Browsing by Author "Li, Weidong"

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    • THE CARNEGIE SUPERNOVA PROJECT: ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST SAMPLE OF LOW-REDSHIFT TYPE-Ia SUPERNOVAE 
      Folatelli, Gastón; Phillips, M. M.; Burns, Christopher R.; Contreras, Carlos; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Freedman, Wendy L.; Persson, S. E.; Stritzinger, Maximilian; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Krisciunas, Kevin; Boldt, Luis; González Tagle, Sergio; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Morrell, Nidia; Roth, Miguel; Salgado, Francisco; Madore, Barry F.; Murphy, David; Wyatt, Pamela; Li, Weidong; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Miller, Nicole (2010-01)
      An analysis of the first set of low-redshift (z < 0.08) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) monitored by the Carnegie Supernova Project between 2004 and 2006 is presented. The data consist of well-sampled, high-precision ...
    • The Carnegie Supernova Project: First Photometry Data Release of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae 
      Contreras, Carlos; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Phillips, M. M.; Folatelli, Gastón; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Persson, S. E.; Stritzinger, Maximilian; Boldt, Luis; González Tagle, Sergio; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Morrell, Nidia; Roth, Miguel; Salgado, Francisco; Maureira, María José; Burns, Christopher R.; Freedman, Wendy L.; Madore, Barry F.; Murphy, David; Wyatt, Pamela; Li, Weidong; Filippenko, Alexei V. (2009-10)
      The Carnegie Supernova Project is a five-year survey being carried out at the Las Cam- panas Observatory to obtain high-quality light curves of 100 low-redshift Type Ia supernovae in a well-defined photometric system. ...
    • The Carnegie Supernova Project: The low-redshift survey 
      Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Folatelli, Gastón; Morrell, Nidia; Phillips, Mark M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Persson, S. E.; Roth, Miguel; González Tagle, Sergio; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Contreras, Carlos; Freedman, Wendy L.; Murphy, D. C.; Madore, Barry F.; Wyatt, P.; Maza Sancho, José; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Li, Weidong; Pinto, P. A. (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2006-01)
      Supernovae are essential to understanding the chemical evolution of the universe. Type Ia supernovae also provide the most powerful observational tool currently available for studying the expansion history of the universe ...
    • Constraining cosmic evolution of type Ia supernovae 
      Foley, Ryan J.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Aguilera, C.; Becker, A. C.; Blondin, S.; Challis, P.; Clocchiatti, A.; Covarrubias, R.; Davis, Tamara M.; Garnavich, Peter M.; Jha, S.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Krisciunas, Kevin; Leibundgut, B.; Li, Weidong; Matheson, Thomas; Miceli, A.; Miknaitis, G.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Rest, A.; Riess, A. G.; Schmidt, Brian P.; Smith, R. C.; Sollerman, J.; Spyromilio, J.; Stubbs, C. W.; Tonry, J. L.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Zenteno, A. (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2008-09-01)
      We present a large-scale effort of creating composite spectra of high-redshift SNe Ia and comparing them to low-redshift counterparts in an attempt to understand possible cosmic evolution of SNe Ia, which has major ...
    • Erratum: “The Carnegie Supernova Project. I. Third Photometry Data Release of Lowredshift Type Ia Supernovae ... 
      Krisciunas, Kevin; Contreras, Carlos; Burns, Christopher R.; Phillips, M. M.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Stritzinger, Maximilian D.; Anais, Jorge; Busta, Luis; Campillay, Abdo; Castellón, Sergio; Folatelli, Gastón; Freedman, Wendy; González, Consuelo; Hsiao, Eric; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Morrell, Nidia; Persson, Sven Eric; Roth, Miguel; Salgado, Francisco; Serón, Jacqueline; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Torres, Simón; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Li, Weidong; Madore, Barry F.; Depoy, D. L.; Marshall, Jennifer L.; Rheault, Jean-Philippe; Villanueva, Steven (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2017)
    • Exploring the outer solar system with the ESSENCE Supernova Survey 
      Becker, A. C.; Arraki, K.; Kaib, N. A.; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Aguilera, C.; Blackman, J. W.; Blondin, S.; Challis, P.; Clocchiatti, A.; Covarrubias, R.; Damke, G.; Davis, Tamara M.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Foley, Ryan J.; Garg, A.; Garnavich, Peter M.; Hicken, M.; Jha, S.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Krisciunas, Kevin; Leibundgut, B.; Li, Weidong; Matheson, Thomas; Miceli, A.; Miknaitis, G.; Narayan, G.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Prieto, J. L.; Rest, A.; Riess, A. G.; Salvo, M. E.; Schmidt, Brian P.; Smith, R. C.; Sollerman, J.; Spyromilio, J.; Stubbs, C. W.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Tonry, J. L.; Zenteno, A. (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2008-07-20)
      We report the discovery and orbital determination of 14 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey difference imaging data set. Two additional objects discovered in a similar search of the SDSS-II ...
    • A faint type of supernova from a white dwarf with a helium-rich companion 
      Perets, Hagai B.; Gal Yam, Avishay; Mazzali, Paolo; Arnett, D.; Kagan, D.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Li, Weidong; Arcavi, I.; Cenko, S. Bradley; Fox, D. B.; Leonard, D. C.; Moon, D.-S.; Sand, D. J.; Soderberg, A. M.; Anderson, Joseph P.; James, P. A.; Foley, Ryan J.; Ganeshalingam, Mohan; Ofek, E. O.; Bildsten, L.; Nelemans, G.; Shen, K. J.; Weinberg, N. N.; Metzger, B. D.; Piro, A. L.; Quataert, E.; Kiewe, M.; Poznanski, Dovi (Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2010-05-20)
    • ON THE PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II-PLATEAU SN 2008cn in NGC 4603 
      Elias-Rosa, Nancy; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Li, Weidong; Morrell, Nidia; González Tagle, Sergio; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Cuillandre, Jean-Charles; Foley, Ryan J.; Smith, Nathan (American Astronomical Society, 2009-12-01)
      A trend is emerging regarding the progenitor stars that give rise to the most common core-collapse supernovae (SNe), those of Type II-Plateau (II-P): they generally appear to be red supergiants with a limited range of ...
    • An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218 
      Pian, E.; Mazzali, Paolo; Masetti, N.; Ferrero, P.; Klose, Sylvio; Palazzi, E.; Ramírez Ruiz, Enrico; Woosley, S. E.; Kouveliotou, C.; Deng, J.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Foley, Ryan J.; Fynbo, Johan P. U.; Kann, D. A.; Li, Weidong; Hjorth, Jens; Nomoto, K.; Patat, F.; Sauer, D. N.; Sollerman, J.; Vreeswijk, Paul M.; Guenther, E. W.; Levan, A. J.; O'Brien, Peter; Tanvir, N. R.; Wijers, Ralph A. M.; Dumas, C.; Hainaut, O.; Wong, D. S.; Baade, D.; Wang, L.; Amati, L.; Cappellaro, E.; Castro Tirado, A. J.; Ellison, S.; Frontera, F.; Fruchter, Andrew S.; Greiner, J.; Kawabata, K.; Ledoux, C.; Maeda, K.; Møller, P.; Nicastro, L.; Rol, E.; Starling, R. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2006-08-31)
      Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are associated with type Ic supernovae(1) that are more luminous than average(2-5) and that eject material at very high velocities. Less-luminous supernovae were not hitherto known to ...
    • Sn 2005bf: A possible transition event between type Ib/c supernovae and gamma-ray bursts 
      Folatelli, Gastón; Contreras, Carlos; Phillips, Mark M.; Woosley, S. E.; Blinnikov, Sergei; Morrell, Nidia; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Lee, Brian L.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; González Tagle, Sergio; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Roth, Miguel; Li, Weidong; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Foley, Ryan J.; Freedman, Wendy L.; Madore, Barry F.; Persson, S. E.; Murphy, David; Boissier, Samuel; Galaz, Gaspar, 1967-; González, Luis; McCarthy, P. J.; McWilliam, Andrew; Pych, Wojtek (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2006-04-20)
      We present u'g'r'i'BV photometry and optical spectroscopy of the Type Ib/Ic SN 2005bf covering the first similar to 100 days following discovery. The u'g'BV light curves displayed an unprecedented morphology among Type ...
    • SUPERNOVA 2008bk AND ITS RED SUPERGIANT PROGENITOR 
      Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Davidge, Tim J.; Elias-Rosa, Nancy; Taubenberger, Stefan; Li, Weidong; Levesque, Emily M.; Howerton, Stanley; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Morrell, Nidia; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Filippenko, Alexei V. (IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2012-01)
      We have obtained limited photometric and spectroscopic data for supernova (SN) 2008bk in NGC 7793, primarily at greater than or similar to 150 days after explosion. We find that it is a Type II-Plateau (II-P) SN that most ...
    • The peculiar SN 2005hk: Do some type ia supernovae explode as deflagrations? 
      Phillips, Mark M.; Li, Weidong; Frieman, Joshua A.; Blinnikov, Sergei; DePoy, Darren; Prietro, Jose L.; Milne, P.; Contreras, Carlos; Folatelli, Gastón; Morrell, Nidia; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Roth, Miguel; Krzeminski, Wojtek; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Freedman, Wendy L.; Chornock, Ryan; Jha, Saurabh; Madore, Barry F.; Persson, S. E.; González Tagle, Sergio; Burns, Christopher R.; Wyatt, Pamela; Murphy, David; Foley, Ryan J.; Ganeshalingam, Mohan; Serduke, Franklin J. D.; Krisciunas, Kevin; Bassett, Bruce; Becker, Andrew; Dilday, Ben; Eastman, J.; Garnavich, Peter M.; Holtzman, Jon; Kessler, Richard; Lampeitl, Hubert; Marriner, John; Frank, S.; Marshall, J. L.; Miknaitis, Gajus; Sako, Masao; Schneider, Donald P.; Van Der Heyden, Kurt; Yasuda, Naoki (2007)
      We present extensive u'g'r'i'BVRIYJHK(s) photometry and optical spectroscopy of the Type Ia supernova ( SN) 2005hk. These data reveal that SN 2005hk was nearly identical in its observed properties to SN 2002cx, which has ...
    • Time dilation in type Ia supernova spectra at high redshift 
      Blondin, S.; Davis, Tamara M.; Krisciunas, Kevin; Schmidt, Brian P.; Sollerman, J.; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Becker, A. C.; Challis, P.; Clocchiatti, A.; Damke, G.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Foley, Ryan J.; Garnavich, Peter M.; Jha, S. W.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Leibundgut, B.; Li, Weidong; Matheson, Thomas; Miknaitis, G.; Narayan, G.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Rest, A.; Riess, A. G.; Silverman, J. M.; Smith, R. C.; Spyromilio, J.; Stritzinger, M.; Stubbs, C. W.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Tonry, J. L.; Tucker, B. E.; Zenteno, A. (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2008-08-01)
      We present multiepoch spectra of 13 high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) drawn from the literature, the ESSENCE and SNLS projects, and our own separate dedicated program on the ESO Very Large Telescope. We use the ...