, F., Gall, E., Kotak, R., McCrum, M., Smith, K. W.

“…We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1)…”
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Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters by Jones, D. O., Scolnic, D. M., Riess, A. G., Rest, A., Kirshner, R. P., Berger, E., Kessler, R., Pan, Y.-C., Foley, R. J., Chornock, R., Ortega, C. A., Challis, P. J., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Metcalfe, N., Tonry, J., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., Gall, E. E. E., Kotak, R., McCrum, M., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W.

“…We use 1169 Pan-STARRS supernovae (SNe) and 195 low-z (z < 0.1) SNe Ia to measure cosmological parameters. Though most Pan-STARRS SNe lack spectroscopic…”
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TYPE Iax SUPERNOVAE: A NEW CLASS OF STELLAR EXPLOSION by Foley, Ryan J, Challis, P J, Chornock, R, Ganeshalingam, M, Li, W, Marion, G H, Morrell, N I, Pignata, G, Stritzinger, M D, Silverman, J M

“…We describe observed properties of the Type Iax class of supernovae (SNe Iax), consisting of SNe observationally similar to its prototypical member, SN 2002cx…”
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An ultraviolet–optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core by Gezari, S., Chornock, R., Rest, A., Huber, M. E., Forster, K., Berger, E., Challis, P. J., Neill, J. D., Martin, D. C., Heckman, T., Lawrence, A., Norman, C., Narayan, G., Foley, R. J., Marion, G. H., Scolnic, D., Chomiuk, L., Soderberg, A., Smith, K., Kirshner, R. P., Riess, A. G., Smartt, S. J., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J. L., Wood-Vasey, W. M., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Grav, T., Heasley, J. N., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Magnier, E. A., Morgan, J. S., Price, P. A.

“…The observation of a flare of radiation from the centre of an inactive galaxy fits a model of the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core and its…”
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Measuring the Properties of Dark Energy with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. I. Systematic Uncertainty from Core-collapse Supernova Contamination by Jones, D. O., Scolnic, D. M., Riess, A. G., Kessler, R., Rest, A., Kirshner, R. P., Berger, E., Ortega, C. A., Foley, R. J., Chornock, R., Challis, P. J., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Metcalfe, N., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…The Pan-STARRS (PS1) Medium Deep Survey discovered over 5000 likely supernovae (SNe) but obtained spectral classifications for just 10% of its SN candidates…”
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Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets by Kowalski, M, Rubin, D, Aldering, G, Agostinho, R. J, Amadon, A, Amanullah, R, Balland, C, Barbary, K, Blanc, G, Challis, P. J, Conley, A, Connolly, N. V, Covarrubias, R, Dawson, K. S, Deustua, S. E, Ellis, R, Fabbro, S, Fadeyev, V, Fan, X, Farris, B, Folatelli, G, Frye, B. L, Garavini, G, Gates, E. L, Germany, L, Goldhaber, G, Goldman, B, Goobar, A, Groom, D. E, Haissinski, J, Hardin, D, Hook, I, Kent, S, Kim, A. G, Knop, R. A, Lidman, C, Linder, E. V, Mendez, J, Meyers, J, Miller, G. J, Moniez, M, Mourão, A. M, Newberg, H, Nobili, S, Nugent, P. E, Pain, R, Perdereau, O, Perlmutter, S, Phillips, M. M, Prasad, V, Quimby, R, Regnault, N, Rich, J, Rubenstein, E. P, Ruiz-Lapuente, P, Santos, F. D, Schaefer, B. E, Schommer, R. A, Smith, R. C, Soderberg, A. M, Spadafora, A. L, Strolger, L.-G, Strovink, M, Suntzeff, N. B, Suzuki, N, Thomas, R. C, Walton, N. A, Wang, L, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Yun, J. L

“…We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new data set of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe, and new analysis procedures to work with…”
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Very Early Ultraviolet and Optical Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2009ig by Foley, Ryan J, Challis, P. J, Filippenko, A. V, Ganeshalingam, M, Landsman, W, Li, W, Marion, G. H, Silverman, J. M, Beaton, R. L, Bennert, V. N, Cenko, S. B, Childress, M, Guhathakurta, P, Jiang, L, Kalirai, J. S, Kirshner, R. P, Stockton, A, Tollerud, E. J, Vinkó, J, Wheeler, J. C, Woo, J.-H

“…Supernova (SN) 2009ig was discovered 17 hr after explosion by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, promptly classified as a normal Type Ia SN (SN Ia), peaked…”
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GALEX Spectroscopy of SN 2005ay Suggests Ultraviolet Spectral Uniformity among Type II-P Supernovae by Gal-Yam, A, Bufano, F, Barlow, T. A, Baron, E, Benetti, S, Cappellaro, E, Challis, P. J, Ellis, R. S, Filippenko, A. V, Foley, R. J, Fox, D. B, Hicken, M, Kirshner, R. P, Leonard, D. C, Li, W, Maoz, D, Matheson, T, Mazzali, P. A, Modjaz, M, Nomoto, K, Ofek, E. O, Simon, J. D, Small, T. A, Smith, G. P, Turatto, M, Van Dyk, S. D, Zampieri, L

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TYPE Iax SUPERNOVAE: A NEW CLASS OF STELLAR EXPLOSION by Foley, Ryan J., Challis, P. J., Chornock, R., Ganeshalingam, M., Li, W., Marion, G. H., Morrell, N. I., Pignata, G., Stritzinger, M. D., Silverman, J. M., Wang, X., Anderson, J. P., Filippenko, A. V., Freedman, W. L., Hamuy, M., Jha, S. W., Kirshner, R. P., McCully, C., Persson, S. E., Phillips, M. M., Reichart, D. E., Soderberg, A. M.

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New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z ≥ 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy by Riess, Adam G, Strolger, Louis-Gregory, Casertano, Stefano, Ferguson, Henry C, Mobasher, Bahram, Gold, Ben, Challis, Peter J, Filippenko, Alexei V, Jha, Saurabh, Li, Weidong, Tonry, John, Foley, Ryan, Kirshner, Robert P, Dickinson, Mark, MacDonald, Emily, Eisenstein, Daniel, Livio, Mario, Younger, Josh, Xu, Chun, Dahlén, Tomas, Stern, Daniel

“…We have discovered 21 new Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and have used them to trace the history of cosmic expansion over…”
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The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample by Scolnic, D. M, Jones, D. O, Rest, A, Pan, Y. C, Chornock, R, Foley, R. J, Huber, M. E, Kessler, R, Narayan, G, Riess, A. G, Rodney, S, Berger, E, Brout, D. J, Challis, P. J, Drout, M, Finkbeiner, D, Lunnan, R, Kirshner, R. P, Sanders, N. E, Schlafly, E, Smartt, S, Stubbs, C. W, Tonry, J, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Foley, M, Hand, J, Johnson, E, Burgett, W. S, Chambers, K. C, Draper, P. W, Hodapp, K. W, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R. P, Magnier, E. A, Metcalfe, N, Bresolin, F, Gall, E, Kotak, R, McCrum, M, Smith, K. W

“…We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for 365 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1…”
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Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters by Jones, D. O, Scolnic, D. M, Riess, A. G, Rest, A, Kirshner, R. P, Berger, E, Kessler, R, Pan, Y. -C, Foley, R. J, Chornock, R, Ortega, C. A, Challis, P. J, Burgett, W. S, Chambers, K. C, Draper, P. W, Flewelling, H, Huber, M. E, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R. -P, Metcalfe, N, Tonry, J, Wainscoat, R. J, Waters, C, Gall, E. E. E, Kotak, R, McCrum, M, Smartt, S. J, Smith, K. W

“…We use 1169 Pan-STARRS supernovae (SNe) and 195 low-$z$ ($z < 0.1$) SNe Ia to measure cosmological parameters. Though most Pan-STARRS SNe lack spectroscopic…”
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Measuring the Properties of Dark Energy with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. I. Systematic Uncertainty from Core-Collapse Supernova Contamination by Jones, D. O, Scolnic, D. M, Riess, A. G, Kessler, R, Rest, A, Kirshner, R. P, Berger, E, Ortega, C. A, Foley, R. J, Chornock, R, Challis, P. J, Burgett, W. S, Chambers, K. C, Draper, P. W, Flewelling, H, Huber, M. E, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R. -P, Metcalfe, N, Wainscoat, R. J, Waters, C

“…The Pan-STARRS (PS1) Medium Deep Survey discovered over 5,000 likely supernovae (SNe) but obtained spectral classifications for just 10% of its SN candidates…”
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Type Iax Supernovae: A New Class of Stellar Explosion by Foley, Ryan J, Challis, P. J, Chornock, R, Ganeshalingam, M, Li, W, Marion, G. H, Morrell, N. I, Pignata, G, Stritzinger, M. D, Silverman, J. M, Wang, X, Anderson, J. P, Filippenko, A. V, Freedman, W. L, Hamuy, M, Jha, S. W, Kirshner, R. P, McCully, C, Persson, S. E, Phillips, M. M, Reichart, D. E, Soderberg, A. M

“…We describe observed properties of the Type Iax class of supernovae (SNe Iax), consisting of SNe observationally similar to its prototypical member, SN 2002cx…”
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Ultra-Luminous Supernovae as a New Probe of the Interstellar Medium in Distant Galaxies by Berger, E, Chornock, R, Lunnan, R, Foley, R, Czekala, I, Rest, A, Leibler, C, Soderberg, A. M, Roth, K, Narayan, G, Huber, M. E, Milisavljevic, D, Sanders, N. E, Drout, M, Margutti, R, Kirshner, R. P, Marion, G. H, Challis, P. J, Riess, A. G, Smartt, S. J, Burgett, W. S, Heasley, J. N, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R. -P, Magnier, E. A, McCrum, M, Price, P. A, Smith, K, Tonry, J. L, Wainscoat, R. J

“…We present the Pan-STARRS1 discovery and light curves, and follow-up MMT and Gemini spectroscopy of an ultra-luminous supernova (ULSN; dubbed PS1-11bam) at a…”
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Very Early Ultraviolet and Optical Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2009ig by Foley, Ryan J, Challis, P. J, Filippenko, A. V, Ganeshalingam, M, Landsman, W, Li, W, Marion, G. H, Silverman, J. M, Beaton, R. L, Bennert, V. N, Cenko, S. B, Childress, M, Guhathakurta, P, Jiang, L, Kalirai, J. S, Kirshner, R. P, Stockton, A, Tollerud, E, Vinko, J, Wheeler, J. C, Woo, J. -H

“…Supernova (SN) 2009ig was discovered 17 hours after explosion by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, promptly classified as a normal Type Ia SN (SN Ia),…”
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An ultraviolet-optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core by Gezari, S, Chornock, R, Rest, A, Huber, M. E, Forster, K, Berger, E, Challis, P. J, Neill, J. D, Martin, D. C, Heckman, T, Lawrence, A, Norman, C, Narayan, G, Foley, R. J, Marion, G. H, Scolnic, D, Chomiuk, L, Soderberg, A, Smith, K, Kirshner, R. P, Riess, A. G, Smartt, S. J, Stubbs, C. W, Tonry, J. L, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Burgett, W. S, Chambers, K. C, Grav, T, Heasley, J. N, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R. -P, Magnier, E. A, Morgan, J. S, Price, P. A

“…The flare of radiation from the tidal disruption and accretion of a star can be used as a marker for supermassive black holes that otherwise lie dormant and…”
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ULTRALUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE AS A NEW PROBE OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IN DISTANT GALAXIES by BERGER, E, CHORNOCK, R, HUBER, M. E, MILISAVLJEVIC, D, SANDERS, N. E, DROUT, M, MARGUTTI, R, KIRSHNER, R. P, MARION, G. H, CHALLIS, P. J, RIESS, A. G, SMARTT, S. J, LUNNAN, R, BURGETT, W. S, HODAPP, K. W, HEASLEY, J. N, KAISER, N, KUDRITZKI, R.-P, MAGNIER, E. A, MCCRUM, M, PRICE, P. A, SMITH, K, TONRY, J. L, FOLEY, R, WAINSCOAT, R. J, CZEKALA, I, REST, A, LEIBLER, C, SODERBERG, A. M, ROTH, K, NARAYAN, G

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VERY EARLY ULTRAVIOLET AND OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA 2009ig by FOLEY, Ryan J, CHALLIS, P. J, CENKO, S. B, CHILDRESS, M, GUHATHAKURTA, P, JIANG, L, KALIRAI, J. S, KIRSHNER, R. P, STOCKTON, A, TOLLERUD, E. J, VINKO, J, WHEELER, J. C, FILIPPENKO, A. V, WOO, AndJ. -H, GANESHALINGAM, M, LANDSMAN, W, LI, W, MARION, G. H, SILVERMAN, J. M, BEATON, R. L, BENNERT, V. N

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GALEX Spectroscopy of SN 2005ay suggests a UV spectral uniformity among type II-P supernovae by Gal-Yam, A, Bufano, F, Barlow, T, Baron, E, Benetti, S, Cappellaro, E, Challis, P. J, Ellis, R. S, Filippenko, A. V, Foley, R. J, Fox, D. B, Hicken, M, Kirshner, R. P, Leonard, D. C, Li, W, Maoz, D, Matheson, T, Mazzali, P. A, Modjaz, M, Nomoto, K, Ofek, E. O, Simon, J, Small, T, Smith, G. P, Turatto, M, Van Dyk, S. D, Zampieri, L

“…We present the first results from our GALEX program designed to obtain ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy of nearby core-collapse supernovae (SNe). Our first…”
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