Gajus Miknaitis

Publication List Details

Period

2001 - 2009

Number

31

Co-Authors

First-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters (2009)

Kessler, Richard, Becker, Andrew, Cinabro, David, Vanderplas, Jake, Frieman, Joshua A., Marriner, John, ...

We present measurements of the Hubble diagram for 103 Type Ia supernovae (SNe) with redshifts 0.04 < z < 0.42, discovered during the first season (Fall 2005) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II: Photometry and Supernova Ia Light Curves from the 2005 data (2009)

Holtzman, Jon A., Marriner, John, Kessler, Richard, Sako, Masao, Dilday, Ben, Frieman, Joshua A., ...

We present ugriz light curves for 146 spectroscopically confirmed or spectroscopically probable Type Ia supernovae from the 2005 season of the SDSS-II Supernova survey. The light curves have been...

SNANA: A Public Software Package for Supernova Analysis (2009)

Kessler, Richard, Bernstein, Joseph P., Cinabro, David, Dilday, Benjamin, Frieman, Joshua A., Jha, Saurabh, ...

We describe a general analysis package for supernova (SN) light curves, called SNANA, that contains a simulation, light curve fitter, and cosmology fitter. The software is designed with the primary...

The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: II. Stellar Metallicity (2008)

Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...

Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F and G type main sequence stars (0.2

First-Year Spectroscopy for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey (2008)

Zheng, Chen, Romani, Roger W., Sako, Masao, Marriner, John, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, ...

This paper presents spectroscopy of supernovae discovered in the first season of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey. This program searches for and measures multi-band light curves of...

The milky way tomography with SDSS. II. Stellar metallicity (2008)

Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...

Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F- and G-type main-sequence stars (0.2

Exploring the Variable Sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Juric, Mario, Gunn, James E., Knapp, Gillian R., ...

We quantify the variability of faint unresolved optical sources using a catalog based on multiple SDSS imaging observations. The catalog covers SDSS Stripe 82, and contains 58 million photometric...

SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82: the Dawn of Industrial 1% Optical Photometry (2007)

Ivezic, Zeljko, Smith, J. Allyn, Miknaitis, Gajus, Lin, Huan, Tucker, Douglas

We describe a standard star catalog constructed using multiple SDSS photometric observations (at least four per band, with a median of ten) in the $ugriz$ system. The catalog includes 1.01 million...

Exploring the variable sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Juric, Mario, Gunn, James E., Knapp, Gillian R., ...

We quantify the variability of faint unresolved optical sources using a catalog based on multiple SDSS imaging observations. The catalog covers SDSS stripe 82, which lies along the celestial equator...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Standard Star Catalog for stripe 82: the dawn of industrial 1% optical photometry (2007)

Ivezic, Zeljko, Allyn Smith, J., Miknaitis, Gajus, Lin, Huan, Tucker, Douglas, Lupton, Robert H., ...

We describe a standard star catalog constructed using multiple SDSS photometric observations (at least four per band, with a median of 10) in the ugriz system. The catalog includes 1.01 million...

Lightcurves of Type Ia Supernovae from Near the Time of Explosion (2006)

Garg, Arti, Stubbs, Christopher W., Challis, Peter, Wood-Vasey, W. Michael, Blondin, Stephane, Huber, Mark E., ...

We present a set of 11 type Ia supernova (SN Ia) lightcurves with dense, pre-maximum sampling. These supernovae (SNe), in galaxies behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), were discovered by the...

Using Line Profiles to Test the Fraternity of Type Ia Supernovae at High and Low Redshifts (2006)

Blondin, Stéphane, Dessart, Luc, Leibundgut, Bruno, Branch, David, Höflich, Peter, Tonry, John L., ...

Using archival data of low-redshift (z < 0.01; Center for Astrophysics and SUSPECT databases) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and recent observations of high-redshift (0.16 < z < 0.64) SNe Ia, we study...

Using Line Profiles to Test the Fraternity of Type Ia Supernovae at High and Low Redshifts (2006)

Blondin, Stéphane, Dessart, Luc, Leibundgut, Bruno, Branch, David, Höflich, Peter, Tonry, John L., ...

Using archival data of low-redshift (z < 0.01; Center for Astrophysics and SUSPECT databases) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and recent observations of high-redshift (0.16 < z < 0.64) SNe Ia, we study...

Supernova Cosmology and the ESSENCE project (2005)

Sollerman, Jesper, Aguilera, Claudio, Becker, Andy, Blondin, Stephane, Challis, Pete, Clocchiatti, Alejandro, ...

The proper usage of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as distance indicators has revolutionized cosmology, and added a new dominant component to the energy density of the Universe, dark energy. Following...

The Fall 2004 SDSS Supernova Survey (2005)

Sako, Masao, Romani, Roger, Frieman, Josh, Adelman-McCarthy, Jen, Becker, Andrew, DeJongh, Fritz, ...

In preparation for the Supernova Survey of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) II, a proposed 3-year extension to the SDSS, we have conducted an early engineering and science run during the fall of...

A Strategy for Finding Near Earth Objects with the SDSS Telescope (2004)

Raymond, Sean N., Fraser, Oliver J., Garg, Arti, Hawley, Suzanne L., Jedicke, Robert, Miknaitis, Gajus, ...

We present a detailed observational strategy for finding Near Earth Objects (NEOs) with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) telescope. We investigate strategies in normal, unbinned mode as well as...

23 High Redshift Supernovae from the IfA Deep Survey: Doubling the SN Sample at z>0.7 (2003)

Barris, Brian J., Tonry, John, Blondin, Stephane, Challis, Peter, Chornock, Ryan, Clocchiatti, Alejandro, ...

We present 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. These supernovae were...

Cataclysmic variables from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. The first results (2002)

Szkody, Paula, Anderson, Scott F., Agüeros, Marcel, Covarrubias, Ricardo, Bentz, Misty, Hawley, Suzanne, ...

The commissioning year of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has demonstrated that many cataclysmic variables (CVs) have been missed in previous surveys with brighter limits. We report the...

Optical and Infrared Photometry of the Type Ia Supernovae 1999da, 1999dk, 1999gp, 2000bk, and 2000ce (2001)

Krisciunas, Kevin, Phillips, Mark M., Stubbs, Christopher, Rest, Armin, Miknaitis, Gajus, Riess, Adam G., ...

We present BVRI photometry of the Type Ia supernovae 1999da, 1999dk, 1999gp, 2000bk, and 2000ce, plus infrared photometry of three of these. These objects exhibit the full range of decline rates of...