Supernovae and Supernova Cosmology

这是一个为期三年的奖项，以维持天体物理中心超新星计划，该计划使用亚利桑那州霍普金斯山天文台的1.5米，1.2米和机器人1.3米望远镜以及6.5米MMT和麦哲伦望远镜观测低红移星系中的超新星。 这项工作旨在回答有关超新星的问题：哪些恒星爆炸，以何种机制爆炸，产生何种结果？ 这项工作也被应用于宇宙学，为暗能量的发现提供了部分基础。这项工作的更广泛影响包括通过公开讲座培训学生和推广

This is a three-year award to sustain the Center for Astrophysics Supernova Program, which obtains observations of supernovae in low redshift galaxies using the 1.5 meter, 1.2 meter, and robotic 1.3 meter telescopes at Mount Hopkins Observatory in Arizona as well as the 6.5 meter MMT and Magellan telescopes. It will obtain spectra and multi-color optical light curves for supernovae north of -20º and brighter than 18 mag. This work is aimed at answering questions about supernovae: which stars explode, by what mechanism, and with what result? The work has also been applied to cosmology, providing part of the foundation for the discovery of dark energy.The broader impacts of this work include training of students and outreach through public lectures