Search Results - "Riess, A. G."

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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A measurement of the Hubble constant from Type II supernovae by de Jaeger, T, Stahl, B E, Zheng, W, Filippenko, A V, Riess, A G, Galbany, L

“…ABSTRACT Progressive increases in the precision of the Hubble-constant measurement via Cepheid-calibrated Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have shown a discrepancy…”
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Simulations of the WFIRST Supernova Survey and Forecasts of Cosmological Constraints by Hounsell, R., Scolnic, D., Foley, R. J., Kessler, R., Miranda, V., Avelino, A., Bohlin, R. C., Filippenko, A. V., Frieman, J., Jha, S. W., Kelly, P. L., Kirshner, R. P., Mandel, K., Rest, A., Riess, A. G., Rodney, S. A., Strolger, L.

“…The Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was the highest-ranked large space-based mission of the 2010 New Worlds, New Horizons decadal survey. It is…”
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CATS: The Hubble Constant from Standardized TRGB and Type Ia Supernova Measurements by Scolnic, D., Riess, A. G., Wu, J., Li, S., Anand, G. S., Beaton, R., Casertano, S., Anderson, R. I., Dhawan, S., Ke, X.

“…Abstract The tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) provides a luminous standard candle for constructing distance ladders to measure the Hubble constant. In…”
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Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey by Lunnan, R., Chornock, R., Berger, E., Jones, D. O., Rest, A., Czekala, I., Dittmann, J., Drout, M. R., Foley, R. J., Fong, W., Kirshner, R. P., Laskar, T., Leibler, C. N., Margutti, R., Milisavljevic, D., Narayan, G., Pan, Y.-C., Riess, A. G., Roth, K. C., Sanders, N. E., Scolnic, D., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R. P., Magnier, E. A., Metcalfe, N., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., Willman, M.

“…We present light curves and classification spectra of 17 hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (PS1 MDS). Our…”
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Comparative Analysis of TRGBs (CATs) from Unsupervised, Multi-halo-field Measurements: Contrast is Key by Wu, J., Scolnic, D., Riess, A. G., Anand, G. S., Beaton, R., Casertano, S., Ke, X., Li, S.

“…Abstract The tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) is an apparent discontinuity of the luminosity function (LF) due to the end of the red giant evolutionary phase…”
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Observational Constraints on the Nature of Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey by Wood-Vasey, W. M, Miknaitis, G, Stubbs, C. W, Jha, S, Riess, A. G, Garnavich, P. M, Kirshner, R. P, Aguilera, C, Becker, A. C, Blackman, J. W, Blondin, S, Challis, P, Clocchiatti, A, Conley, A, Covarrubias, R, Davis, T. M, Filippenko, A. V, Foley, R. J, Garg, A, Hicken, M, Krisciunas, K, Leibundgut, B, Li, W, Matheson, T, Miceli, A, Narayan, G, Pignata, G, Prieto, J. L, Rest, A, Salvo, M. E, Schmidt, B. P, Smith, R. C, Sollerman, J, Spyromilio, J, Tonry, J. L, Suntzeff, N. B, Zenteno, A

“…We present constraints on the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w = P/(pc super(2)), using 60 SNe Ia from the ESSENCE supernova survey. We derive a set…”
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SN REFSDAL: CLASSIFICATION AS A LUMINOUS AND BLUE SN 1987A-LIKE TYPE II SUPERNOVA by Kelly, P. L., Brammer, G., Selsing, J., Foley, R. J., Hjorth, J., Rodney, S. A., Christensen, L., Strolger, L.-G., Filippenko, A. V., Treu, T., Steidel, C. C., Strom, A., Riess, A. G., Zitrin, A., Schmidt, K. B., Brada, M., Jha, S. W., Graham, M. L., McCully, C., Graur, O., Weiner, B. J., Silverman, J. M., Taddia, F.

“…ABSTRACT We have acquired Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Very Large Telescope near-infrared spectra and images of supernova (SN) Refsdal after its discovery…”
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Two peculiar fast transients in a strongly lensed host galaxy by Rodney, S. A., Balestra, I., Bradac, M., Brammer, G., Broadhurst, T., Caminha, G. B., Chirivì, G., Diego, J. M., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Graur, O., Grillo, C., Hemmati, S., Hjorth, J., Hoag, A., Jauzac, M., Jha, S. W., Kawamata, R., Kelly, P. L., McCully, C., Mobasher, B., Molino, A., Oguri, M., Richard, J., Riess, A. G., Rosati, P., Schmidt, K. B., Selsing, J., Sharon, K., Strolger, L.-G., Suyu, S. H., Treu, T., Weiner, B. J., Williams, L. L. R., Zitrin, A.

“…A massive galaxy cluster can serve as a magnifying glass for distant stellar populations, as strong gravitational lensing magnifies background galaxies and…”
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A year-long plateau in the late-time near-infrared light curves of type Ia supernovae by Graur, O., Maguire, K., Ryan, R., Nicholl, M., Avelino, A., Riess, A. G., Shingles, L., Seitenzahl, I. R., Fisher, R.

“…The light curves of type Ia supernovae are routinely used to constrain cosmology models. Driven by radioactive decay of 56 Ni, the light curves steadily…”
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Cosmological Model Insensitivity of Local H0 from the Cepheid Distance Ladder by Dhawan, S., Brout, D., Scolnic, D., Goobar, A., Riess, A. G., Miranda, V.

“…The observed tension (∼9% difference) between the local distance ladder measurement of the Hubble constant, H0, and its value inferred from the cosmic…”
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Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae by Garnavich, P. M, Kirshner, R. P, Challis, P, Tonry, J, Gilliland, R. L, Smith, R. C, Clocchiatti, A, Diercks, A, Filippenko, A. V, Hamuy, M, Hogan, C. J, Leibundgut, B, Phillips, M. M, Reiss, D, Riess, A. G, Schmidt, B. P, Schommer, R. A, Spyromilio, J, Stubbs, C, Suntzeff, N. B, Wells, L

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Constraining Cosmic Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae by Foley, Ryan J, Filippenko, Alexei V, Aguilera, C, Becker, A. C, Blondin, S, Challis, P, Clocchiatti, A, Covarrubias, R, Davis, T. M, Garnavich, P. M, Jha, S. W, Kirshner, R. P, Krisciunas, K, Leibundgut, B, Li, W, Matheson, T, Miceli, A, Miknaitis, G, Pignata, G, Rest, A, Riess, A. G, Schmidt, B. P, Smith, R. C, Sollerman, J, Spyromilio, J, Stubbs, C. W, Suntzeff, N. B, Tonry, J. L, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Zenteno, A

“…We present a large-scale effort of creating composite spectra of high- redshift SNe Ia and comparing them to low-redshift counterparts in an attempt to…”
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A 5 per cent measurement of the Hubble–Lemaître constant from Type II supernovae by de Jaeger, T, Galbany, L, Riess, A G, Stahl, B E, Shappee, B J, Filippenko, A V, Zheng, W

“…ABSTRACT The most stringent local measurement of the Hubble–Lemaître constant from Cepheid-calibrated Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) differs from the value…”
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Should Type Ia Supernova Distances Be Corrected for Their Local Environments? by Jones, D. O., Riess, A. G., Scolnic, D. M., Pan, Y.-C., Johnson, E., Coulter, D. A., Dettman, K. G., Foley, M. M., Foley, R. J., Huber, M. E., Jha, S. W., Kilpatrick, C. D., Kirshner, R. P., Rest, A., Schultz, A. S. B., Siebert, M. R.

“…Recent analyses suggest that distance residuals measured from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are correlated with local host galaxy properties within a few…”
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Time Dilation in Type Ia Supernova Spectra at High Redshift by Blondin, S, Davis, T. M, Krisciunas, K, Schmidt, B. P, Sollerman, J, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Becker, A. C, Challis, P, Clocchiatti, A, Damke, G, Filippenko, A. V, Foley, R. J, Garnavich, P. M, Jha, S. W, Kirshner, R. P, Leibundgut, B, Li, W, Matheson, T, Miknaitis, G, Narayan, G, Pignata, G, Rest, A, Riess, A. G, Silverman, J. M, Smith, R. C, Spyromilio, J, Stritzinger, M, Stubbs, C. W, Suntzeff, N. B, Tonry, J. L, Tucker, B. E, Zenteno, A

“…We present multiepoch spectra of 13 high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) drawn from the literature, the ESSENCE and SNLS projects, and our own separate…”
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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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The Foundation Supernova Survey: motivation, design, implementation, and first data release by Foley, Ryan J, Scolnic, Daniel, Rest, Armin, Jha, S W, Pan, Y-C, Riess, A G, Challis, P, Chambers, K C, Coulter, D A, Dettman, K G, Foley, M M, Fox, O D, Huber, M E, Jones, D O, Kilpatrick, C D, Kirshner, R P, Schultz, A S B, Siebert, M R, Flewelling, H A, Gibson, B, Magnier, E A, Miller, J A, Primak, N, Smartt, S J, Smith, K W, Wainscoat, R J, Waters, C, Willman, M

“…Abstract The Foundation Supernova Survey aims to provide a large, high-fidelity, homogeneous, and precisely calibrated low-redshift Type Ia supernova (SN Ia)…”
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The Cepheid Distance to the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4151 by Yuan, W., Fausnaugh, M. M., Hoffmann, S. L., Macri, L. M., Peterson, B. M., Riess, A. G., Bentz, M. C., Brown, J. S., Bontà, E. Dalla, Davies, R. I., Rosa, G. De, Ferrarese, L., Grier, C. J., Hicks, E. K. S., Onken, C. A., Pogge, R. W., Storchi-Bergmann, T., Vestergaard, M.

“…Abstract We derive a distance of 15.8 ± 0.4 Mpc to the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 based on the near-infrared Cepheid period–luminosity relation and…”
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The Foundation Supernova Survey: Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Supernovae from a Single Telescope by Jones, D. O., Scolnic, D. M., Foley, R. J., Rest, A., Kessler, R., Challis, P. M., Chambers, K. C., Coulter, D. A., Dettman, K. G., Foley, M. M., Huber, M. E., Jha, S. W., Johnson, E., Kilpatrick, C. D., Kirshner, R. P., Manuel, J., Narayan, G., Pan, Y.-C., Riess, A. G., Schultz, A. S. B., Siebert, M. R., Berger, E., Chornock, R., Flewelling, H., Magnier, E. A., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., Willman, M.

“…Measurements of the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w, have been limited by uncertainty in the selection effects and photometric calibration of z <…”
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