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An intensive hubble space telescope survey for z>1 type Ia supernovae by targeting galaxy clusters

Astronomical Journal, Volume 138, No. 5, Year 2009

We present a new survey strategy to discover and study high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). By targeting massive galaxy clusters at 0.9 < z < 1.5, we obtain a twofold improvement in the efficiency of finding SNe compared to an HST field survey and a factor of 3 improvement in the total yield of SN detections in relatively dust-free red-sequence galaxies. In total, sixteen SNe were discovered at z>0.95, nine of which were in galaxy clusters. This strategy provides an SN sample that can be used to decouple the effects of host-galaxy extinction and intrinsic color in high-redshift SNe, thereby reducing one of the largest systematic uncertainties in SN cosmology. © 2009 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Dawson, Kyle S.
1. United States, Salt Lake City The University of Utah
2. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Amanullah, Rahman
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Barbary, Kyle
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Barrientos, F. Felipe
1. Chile, Santiago Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Brodwin, Mark
1. United States, Cambridge Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Dey, Arjun T.
1. United States, Tucson National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Doi, Mamoru
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Donahue, Megan E.
1. United States, East Lansing Michigan State University
Eisenhardt, Peter R.M.
1. United States, Pasadena California Institute of Technology
Ellingson, Erica E.
1. United States, Boulder University of Colorado Boulder
Faccioli, Lorenzo
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Fadeyev, Vitaliy
1. United States, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz
Fruchter, Andrew S.
1. United States, Baltimore Space Telescope Science Institute
Gilbank, David G.
1. Canada, Waterloo University of Waterloo
Gladders, Michael D.
1. United States, Chicago The University of Chicago
González, Anthony H.
1. United States, Gainesville University of Florida
Goobar, Ariel M.
1. Sweden, Stockholm Albanova Universitetscentrum
2. Sweden, Stockholm Oskar Klein Centre
Hattori, Takashi G.
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Hoekstra, Henk
1. Canada, Victoria University of Victoria
2. Netherlands, Leiden Universiteit Leiden
Ihara, Yutaka
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Jannuzi, Buell T.
1. United States, Tucson National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Johnston, David E.
1. United States, Pasadena California Institute of Technology
2. United States, Evanston Northwestern University
Konishi, Kohki
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Kowalski, Marek P.
1. Germany, Berlin Humboldt-universität zu Berlin
Lidman, Christopher E.
1. Chile, Santiago European Southern Observatory Santiago
Linder, Eric V.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lubin, Lori M.
1. United States, Davis University of California, Davis
Meyers, Joshua E.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Morokuma, Tomoki
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Munshi, Ferah A.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Mullis, Christopher R.
1. Unknown Affiliation
Panagia, Nino
1. United States, Baltimore Space Telescope Science Institute
Perlmutter, Saul
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Postman, Marc P.
1. United States, Baltimore Space Telescope Science Institute
Pritchard, Tyler A.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Rhodes, Jason D.
1. United States, Pasadena California Institute of Technology
Rosati, P.
1. Germany, Garching Bei Munchen European Southern Observatory
Schlegel, David J.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stanford, Spencer Adam
1. United States, Davis University of California, Davis
2. United States, Livermore Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Stanishev, Vallery
1. Sweden, Stockholm Albanova Universitetscentrum
2. Portugal, Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico
Stern, Daniel K.
1. United States, Pasadena California Institute of Technology
Takanashi, Naohiro
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Tokita, Kouichi
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Wagner, Ryan Mark
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Yasuda, Naoki
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Yee, Howard K.C.
1. Canada, Toronto University of Toronto

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