Understanding Supernovae for Cosmology & Themselves

这个项目的目的是进一步加深我们对超新星作为天体物理对象的理解，以及它们作为强大的宇宙探测器的用途。这项工作的更广泛影响包括研究生和博士后学者的研究培训，以及通过公开演讲和流行书籍和文章进行宣传。这项研究将利用超新星作为宇宙膨胀历史的衡量标准，从而提高对暗能量和其他宇宙参数的认识。考虑到与可见波长相比，红外波段的超新星具有出色的标准烛光行为，就像这里将要做的那样，红外波段的超新星研究尤其有希望。这项工作将为暗能量提供新的见解，暗能量的发现是由这个小组率先发现的。

The objective of this program is to further our understanding both of supernovae as astrophysical objects and of their use as a powerful cosmological probe. Broader impacts of the work include research training of graduate students and a postdoctoral scholar, and outreach via public talks and popular books and articles. The research will advance knowledge of Dark Energy and other cosmological parameters by employing supernovae as a measure of the expansion history of the Universe. The study of supernovae in the infrared, as will be done here, is especially promising given the excellent standard candle behavior as compared to visible wavelengths. The work will provide new insights on Dark Energy, the discovery of which was pioneered by this group.