NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2009B-0258
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PI: Greg Aldering, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, galdering@lbl.gov
Address: Physics Department, 1 Cyclotron Rd. 50R-5032, Berkeley, CA, USA
CoI: Michael Childress, UC Berkeley / LBL
CoI: Rollin C. Thomas, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
CoI: Saul Perlmutter, UC Berkeley / LBL
Title: Host Galaxies of Hubble Flow Type Ia Supernovae
Abstract:
We propose to observe a sample of host galaxies of Type Ia
supernovae using the Goodman spectrograph on the SOAR 4m in order to
obtain high-precision redshift measurements as well as information about
the nature of supernova environments. The Nearby Supernova Factory
(SNfactory) is working to anchor the low redshift end of the SN Ia
Hubble diagram in the nearby smooth Hubble flow with observations of a
large number of SNe Ia. The SNfactory uses an impartial search
technique, and thus finds many SNe Ia in galaxies which have previously
unknown redshifts. Progenitor age and metallicity are predicted to have
significant impact on SN Ia properties, making it important to examine
the environments of a well-studied sample of SNe Ia to investigate these
effects. Redshifts from host galaxy spectra will facilitate the
construction of the most accurate Hubble diagram to date, while the
spectra themselves will allow us to probe the environments of the SNe in
our sample. This proposal is the semester B half of our program, which
was granted 3 nights on the Goodman spectrograph at SOAR in May (09A-
0488).
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