Supernovae and Supernova Cosmology

这是一个为期三年的奖项，用于支持天体物理超新星计划中心，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1.3米机器人望远镜以及6.5米MMT和麦哲伦望远镜，在低红移星系中观测超新星。它将获得-20°以北、亮度超过18等的超新星的光谱和多色光学光曲线。这项工作旨在回答关于超新星的问题：哪些恒星爆炸，以什么机制爆炸，结果如何？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培训学生和通过公开讲座进行宣传

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