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The core collapse supernova rate in the sdss-ii supernova survey

Abstract

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<p>The Sloan Digital Sky Survey II Supernova Survey (SDSS-II SN), though designed as a type Ia supernova search for cosmology, also discovered a large sample of core collapse supernovae (CCSN). I use the SDSS-II SN data to measure the volumetric CCSN rate in the redshift range (0.03 < z < 0.09), finding a volume-averaged rate of 0.98±0.18 ×10⊃−4⊃h⊂70⊂⊃3⊃yr⊃−1⊃Mpc⊃−3⊃. The CCSN luminosity function is also extracted from the data, and its implications on the cosmic star formation history are considered.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Open Access Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Physics and Astronomy
Year dc:date.available
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Taylor, Matthew Frederick
Contributors dc:contributor
  • David Cinabro

Subjects

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Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1334

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2026-07-24
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citation

Taylor, Matthew Frederick. The core collapse supernova rate in the sdss-ii supernova survey. Open Access Dissertation thesis, 2011. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/335