LIGHT CURVES of 213 TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE from the ESSENCE SURVEY

G. Narayan, A. Rest, B. E. Tucker, R. J. Foley, W. M. Wood-Vasey, P. Challis, C. Stubbs, R. P. Kirshner, C. Aguilera, A. C. Becker, S. Blondin, A. Clocchiatti, R. Covarrubias, G. Damke, T. M. Davis, A. V. Filippenko, M. Ganeshalingam, A. Garg, P. M. Garnavich, M. HickenS. W. Jha, K. Krisciunas, B. Leibundgut, W. Li, T. Matheson, G. Miknaitis, G. Pignata, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, B. P. Schmidt, J. M. Silverman, R. C. Smith, J. Sollerman, J. Spyromilio, N. B. Suntzeff, J. L. Tonry, A. Zenteno

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    Abstract

    The ESSENCE survey discovered 213 Type Ia supernovae at redshifts 0.1 < z < 0.81 between 2002 and 2008. We present their R- and I-band photometry, measured from images obtained using the MOSAIC II camera at the CTIO Blanco, along with rapid-response spectroscopy for each object. We use our spectroscopic follow-up observations to determine an accurate, quantitative classification, and precise redshift. Through an extensive calibration program we have improved the precision of the CTIO Blanco natural photometric system. We use several empirical metrics to measure our internal photometric consistency and our absolute calibration of the survey. We assess the effect of various potential sources of systematic bias on our measured fluxes, and estimate the dominant term in the systematic error budget from the photometric calibration on our absolute fluxes is ∼1%.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number3
    JournalAstrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
    Volume224
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2016

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