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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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Propagating Uncertainties in the SALT3 Model-training Process to Cosmological Constraints by Dai, M., Jones, D. O., Kenworthy, W. D., Kessler, R., Pierel, J. D. R., Foley, R. J., Jha, S. W., Scolnic, D. M.

“…Abstract Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are standardizable candles that must be modeled empirically to yield cosmological constraints. To understand the…”
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An Empirical Study of Contamination in Deep, Rapid, and Wide-field Optical Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Events by Cowperthwaite, P. S., Berger, E., Rest, A., Chornock, R., Scolnic, D. M., Williams, P. K. G., Fong, W., Drout, M. R., Foley, R. J., Margutti, R., Lunnan, R., Metzger, B. D., Quataert, E.

“…We present an empirical study of contamination in wide-field optical follow-up searches of gravitational wave sources from Advanced LIGO/Virgo using dedicated…”
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LSST Target-of-opportunity Observations of Gravitational-wave Events: Essential and Efficient by Cowperthwaite, P. S., Villar, V. A., Scolnic, D. M., Berger, E.

“…We present simulated observations to assess the ability of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and the wide-fast-deep (WFD) survey to detect and…”
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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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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: 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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Cosmological Results from the RAISIN Survey: Using Type Ia Supernovae in the Near Infrared as a Novel Path to Measure the Dark Energy Equation of State by Jones, D. O., Mandel, K. S., Kirshner, R. P., Thorp, S., Challis, P. M., Avelino, A., Brout, D., Burns, C., Foley, R. J., Pan, Y.-C., Scolnic, D. M., Siebert, M. R., Chornock, R., Freedman, W. L., Friedman, A., Frieman, J., Galbany, L., Hsiao, E., Kelsey, L., Marion, G. H., Nichol, R. C., Nugent, P. E., Phillips, M. M., Rest, A., Riess, A. G., Sako, M., Smith, M., Wiseman, P., Wood-Vasey, W. M.

“…Abstract Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are more precise standardizable candles when measured in the near-infrared (NIR) than in the optical. With this…”
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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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SALT3-NIR: Taking the Open-source Type Ia Supernova Model to Longer Wavelengths for Next-generation Cosmological Measurements by Pierel, J. D. R., Jones, D. O., Kenworthy, W. D., Dai, M., Kessler, R., Ashall, C., Do, A., Peterson, E. R., Shappee, B. J., Siebert, M. R., Barna, T., Brink, T. G., Burke, J., Calamida, A., Camacho-Neves, Y., Jaeger, T. de, Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Galbany, L., Fox, O. D., Gomez, S., Hiramatsu, D., Hounsell, R., Howell, D. A., Jha, S. W., Kwok, L. A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Poidevin, F., Rest, A., Rubin, D., Scolnic, D. M., Shirley, R., Strolger, L. G., Tinyanont, S., Wang, Q.

“…Abstract A large fraction of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) observations over the next decade will be in the near-infrared (NIR), at wavelengths beyond the reach of…”
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Measuring the ejecta velocities of type Ia supernovae from the pan-STARRS1 medium deep survey by Pan, Y -C, Jheng, Y -S, Jones, D O, Lee, I -Y, Foley, R J, Chornock, R, Scolnic, D M, Berger, E, Challis, P M, Drout, M, Huber, M E, Kirshner, R P, Kotak, R, Lunnan, R, Narayan, G, Rest, A, Rodney, S, Smartt, S

“…ABSTRACT There is growing evidence that Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) may originate from multiple explosion channels. Previous studies have indicated that the…”
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Propagating Uncertainties in the SALT3 Model Training Process to Cosmological Constraints by Dai, M, Jones, D. O, Kenworthy, W. D, Kessler, R, Pierel, J. D. R, Foley, R. J, Jha, S. W, Scolnic, D. M

“…Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are standardizable candles that must be modeled empirically to yield cosmological constraints. To understand the robustness of this…”
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SALT3-NIR: Taking the Open-Source Type Ia Supernova Model to Longer Wavelengths for Next-Generation Cosmological Measurements by Pierel, J. D. R, Jones, D. O, Kenworthy, W. D, Dai, M, Kessler, R, Ashall, C, Do, A, Peterson, E. R, Shappee, B. J, Siebert, M. R, Barna, T, Brink, T. G, Burke, J, Calamida, A, Camacho-Neves, Y, de Jaeger, T, Filippenko, A. V, Foley, R. J, Galbany, L, Fox, O. D, Gomez, S, Hiramatsu, D, Hounsell, R, Howell, D. A, Jha, S. W, Kwok, L. A, Pérez-Fournon, I, Poidevin, F, Rest, A, Rubin, D, Scolnic, D. M, Shirley, R, Strolger, L. G, Tinyanont, S, Wang, Q

“…The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 939, Issue 1, id.11, 16 pp (2022) A large fraction of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) observations over the next decade will be in…”
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Evidence for Cosmic Acceleration is Robust to Observed Correlations Between Type Ia Supernova Luminosity and Stellar Age by Rose, B. M, Rubin, D, Cikota, A, Deustua, S. E, Dixon, S, Fruchter, A, Jones, D. O, Riess, A. G, Scolnic, D. M

“…Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are powerful standardizable candles for constraining cosmological models and provided the first evidence of the accelerated…”
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Cosmological Results from the RAISIN Survey: Using Type Ia Supernovae in the Near Infrared as a Novel Path to Measure the Dark Energy Equation of State by Jones, D. O, Mandel, K. S, Kirshner, R. P, Thorp, S, Challis, P. M, Avelino, A, Brout, D, Burns, C, Foley, R. J, Pan, Y. -C, Scolnic, D. M, Siebert, M. R, Chornock, R, Freedman, W. L, Friedman, A, Frieman, J, Galbany, L, Hsiao, E, Kelsey, L, Marion, G. H, Nichol, R. C, Nugent, P. E, Phillips, M. M, Rest, A, Riess, A. G, Sako, M, Smith, M, Wiseman, P, Wood-Vasey, W. M

“…ApJ, 933, 172J, 2022 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are more precise standardizable candles when measured in the near-infrared (NIR) than in the optical. With…”
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SALT3-NIR: Taking the Open-source Type Ia Supernova Model to Longer Wavelengths for Next-generation Cosmological Measurements by Pierel, J. D. R., Jones, D. O., Kenworthy, W. D., Dai, M., Kessler, R., Ashall, C., Do, A., Peterson, E. R., Shappee, B. J., Siebert, M. R., Barna, T., Brink, T. G., Burke, J., Calamida, A., Camacho-Neves, Y., Jaeger, T. de, Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Galbany, L., Fox, O. D., Gomez, S., Hiramatsu, D., Hounsell, R., Howell, D. A., Jha, S. W., Kwok, L. A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Poidevin, F., Rest, A., Rubin, D., Scolnic, D. M., Shirley, R., Strolger, L. G., Tinyanont, S., Wang, Q.

“…Abstract A large fraction of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) observations over the next decade will be in the near-infrared (NIR), at wavelengths beyond the reach of…”
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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…”
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An Empirical Study of Contamination in Deep, Rapid, and Wide-Field Optical Follow-Up of Gravitational Wave Events by Cowperthwaite, P. S, Berger, E, Rest, A, Chornock, R, Scolnic, D. M, Williams, P. K. G, Fong, W, Drout, M. R, Foley, R. J, Margutti, R, Lunnan, R, Metzger, B. D, Quataert, E

“…We present an empirical study of contamination in deep, rapid, and wide-field optical follow-up searches of GW sources from aLIGO. We utilize dedicated…”
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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 kpc of…”
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The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. IV. Detection of Near-infrared Signatures of r-process Nucleosynthesis with Gemini-South by Chornock, R, Berger, E, Kasen, D, Cowperthwaite, P. S, Nicholl, M, Villar, V. A, Alexander, K. D, Blanchard, P. K, Eftekhari, T, Fong, W, Margutti, R, Williams, P. K. G, Annis, J, Brout, D, Brown, D. A, Chen, H. -Y, Drout, M. R, Foley, R. J, Frieman, J. A, Fryer, C. L, Holz, D. E, Matheson, T, Metzger, B. D, Quataert, E, Rest, A, Sako, M, Scolnic, D. M, Smith, N, Soares-Santos, M

“…We present a near-infrared spectral sequence of the electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star merger GW170817 detected by Advanced LIGO/Virgo. Our…”
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