The Nearby Supernova Factory: First Results

Y. Copin; G. Aldering; P. Antilogus; C. Aragon; S. Bailey; C. Baltay; S. Bongard; C. Buton; M. Childress; É. Gangler; J. Jerke; S. Loken; P. Nugent; R. Pain; É. Pécontal; R. Pereira; S. Perlmutter; D. Rabinovitz; G. Rigaudier; P. Ripoche; K. Runge; R. Scalzo; G. Smadja; H. Swift; C. Tao; R.C. Thomas; C. Wu

doi:10.1051/eas/0936002

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EAS Publications Series, 36 (2009) 11-15

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Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 36, 2009 Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories


Page(s)		11 - 15
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/0936002
Published online		30 May 2009

Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories
E. Pécontal, T. Buchert, Ph. Di Stefano and Y. Copin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 36 (2009) 11-15

The Nearby Supernova Factory: First Results

Y. Copin¹, G. Aldering², P. Antilogus³, C. Aragon², S. Bailey³, C. Baltay⁴, S. Bongard³, C. Buton¹, M. Childress², É. Gangler¹, J. Jerke⁴, S. Loken², P. Nugent², R. Pain³, É. Pécontal⁵, R. Pereira³, S. Perlmutter², D. Rabinovitz⁴, G. Rigaudier⁵, P. Ripoche², K. Runge², R. Scalzo⁴, G. Smadja¹, H. Swift², C. Tao¹, R.C. Thomas² and C. Wu³

¹ Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, France
² Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
³ Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies, France
⁴ Yale University, USA
⁵ Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France

Corresponding author: y.copin@ipnl.in2p3.fr

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.