Very High Redshift Supernova Discoveries with Subaru/Surpime-Cam

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

3

Scientific paper

We have carried out a series of very high redshift supernova searches (z > 0.9 with i' = 23.8 to 25.2 at discovery) with Subaru/Suprime-Cam. Suprime-Cam is the widest field imaging camera on 8-10m class telescopes and has a FOV of 33 x 26 arcmin. Searches have been performed for 3 seasons; spring 2001, spring 2002, fall 2002 and the searched area has been 4, 7, and 5 fields, respectively. The number of candidates discovered is 106 in total and 27 are confirmed to be supernovae by spectroscopic observation (and an additional 5 have been confirmed by good lightcurve sampling). Photometric follow-up observations by HST WFPC2 and ACS has been done for 8 of them. Among the supernovae we have discovered, 12 have a redshift greater than 0.9, thus exploring the epoch of deceleration. In the fall 2002 run, with the cooperation of the observatory project (Subaru-XMM Deep Survey) and dedicated scheduling, we also obtained light curves for 16 supernovae from the ground. These studies demonstrate that Subaru/Suprime-Cam has a high efficiency for the discovery of very high redshift supernovae.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Very High Redshift Supernova Discoveries with Subaru/Surpime-Cam does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Very High Redshift Supernova Discoveries with Subaru/Surpime-Cam, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Very High Redshift Supernova Discoveries with Subaru/Surpime-Cam will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1421230

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.