The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II supernova survey: Technical summary

Joshua A. Frieman; Bruce Bassett; Andrew Becker; Changsu Choi; David Cinabro; Fritz Dejongh; Darren L. Depoy; Ben Dilday; Mamoru Doi; Peter M. Garnavich; Craig J. Hogan; Jon Holtzman; Myungshin Im; Saurabh Jha; Richard Kessler; Kohki Konishi; Hubert Lampeitl; John Marriner; Jennifer L. Marshall; David McGinnis; Gajus Miknaitis; Robert C. Nichol; Jose Luis Prieto; Adam G. Riess; Michael W. Richmond; Roger Romani; Masao Sako; Donald P. Schneider; Mathew Smith; Naohiro Takanashi; Kouichi Tokita; Kurt Van Der Heyden; Naoki Yasuda; Chen Zheng; Jennifer Adelman-Mccarthy; James Annis; Roberto J. Assef; John Barentine; Ralf Bender; Roger D. Blandford; William N. Boroski; Malcolm Bremer; Howard Brewington; Chris A. Collins; Arlin Crotts; Jack Dembicky; Jason Eastman; Alastair Edge; Edmond Edmondson; Edward Elson; Michael E. Eyler; Alexei V. Filippenko; Ryan J. Foley; Stephan Frank; Ariel Goobar; Tina Gueth; James E. Gunn; Michael Harvanek; Ulrich Hopp; Yutaka Ihara; Elko Ivezić; Steven Kahn; Jared Kaplan; Stephen Kent; William Ketzeback; Scott J. Kleinman; Wolfram Kollatschny; Richard G. Kron; Jurek Krzesiński; Dennis Lamenti; Giorgos Leloudas; Huan Lin; Daniel C. Long; John Lucey; Robert H. Lupton; Elena Malanushenko; Viktor Malanushenko; Russet J. McMillan; Javier Mendez; Christopher W. Morgan; Tomoki Morokuma; Atsuko Nitta; Linda Ostman; Kaike Pan; Constance M. Rockosi; A. Kathy Romer; Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente; Gabrelle Saurage; Katie Schlesinger; Stephanie A. Snedden; Jesper Sollerman; Chris Stoughton; Maximilian Stritzinger; Mark Subbarao; Douglas Tucker; Petri Vaisanen; Linda C. Watson; Shannon Watters; J. Craig Wheeler

doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/338

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II supernova survey: Technical summary

Joshua A. Frieman, Bruce Bassett, Andrew Becker, Changsu Choi, David Cinabro, Fritz Dejongh, Darren L. Depoy, Ben Dilday, Mamoru Doi, Peter M. Garnavich, Craig J. Hogan, Jon Holtzman, Myungshin Im, Saurabh Jha, Richard Kessler, Kohki Konishi, Hubert Lampeitl, John Marriner, Jennifer L. Marshall, David McGinnisGajus Miknaitis, Robert C. Nichol, Jose Luis Prieto, Adam G. Riess, Michael W. Richmond, Roger Romani, Masao Sako, Donald P. Schneider, Mathew Smith, Naohiro Takanashi, Kouichi Tokita, Kurt Van Der Heyden, Naoki Yasuda, Chen Zheng, Jennifer Adelman-Mccarthy, James Annis, Roberto J. Assef, John Barentine, Ralf Bender, Roger D. Blandford, William N. Boroski, Malcolm Bremer, Howard Brewington, Chris A. Collins, Arlin Crotts, Jack Dembicky, Jason Eastman, Alastair Edge, Edmond Edmondson, Edward Elson, Michael E. Eyler, Alexei V. Filippenko, Ryan J. Foley, Stephan Frank, Ariel Goobar, Tina Gueth, James E. Gunn, Michael Harvanek, Ulrich Hopp, Yutaka Ihara, Elko Ivezić, Steven Kahn, Jared Kaplan, Stephen Kent, William Ketzeback, Scott J. Kleinman, Wolfram Kollatschny, Richard G. Kron, Jurek Krzesiński, Dennis Lamenti, Giorgos Leloudas, Huan Lin, Daniel C. Long, John Lucey, Robert H. Lupton, Elena Malanushenko, Viktor Malanushenko, Russet J. McMillan, Javier Mendez, Christopher W. Morgan, Tomoki Morokuma, Atsuko Nitta, Linda Ostman, Kaike Pan, Constance M. Rockosi, A. Kathy Romer, Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente, Gabrelle Saurage, Katie Schlesinger, Stephanie A. Snedden, Jesper Sollerman, Chris Stoughton, Maximilian Stritzinger, Mark Subbarao, Douglas Tucker, Petri Vaisanen, Linda C. Watson, Shannon Watters, J. Craig Wheeler

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	338-347
Number of pages	10
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	135
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/338
State	Published - Jan 1 2008

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Supernovae: general
Surveys

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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., ... Wheeler, J. C. (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

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AU - Bassett, Bruce

AU - Becker, Andrew

AU - Choi, Changsu

AU - Cinabro, David

AU - Dejongh, Fritz

AU - Depoy, Darren L.

AU - Dilday, Ben

AU - Doi, Mamoru

AU - Garnavich, Peter M.

AU - Hogan, Craig J.

AU - Holtzman, Jon

AU - Im, Myungshin

AU - Jha, Saurabh

AU - Kessler, Richard

AU - Konishi, Kohki

AU - Lampeitl, Hubert

AU - Marriner, John

AU - Marshall, Jennifer L.

AU - McGinnis, David

AU - Miknaitis, Gajus

AU - Nichol, Robert C.

AU - Prieto, Jose Luis

AU - Riess, Adam G.

AU - Richmond, Michael W.

AU - Romani, Roger

AU - Sako, Masao

AU - Schneider, Donald P.

AU - Smith, Mathew

AU - Takanashi, Naohiro

AU - Tokita, Kouichi

AU - Van Der Heyden, Kurt

AU - Yasuda, Naoki

AU - Zheng, Chen

AU - Adelman-Mccarthy, Jennifer

AU - Annis, James

AU - Assef, Roberto J.

AU - Barentine, John

AU - Bender, Ralf

AU - Blandford, Roger D.

AU - Boroski, William N.

AU - Bremer, Malcolm

AU - Brewington, Howard

AU - Collins, Chris A.

AU - Crotts, Arlin

AU - Dembicky, Jack

AU - Eastman, Jason

AU - Edge, Alastair

AU - Edmondson, Edmond

AU - Elson, Edward

AU - Eyler, Michael E.

AU - Filippenko, Alexei V.

AU - Foley, Ryan J.

AU - Frank, Stephan

AU - Goobar, Ariel

AU - Gueth, Tina

AU - Gunn, James E.

AU - Harvanek, Michael

AU - Hopp, Ulrich

AU - Ihara, Yutaka

AU - Ivezić, Elko

AU - Kahn, Steven

AU - Kaplan, Jared

AU - Kent, Stephen

AU - Ketzeback, William

AU - Kleinman, Scott J.

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