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TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE K2 SUPERNOVA COSMOLOGY EXPERIMENT WE PLAN TO FOLLOW ALL SUPERNOVA CANDIDATES FROM FOUR TELESCOPES THE 1.8-M PAN-STARRS TELESCOPE ON HALEAKALA 1.5-M RATIR TELESCOPE AT SAN PEDRO MATIR THE 1-M NICKEL TELESCOPE AT LICK OBSERVATORY AND THE 1-M SWOPE TELESCOPE AT LAS CAMAPANAS OBSERVATORY. IN COMBINATION WE WILL FOLLOW EVERY K2 SUPERNOVA IN 13 BANDS (UBVGRRIIZYYJH). THE DIFFERENT SITES ALLOW FOR BOTH IMPROVED CADENCE (BEING AT DIFFERENT LONGITUDES) AND MITIGATES AGAINST POOR WEATHER AT A SINGLE SITE. MOREOVER THE PAN-STARRS AND SWOPE TELESCOPES ARE PARTICULARLY WELL-CALIBRATED. THE PAN-STARRS TELESCOPE WAS USED TO DISCOVER AND MONITOR ~5000 HIGH-Z SUPERNOVAE AND IS CURRENTLY USED FOR THE LOW-Z FOUNDATION SURVEY. THE SWOPE TELESCOPE WAS USED FOR THE CARNEGIE SUPERNOVA PROJECT WHICH HAS ALSO OBSERVED HUNDREDS OF SUPERNOVAE. OBSERVATIONS ON THESE WELL-CALIBRATED SYSTEMS WILL DIRECTLY LINK THE K2 SUPERNOVAE TO A THOUSANDS OF OTHER SUPERNOVAE OBSERVED ON THESE SYSTEMS.

$124,916FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

University Of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA

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TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE K2 SUPERNOVA COSMOLOGY EXPERIMENT WE PLAN TO FOLLOW ALL SUPERNOVA CANDIDATES FROM FOUR TELESCOPES THE 1.8-M PAN-STARRS TELESCOPE ON HALEAKALA 1.5-M RATIR TELESCOPE AT SAN PEDRO MATIR THE 1-M NICKEL TELESCOPE AT LICK OBSERVATORY AND THE 1-M SWOPE TELESCOPE AT LAS CAMAPANAS OBSERVATORY. IN COMBINATION WE WILL FOLLOW EVERY K2 SUPERNOVA IN 13 BANDS (UBVGRRIIZYYJH). THE DIFFERENT SITES ALLOW FOR BOTH IMPROVED CADENCE (BEING AT DIFFERENT LONGITUDES) AND MITIGATES AGAINST POOR WEATHER AT A SINGLE SITE. MOREOVER THE PAN-STARRS AND SWOPE TELESCOPES ARE PARTICULARLY WELL-CALIBRATED. THE PAN-STARRS TELESCOPE WAS USED TO DISCOVER AND MONITOR ~5000 HIGH-Z SUPERNOVAE AND IS CURRENTLY USED FOR THE LOW-Z FOUNDATION SURVEY. THE SWOPE TELESCOPE WAS USED FOR THE CARNEGIE SUPERNOVA PROJECT WHICH HAS ALSO OBSERVED HUNDREDS OF SUPERNOVAE. OBSERVATIONS ON THESE WELL-CALIBRATED SYSTEMS WILL DIRECTLY LINK THE K2 SUPERNOVAE TO A THOUSANDS OF OTHER SUPERNOVAE OBSERVED ON THESE SYSTEMS. · GrantIndex