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The Nearby Supernova Factory: First Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2009

E. Pécontal ,
T. Buchert ,
Ph. Di Stefano ,
Y. Copin ,
Y. Copin ,
G. Aldering ,
P. Antilogus ,
C. Aragon ,
S. Bailey  and
C. Baltay
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Y. Copin*
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France
G. Aldering
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
P. Antilogus
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
C. Aragon
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
S. Bailey
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
C. Baltay
Affiliation:
Yale University, USA
S. Bongard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
C. Buton
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France
M. Childress
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
É. Gangler
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France
J. Jerke
Affiliation:
Yale University, USA
S. Loken
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
P. Nugent
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
R. Pain
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
É. Pécontal
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France
R. Pereira
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
S. Perlmutter
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
D. Rabinovitz
Affiliation:
Yale University, USA
G. Rigaudier
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France
P. Ripoche
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
K. Runge
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
R. Scalzo
Affiliation:
Yale University, USA
G. Smadja
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France
H. Swift
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
C. Tao
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France
R.C. Thomas
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
C. Wu
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
*
y.copin@ipnl.in2p3.fr
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Abstract

The Nearby Supernova Factory aims at discovering and stud- ying a large sample of nearby (0.03 < z < 0.08) thermonuclear supernovae. Potential targets are extracted from the unbiased Palomar-QUEST survey, and follow-up spectro-photometric observations are performed using the dedicated Supernovae Integral-Field Spectrograph. The current sample comprises more than 2700 flux-calibrated optical spectra (320-1000 nm) from 181 supernovæ followed over their full life-time. Specific operation and data-reduction issues are discussed, and first scientific results from this unprecedented dataset are presented.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 36: Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories , 2009 , pp. 11 - 15
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2009

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