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    • The absolute luminosities of the Calan/Tololo type Ia supernovae 
      Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Phillips, M. M.; Schommer, R. A.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Maza Sancho, José; Avilés, Roberto (AMER INST PHYSICS, 1996-12)
      We examine the absolute luminosities of 29 SNe Ia in the Calan/Tololo survey. We confirm a relation between the peak luminosity of the SNe and the decline rate as measured by the light curve, as suggested by Phillips [ApJ, ...
    • An asymmetric explosion as the origin of spectral evolution diversity in type Ia supernovae 
      Maeda, K.; Benetti, S.; Stritzinger, M.; Röpke, F. K.; Folatelli, Gastón; Sollerman, J.; Taubenberger, S.; Nomoto, K.; Leloudas, G.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Tanaka, M.; Mazzali, Paolo; Elias Rosa, N. (2010-07-01)
      Type Ia supernovae forman observationally uniform class of stellar explosions, in that more luminous objects have smaller declinerates 1. This one-parameter behaviour allows type Ia supernovae to be calibrated as ...
    • An asymptotic-giant-branch star in the progenitor system of a type Ia supernova 
      Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Phillips, M. M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Maza Sancho, José; González, L. E.; Roth, Miguel; Krisciunas, Kevin; Morrell, Nidia; Green, E. M.; Persson, S. E.; McCarthy, P. J. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2003-08-07)
      Stars that explode as supernovae come in two main classes. A type Ia supernova is recognized by the absence of hydrogen and the presence of elements such as silicon and sulphur in its spectrum; this class of supernova is ...
    • Bolometric light curves for 33 type II Plateau Supernovae 
      Bersten, Melina C.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario (2009-08-10)
      Using data of three well observed Type II plateau supernovae (SNe II-P), SNe 1987A, 1999em, and 2003hn, and two atmosphere models by Eastman et al. and Dessart & Hillier, we derive calibrations for bolometric corrections ...
    • 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 ...
    • Characteristic velocities of stripped-envelope core-collapse supernova cores 
      Maurer, J. I.; Mazzali, Paolo; Deng, J.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Kirshner, Robert P.; Matheson, Thomas; Modjaz, Maryam; Pian, E.; Stritzinger, M.; Taubenberger, S.; Valenti, S. (2010)
      The velocity of the inner ejecta of stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae (CC-SNe) is studied by means of an analysis of their nebular spectra. Stripped-envelope CC-SNe are the result of the explosion of bare cores ...
    • Characterizing the environments of supernovae with MUSE 
      Galbany, Lluis; Anderson, J. P.; Rosales Ortega, F. F.; Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; Krühler, T.; Sánchez, S. F.; Falcón Barroso, J.; Pérez, E.; Maureira, J. C.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; González Gaitán, Santiago; Förster Burón, Francisco; Moral, V. (Oxford University Press, 2016)
      We present a statistical analysis of the environments of 11 supernovae (SNe) which occurred in six nearby galaxies (z less than or similar to 0.016). All galaxies were observed with MUSE, the high spatial resolution ...
    • Confrontando Modelos Hidrodinámicos con Observaciones de Supernovas de Tipo II-Plateau 
      Bersten, Melina Cecilia (Universidad de ChileCyberDocs, 2010)
    • Cosmic explosions under scrutiny 
      Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario (Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2011-12-15)
      Stellar explosions known as type Ia supernovae are a significant tool in cosmology, but their exact nature is unknown. Two studies bring an understanding of these cosmic blasts a step closer.
    • Defining photometric peculiar type Ia supernovae 
      González Gaitán, Santiago; Hsiao, Eric; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Förster, F; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Bufano, Filomena; Galbany, Lluis; Folatelli, Gastón; Phillips, M. M.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Anderson, J. P.; De Jaeger, Thomas (The American Astronomical Society., 2014)
      We present a new photometric identification technique for SN 1991bg-like type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), i.e., objects with light curve characteristics such as later primary maxima and the absence of a secondary peak in ...
    • Determinación de la Distancia a 12 Supernovas de Tipo II Mediante el Método de la Fotósfera en Expansión 
      Jones Fernández, Matías Ignacio (Universidad de Chile, 2008)
      Hemos usado fotometría y espectroscopía temprana de 12 Supernovas de Tipo II plateau (SNs IIP) para derivar sus distancias mediante el Método de la Fotósfera en expansión (EPM). Hemos realizado este estudio usando dos ...
    • Diagramas de Hubble del Carnegie Supernova Project 
      Salgado Cambiazo, Francisco Javier (Universidad de ChileCyberDocs, 2010)
      En el presente trabajo se estudió una muestra de 28 Supernovas tipo Ia (SNe Ia) observadas en los filtros ópticos BV u′ g ′ r′ i′ durante el transcurso de la primera y segunda campañas del Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP) ...
    • The distance to SN 1999em from the expanding photosphere method 
      Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Pinto, Philip A.; Maza Sancho, José; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Phillips, M. M.; Eastman, Ronald G.; Smith, R. C.; Corbally, C. J.; Burstein, D.; Li, Yong; Ivanov, Valentin; Moro Martin, Amaya; Strolger, L. G.; De Souza, R. E.; Dos Anjos, S.; Green, Elizabeth M.; Pickering, T. E.; González, Luis; Antezana, Roberto; Wischnjewsky, Marina; Galaz, Gaspar, 1967-; Roth, M.; Person, S. E.; Schommer, R. A. (2001-09-10)
      We present optical and infrared spectroscopy of the first 2 months of evolution of the Type II supernova SN 1999em. We combine these data with high-quality optical/infrared photometry beginning only 3 days after shock ...
    • THE DISTANCES TO 5 TYPE-II SUPERNOVAE USING THE EXPANDING PHOTOSPHERE METHOD, AND THE VALUE OF HO 
      Schmidt, Brian P.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Eastman, Ronald G.; Phillips, Mark M.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Maza Sancho, José; Avilés, Roberto (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 1994-09-01)
      We have used observations gathered at CTIO to measure distances by the expanding photosphere method (EPM) to five Type II supernovae. These supernovae lie at redshifts from cz = 1100 km s-1 to cz - 5500 km s-1, and increase ...
    • A double plateau and unprecendented circumstellar variable sodium in the transient SN 2011A 
      De Jaeger, Thomas; Anderson, J.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario (International Astronomical Union, 2013)
      We present optical photometry and spectrosopy of the transient SN 2011A. Our data spans 140 days after discovery including BVRIu’g’r’i’z’ photometry and a sequence of 11 spectra. First classified as a type IIn supernova ...
    • Effects of the explosion asymmetry and viewing angle on the Type Ia supernova colour and luminosity calibration 
      Maeda, Keiichi; Leloudas, Giorgos; Taubenberger, Stefan; Stritzinger, Maximilian; Sollerman, Jesper; Elias Rosa, Nancy; Benetti, Stefano; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Folatelli, Gastón; Mazzali, Paolo (2011)
      Phenomenological relations exist between the peak luminosity and other observables of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that allow one to standardize their peak luminosities. However, several issues are yet to be clarified: ...
    • La era inflamatoria del universo en teorias de bigravedad: perspectivas teóricas y observacionales 
      Atal Chomali, Vicente (Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      Este trabajo representa un primer intento para unir el paradigma inflacionario con teorías de bigravedad. Por una parte, inflación es un período hipotético dentro de la historia del Universo durante del cual el Universo ...
    • ERRATUM: ““ OPTICAL LIGHT CURVES OF THE TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE SN 1990N AND SN 1991T ÏÏ [ASTRON. J. 115, 234 (1998)] 
      Lira Teillery, Paulina; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Phillips, M. M.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Maza Sancho, José; Schommer, R. A.; Smith, R. C.; Wells, Lisa A.; Avilés, R.; Baldwin, J. A.; Elias, J. H.; González, L.; Layden, A. C.; Navarrete, M.; Ugarte, P.; Walker, Alistair R.; Williger, Gerard M.; Baganoff, F. K.; Crotts, Arlin P. S.; Rich, Michael; Tyson, N. D.; Dey, A.; Guhathakurta, P.; Hibbard, J.; Kim, Y. C.; Rehner, Daniel M.; Siciliano, E.; Roth, Joshua; Seitzer, Patrick; Williams, T. B. (The American Astronomical Society, 1998-08)