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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary

Frieman, J.A.; Bassett, B.; Becker, A.; Choi, C.; Cinabro, D.; DeJongh, F.; Depoy, D.L.; Dilday, B.; Doi, M.; Garnavich, P.M.; Hogan, C.J.; Holtzman, J.; Im, M.; Jha, S.; Kessler, R.; Konishi, K.; Lampeitl, H.; Marriner, J.; Marshall, J.L.; McGinnis, D.; Miknaitis, G.; Nichol, R.C.; Prieto, J.L.; Riess, A.G.; Richmond, M.W.; Romani, R.; Sako, M.; Schneider, D.P.; Smith, M.; Takanashi, N.; Tokita, K.; van der Heyden, K.; Yasuda, N.; Zheng, C.; Adelman-McCarthy, J.; Annis, J.; Assef, R.J.; Barentine, J.; Bender, R.; Blandford, R.D.; Boroski, W.N.; Bremer, M.; Brewington, H.; Collins, C.A.; Crotts, A.; Dembicky, J.; Eastman, J.; Edge, A.; Edmondson, E.; Elson, E.; Eyler, M.E.; Filippenko, A.V.; Foley, R.J.; Frank, S.; Goobar, A.; Gueth, T.; Gunn, J.E.; Harvanek, M.; Hopp, U.; Ihara, Y.; Ivezić, Z.; Kahn, S.; Kaplan, J.; Kent, S.; Ketzeback, W.; Kleinman, S.J.; Kollatschny, W.; Kron, R.G.; Krzesiński, J.; Lamenti, D.; Leloudas, G.; Lin, H.; Long, D.C.; Lucey, J.; Lupton, R.H.; Malanushenko...

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Authors

J.A. Frieman

B. Bassett

A. Becker

C. Choi

D. Cinabro

F. DeJongh

D.L. Depoy

B. Dilday

M. Doi

P.M. Garnavich

C.J. Hogan

J. Holtzman

M. Im

S. Jha

R. Kessler

K. Konishi

H. Lampeitl

J. Marriner

J.L. Marshall

D. McGinnis

G. Miknaitis

R.C. Nichol

J.L. Prieto

A.G. Riess

M.W. Richmond

R. Romani

M. Sako

D.P. Schneider

M. Smith

N. Takanashi

K. Tokita

K. van der Heyden

N. Yasuda

C. Zheng

J. Adelman-McCarthy

J. Annis

R.J. Assef

J. Barentine

R. Bender

R.D. Blandford

W.N. Boroski

M. Bremer

H. Brewington

C.A. Collins

A. Crotts

J. Dembicky

J. Eastman

E. Edmondson

E. Elson

M.E. Eyler

A.V. Filippenko

R.J. Foley

S. Frank

A. Goobar

T. Gueth

J.E. Gunn

M. Harvanek

U. Hopp

Y. Ihara

Z. Ivezić

S. Kahn

J. Kaplan

S. Kent

W. Ketzeback

S.J. Kleinman

W. Kollatschny

R.G. Kron

J. Krzesiński

D. Lamenti

G. Leloudas

H. Lin

D.C. Long

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John Lucey john.lucey@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

R.H. Lupton

E. Malanushenko

V. Malanushenko

R.J. McMillan

J. Mendez

C.W. Morgan

T. Morokuma

A. Nitta

L. Ostman

K. Pan

C.M. Rockosi

A.K. Romer

P. Ruiz-Lapuente

G. Saurage

K. Schlesinger

S.A. Snedden

J. Sollerman

C. Stoughton

M. Stritzinger

M. Subba Rao

D. Tucker

P. Vaisanen

L.C. Watson

S. Watters

J.C. Wheeler

B. Yanny

D. York



Abstract

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using repeated five-band (ugriz) imaging over an area of 300 sq. deg. The survey region is a stripe 2.5° wide centered on the celestial equator in the Southern Galactic Cap that has been imaged numerous times in earlier years, enabling construction of a deep reference image for the discovery of new objects. Supernova imaging observations are being acquired between September 1 and November 30 of 2005-7. During the first two seasons, each region was imaged on average every five nights. Spectroscopic follow-up observations to determine supernova type and redshift are carried out on a large number of telescopes. In its first two three-month seasons, the survey has discovered and measured light curves for 327 spectroscopically confirmed SNe Ia, 30 probable SNe Ia, 14 confirmed SNe Ib/c, 32 confirmed SNe II, plus a large number of photometrically identified SNe Ia, 94 of which have host-galaxy spectra taken so far. This paper provides an overview of the project and briefly describes the observations completed during the first two seasons of operation.

Citation

Frieman, J., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., …York, D. (2008). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary. Astronomical Journal, 135(1), 338-347. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/338

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Deposit Date Jan 30, 2012
Publicly Available Date Jan 3, 2014
Journal Astronomical Journal
Print ISSN 0004-6256
Electronic ISSN 1538-3881
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 135
Issue 1
Pages 338-347
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/338
Keywords Supernovae, Surveys.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1487641

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