Search Results - "Jones, David O"
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New Parallaxes of Galactic Cepheids from Spatially Scanning the Hubble Space Telescope: Implications for the Hubble Constant
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2018)“…We present new measurements of the parallax of seven long-period (≥10 days) Milky Way (MW) Cepheid variables (SS CMa, XY Car, VY Car, VX Per, WZ Sgr, X Pup,…”
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A 2.4% DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL VALUE OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2016)“…ABSTRACT We use the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to reduce the uncertainty in the local value of the Hubble constant from…”
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A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-06-2021)“…ABSTRACT We present Hubble Space Telescope imaging of a pre-explosion counterpart to SN 2019yvr obtained 2.6 yr before its explosion as a type Ib supernova…”
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A CATALOG OF GALEX ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION FROM SPECTROSCOPICALLY CONFIRMED M DWARFS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present a catalog of Galaxy Evolution Explorer Near-UV (NUV) and Far-UV (FUV) photometry for the Palomar/MSU and SDSS DR7 spectroscopic M dwarf…”
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Type Ia Supernovae Are Excellent Standard Candles in the Near-infrared
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2019)“…We analyze a set of 89 type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that have both optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry to derive distances and construct low-redshift (z…”
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A Near-infrared Period-Luminosity Relation for Miras in NGC 4258, an Anchor for a New Distance Ladder
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-04-2018)“…We present year-long, near-infrared (NIR) Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFC3 observations of Mira variables in the water megamaser host galaxy NGC 4258. Miras…”
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SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: A Variable Red Supergiant as the Progenitor Candidate to a Type II Supernova
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-07-2023)“…Abstract We present preexplosion optical and infrared (IR) imaging at the site of the type II supernova (SN II) 2023ixf in Messier 101 at 6.9 Mpc. We…”
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Searching for Bumps in the Cosmological Road: Do Type Ia Supernovae with Early Excesses Have Biased Hubble Residuals?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2024)“…Abstract Flux excesses in the early-time light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are predicted by multiple theoretical models and have been observed in a…”
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A Carbon/Oxygen-dominated Atmosphere Days after Explosion for the “Super-Chandrasekhar” Type Ia SN 2020esm
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2022)“…Abstract Seeing pristine material from the donor star in a type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosion can reveal the nature of the binary system. In this paper, we…”
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Ca hnk: The Calcium-rich Transient Supernova 2016hnk from a Helium Shell Detonation of a Sub-Chandrasekhar White Dwarf
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2020)“…We present observations and modeling of SN 2016hnk, a Ca-rich supernova (SN) that is consistent with being the result of a He-shell double-detonation explosion…”
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Evaluating the Consistency of Cosmological Distances Using Supernova Siblings in the Near-infrared
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2024)“…Abstract The study of supernova (SN) siblings, supernovae with the same host galaxy, is an important avenue for understanding and measuring the properties of…”
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Relative Intrinsic Scatter in Hierarchical Type Ia Supernova Sibling Analyses: Application to SNe 2021hpr, 1997bq, and 2008fv in NGC 3147
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2023)“…Abstract We present Young Supernova Experiment grizy photometry of SN 2021hpr, the third Type Ia supernova sibling to explode in the Cepheid calibrator galaxy,…”
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THE DISCOVERY OF THE MOST DISTANT KNOWN TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA AT REDSHIFT 1.914
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2013)“…We present the discovery of a Type Ia supernova (SN) at redshift z = 1.914 from the CANDELS multi-cycle treasury program on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)…”
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Testing the consistency of dust laws in SN Ia host galaxies: a BayeSN examination of Foundation DR1
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-12-2021)“…ABSTRACT We apply BayeSN, our new hierarchical Bayesian model for the SEDs of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), to analyse the griz light curves of 157 nearby SNe…”
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The Pantheon+ Analysis: The Full Data Set and Light-curve Release
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2022)“…Abstract Here we present 1701 light curves of 1550 unique, spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that will be used to infer cosmological…”
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The Pantheon+ Analysis: Evaluating Peculiar Velocity Corrections in Cosmological Analyses with Nearby Type Ia Supernovae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2022)“…Abstract Separating the components of redshift due to expansion and peculiar motion in the nearby universe ( z < 0.1) is critical for using Type Ia Supernovae…”
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Using rest-frame optical and NIR data from the RAISIN survey to explore the redshift evolution of dust laws in SN Ia host galaxies
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (06-05-2024)“…ABSTRACT We use rest-frame optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations of 42 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Carnegie Supernova Project at low-z and 37…”
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SuperRAENN: A Semisupervised Supernova Photometric Classification Pipeline Trained on Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey Supernovae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2020)“…Automated classification of supernovae (SNe) based on optical photometric light-curve information is essential in the upcoming era of wide-field time domain…”
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Type Ia Supernova Distances at Redshift >1.5 from the Hubble Space Telescope Multi-cycle Treasury Programs: The Early Expansion Rate
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2018)“…We present an analysis of 15 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at redshift (9 at ) recently discovered in the CANDELS and CLASH Multi-Cycle Treasury programs using…”
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Measurements of the Hubble Constant with a Two-rung Distance Ladder: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2022)“…Abstract The three-rung distance ladder, which calibrates Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) through stellar distances linked to geometric measurements, provides the…”
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