The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae

C. Inserra; M. Sullivan; C. R. Angus; E. Macaulay; R. C. Nichol; M. Smith; C. Frohmaier; C. P. Gutierrez; M. Vicenzi; A. Moller; D. Brout; P. J. Brown; T. M. Davis; C. B. D'Andrea; L. Galbany; R. Kessler; A. G. Kim; Y-C Pan; M. Pursiainen; D. Scolnic; B. P. Thomas; P. Wiseman; T. M. C. Abbott; J. Annis; S. Avila; E. Bertin; D. Brooks; D. L. Burke; A. Carnero Rosell; M. Carrasco Kind; J. Carretero; F. J. Castander; R. Cawthon; S. Desai; H. T. Diehl; T. F. Eifler; D. A. Finley; B. Flaugher; P. Fosalba; J. Frieman; J. Garcia-Bellido; E. Gaztanaga; D. W. Gerdes; T. Giannantonio; D. Gruen; R. A. Gruendl; J. Gschwend; G. Gutierrez; D. L. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; D. J. James; E. Krause; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; T. S. Li; C. Lidman; M. Lima; M. A. G. Maia; J. L. Marshall; P. Martini; F. Menanteau; R. Miquel; A. A. Plazas Malagon; A. K. Romer; A. Roodman; M. Sako; E. Sanchez; Scarpine; M. Schubnell; S. Serrano; Sevilla-Noarbe; M. Soares-Santos; F. Sobreira; E. Suchyta; M. E. C. Swanson; G. Tarle; D. Thomas; D. L. Tucker; V. Vikram; A. R. Walker; Y. Zhang; J. Asorey; J. Calcino; D. Carollo; K. Glazebrook; S. R. Hinton; J. K. Hoormann; G. F. Lewis; R. Sharp; E. Swann; B. E. Tucker; DES Collaboration

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The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae

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The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae

C. Inserra, M. Sullivan, C. R. Angus, E. Macaulay, R. C. Nichol, M. Smith, C. Frohmaier, C. P. Gutierrez, M. Vicenzi, A. Moller, …

Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.504(2), pp.2535-2549

30/04/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab978

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We present the first Hubble diagram of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) out to a redshift of two, together with constraints on the matter density, Omega(M), and the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w(equivalent to p/rho). We build a sample of 20 cosmologically useful SLSNe I based on light curve and spectroscopy quality cuts. We confirm the robustness of the peak-decline SLSN I standardization relation with a larger data set and improved fitting techniques than previous works. We then solve the SLSN model based on the above standardization via minimization of the chi(2) computed from a covariance matrix that includes statistical and systematic uncertainties. For a spatially flat Lambda cold dark matter (Lambda CDM) cosmological model, we find Omega(M) = 0.38(-0.19)(+0.24), with an rms of 0.27 mag for the residuals of the distance moduli. For a w(0)w(a) CDM cosmological model, the addition of SLSNe I to a 'baseline' measurement consisting of Planck temperature together with Type Ia supernovae, results in a small improvement in the constraints of w(0) and w(a) of 4 per cent. We present simulations of future surveys with 868 and 492 SLSNe I (depending on the configuration used) and show that such a sample can deliver cosmological constraints in a flat Lambda CDM model with the same precision (considering only statistical uncertainties) as current surveys that use Type Ia supernovae, while providing a factor of 2-3 improvement in the precision of the constraints on the time variation of dark energy, w(0) and w(a). This paper represents the proof of concept for superluminous supernova cosmology, and demonstrates they can provide an independent test of cosmology in the high-redshift (z > 1) universe.

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Title: The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae
Creators: C. Inserra - Cardiff University
M. Sullivan - University of Southampton
C. R. Angus - University of Copenhagen
E. Macaulay - University of North Georgia
R. C. Nichol - University of Portsmouth
M. Smith - Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
C. Frohmaier - University of Portsmouth
C. P. Gutierrez - University of Southampton
M. Vicenzi - University of Portsmouth
A. Moller - University of Clermont Auvergne
D. Brout - University of Pennsylvania
P. J. Brown - Mitchell Institute
T. M. Davis - University of Queensland
C. B. D'Andrea - Univ Penn, Dept Phys & Astron, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
L. Galbany - Universidad de Granada
R. Kessler - University of Chicago
A. G. Kim - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Y-C Pan - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
M. Pursiainen - University of Southampton
D. Scolnic - University of Chicago
B. P. Thomas - University of Portsmouth
P. Wiseman - University of Southampton
T. M. C. Abbott - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
J. Annis - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Avila - Autonomous University of Madrid
E. Bertin - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
D. Brooks - University College London
D. L. Burke - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Carnero Rosell - College Station Medical Center
M. Carrasco Kind - Univ Illinois, Dept Astron, 1002 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
J. Carretero - Institute for High Energy Physics
F. J. Castander - Institute of Space Sciences
R. Cawthon - University of Wisconsin–Madison
S. Desai - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
H. T. Diehl - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. F. Eifler - University of Arizona
D. A. Finley - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. Flaugher - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
P. Fosalba - Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
J. Frieman - University of Chicago
J. Garcia-Bellido - Autonomous University of Madrid
E. Gaztanaga - Institute of Space Sciences
D. W. Gerdes - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
T. Giannantonio - University of Cambridge
D. Gruen - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. A. Gruendl - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
J. Gschwend - Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia
G. Gutierrez - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
D. L. Hollowood - Santa Cruz Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
K. Honscheid - The Ohio State University
D. J. James - Whale Center of New England
E. Krause - University of Arizona
K. Kuehn - Australian Astronomical Observatory
N. Kuropatkin - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. S. Li - University of Chicago
C. Lidman - Australian National University
M. Lima - Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia
M. A. G. Maia - Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia
J. L. Marshall - University of Pennsylvania
P. Martini - The Ohio State University
F. Menanteau - National Center for Supercomputing Applications
R. Miquel - Institute for High Energy Physics
A. A. Plazas Malagon - Princeton University
A. K. Romer - University of Sussex
A. Roodman - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
M. Sako - University of Pennsylvania
E. Sanchez - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Scarpine - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
M. Schubnell - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
S. Serrano - Institute of Space Sciences
Sevilla-Noarbe - College Station Medical Center
M. Soares-Santos - Brandeis University
F. Sobreira - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
E. Suchyta - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
M. E. C. Swanson - National Center for Supercomputing Applications
G. Tarle - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
D. Thomas - University of Portsmouth
D. L. Tucker - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
V. Vikram - Argonne National Laboratory
A. R. Walker - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Y. Zhang - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Asorey - Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
J. Calcino - University of Queensland
D. Carollo - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino
K. Glazebrook - Swinburne University of Technology
S. R. Hinton - University of Queensland
J. K. Hoormann - University of Queensland
G. F. Lewis - University of Sydney
R. Sharp - Australian National University
E. Swann - University of Southampton
B. E. Tucker - Australian National University
DES Collaboration
Publication Details: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.504(2), pp.2535-2549
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Number of pages: 15
Date published: 30/04/2021
Grant note: 615929 / STFC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) University of Edinburgh U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) University of Cambridge, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas-Madrid Ministry of Science and Education of Spain; Spanish Government Collaborating Institutions in the Dark Energy Survey European Research Council under the European Union; European Research Council (ERC) 240672; 291329; 306478 / ERC; European Research Council (ERC); European Commission CE110001020 / Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia (INCT) e-Universe (CNPq); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ); Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF) PGC2018-095317-B-C21 / European Funds for Regional Development (FEDER); European Commission University of California at Santa Cruz European Union - CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen FundacAo Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio De Janeiro (FAPERJ) MINECO; Spanish Government Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; German Research Foundation (DFG) 19-115-AE; 13387 / EU/FP7-ERC grant U.S. National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) AST-1138766; AST-1536171 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) ST/N000688/1 / Faculty of Technology at the University of Portsmouth - European Union Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia e InovacAo; Spanish Government University of Portsmouth Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos; Financiadora de Inovacao e Pesquisa (Finep) OzDES Membership Consortium 465376/2014-2; DE-AC02-07CH11359 / U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics at the Ohio State University; Ohio State University AYA2015-71825; ESP2015-66861; FPA2015-68048; SEV-2016-0588; SEV-2016-0597; MDM-2015-0509 / ERDF; European Commission Higher Education Funding Council for England; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO); Australian Research Council DES-Brazil Consortium National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) 839090 / Spanish grant; Spanish Government Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas AM University Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich; ETH Zurich
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Academic Unit: FEPS Central Faculty Admin
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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