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Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Researcher at Texas A&M University
Publications - 250
Citations - 17986
Nicholas B. Suntzeff is an academic researcher from Texas A&M University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supernova & Light curve. The author has an hindex of 75, co-authored 249 publications receiving 16972 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicholas B. Suntzeff include Dominion Astrophysical Observatory & Carnegie Institution for Science.
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The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Cur vature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae
Brian P. Schmidt,Nicholas B. Suntzeff,M. M. Phillips,Robert A. Schommer,Alejandro Clocchiatti,Robert P. Kirshner,Peter M. Garnavich,Peter Challis,Bruno Leibundgut,Jason Spyromilio,Adam G. Riess,Alexei V. Filippenko,Mario Hamuy,R. Chris Smith,Craig J. Hogan,Christopher W. Stubbs,Alan H. Diercks,David J Reiss,R. L. Gilliland,John L. Tonry,José Maza,Alan Dressler,Jarrett E. Walsh,R. Ciardullo +23 more
TL;DR: The High-Z Supernova Search (HSSS) as mentioned in this paper is an international collaboration to discover and monitor type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) with the aim of measuring cosmic deceleration and global curvature.
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23 High Redshift Supernovae from the IfA Deep Survey: Doubling the SN Sample at z>0.7
Brian J. Barris,John L. Tonry,Stephane Blondin,Peter Challis,Ryan Chornock,Alejandro Clocchiatti,Alexei V. Filippenko,Peter M. Garnavich,Stephen T. Holland,Saurabh Jha,Robert P. Kirshner,Kevin Krisciunas,Bruno Leibundgut,Weidong Li,Thomas Matheson,Gajus Miknaitis,Adam G. Riess,Brian P. Schmidt,R. Chris Smith,Jesper Sollerman,Jason Spyromilio,Christopher W. Stubbs,Nicholas B. Suntzeff,Herve Aussel,K. C. Chambers,M. S. Connelley,David Donovan,J. P. Henry,Nick Kaiser,Moqing Liu,Eduardo L. Martín,R. J. Wainscoat +31 more
TL;DR: In this article, photometric and spectroscopic observations of 23 high redshift supernovae spanning a range of z=0.34-1.03, 9 of which are unambiguously classified as Type Ia are presented.
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The Carnegie Supernova Project: First Photometry Data Release of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae
Carlos Contreras,Mario Hamuy,Mark M. Phillips,Gastón Folatelli,Nicholas B. Suntzeff,S. E. Persson,Maximilian Stritzinger,Luis Boldt,Sergio Gonzalez,Wojtek Krzeminski,Nidia Morrell,Miguel Roth,Francisco Salgado,Maria Jose Maureira,Christopher R. Burns,Wendy L. Freedman,Barry F. Madore,David Murphy,P. Wyatt,Weidong Li,Alexei V. Filippenko +20 more
TL;DR: The Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP) dataset as discussed by the authors contains the optical light curves of 35 Type Ia supernovae and near-infrared light curves for a subset of 25 events.
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Characterizing the V-band light-curves of hydrogen-rich type II supernovae
Joseph P. Anderson,Joseph P. Anderson,Santiago González-Gaitán,Mario Hamuy,Mario Hamuy,Claudia P. Gutiérrez,Claudia P. Gutiérrez,Maximilian Stritzinger,E Felipe Olivares,Mark M. Phillips,Steve Schulze,R. Antezana,Luis Bolt,Abdo Campillay,S. Castellon,Carlos Contreras,Thomas de Jaeger,Thomas de Jaeger,Gastón Folatelli,F. Forster,Wendy L. Freedman,Luis González,Eric Hsiao,Wojtek Krzeminski,Kevin Krisciunas,José Maza,Patrick J. McCarthy,Nidia Morrell,S. E. Persson,M. Roth,Francisco Salgado,Nicholas B. Suntzeff,Joanna Thomas-Osip +32 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the diversity of V-band light-curves of hydrogen-rich type II supernovae was analyzed and a relation between the decline rate during the 'plateau' phase and peak magnitudes was found, which has a dispersion of 0.56 mag.
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The ESSENCE Supernova Survey: Survey Optimization, Observations, and Supernova Photometry
G. Miknaitis,G. Pignata,Armin Rest,W. M. Wood-Vasey,Stéphane Blondin,Peter M. Challis,R. C. Smith,Christopher W. Stubbs,Nicholas B. Suntzeff,Ryan J. Foley,Thomas Matheson,John L. Tonry,C. Aguilera,J. W. Blackman,Andrew C. Becker,Alejandro Clocchiatti,R. Covarrubias,Tamara M. Davis,Alexei V. Filippenko,Arti Garg,Peter M. Garnavich,Malcolm Hicken,Saurabh Jha,Saurabh Jha,Kevin Krisciunas,Kevin Krisciunas,Robert P. Kirshner,Bruno Leibundgut,Weidong Li,Antonino Miceli,Gautham Narayan,J. L. Prieto,Adam G. Riess,Adam G. Riess,Maria Elena Salvo,Brian P. Schmidt,Jesper Sollerman,Jesper Sollerman,Jason Spyromilio,A. Zenteno +39 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the implementation and optimization of the ESSENCE supernova survey, which they have undertaken to measure the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w = P/(rho c(2)).