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, E.; Malanushenko, V.; McMillan, R.J.; Mendez, J.; Morgan, C.W.; Morokuma, T.; Nitta, A.; Ostman, L.; Pan, K.; Rockosi, C.M.; Romer, A.K.; Ruiz-Lapuente, P.; Saurage, G.; Schlesinger, K.; Snedden, S.A.; Sollerman, J.; Stoughton, C.; Stritzinger, M.; Subba Rao, M.; Tucker, D.; Vaisanen, P.; Watson, L.C.; Watters, S.; Wheeler, J.C.; Yanny, B.; York, D.

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

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...

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

Professor Alastair Edge alastair.edge@durham.ac.uk
Professor

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

Dr 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.