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| Author(s): |
Henrique Scemes Xavier
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 2014-03-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Luis Raul Weber Abramo;
Marcos Vinicius Borges Teixeira Lima;
Basilio Xavier Santiago;
Edivaldo Moura Santos;
Ioav Waga
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| Advisor: | Luis Raul Weber Abramo |
| Abstract | |
Aiming at improvements in cosmological distance measurements performed with type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observations, we carried out two studies: first, we analyzed the relationships between the properties of SNe Ia and those of their environments; second, we assessed what kind of SNe data could be attained by a photometric survey using narrowband filters. In the first part of this work we used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to confirm previously reported relations between SNe Ia properties and their hosts star formation rate: SNe Ia in passive galaxies tend to be briefer, more luminous after corrections and their colors do not impact their magnitudes as much when compared to SNe Ia in active galaxies. We then analyzed the properties of SNe Ia inside rich galaxy clusters and concluded that they are even briefer than the average SNe Ia in passive galaxies. This characteristic is related to the older age of passive galaxies in dense regions and their preference for hosting very brief SNe Ia. Other properties of these SNe Ia were considered compatible under the precision attained. This kind of study may influence distance determinations since, in many cases, SNe Ia at different redshifts populate different environments. On the second part of this work we studied the characteristics of a new photometric method applied to supernovae: the narrowband filter imaging of the sky. Using photometry simulations and taking the Javalambre Physics of the accelerating universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) project as our fiducial survey, we showed that a realistic narrowband survey is capable of producing massive SNe Ia samples at intermediate redshifts (0 < z < 0;5) with low contamination rate (3% or less), a highly precise photometric redshift (sz = 0;005) and a good precision on their light curve parametrization. Moreover, narrowband filters are able to resolve almost every supernova spectral feature. Together with the rich galaxy information this kind of survey can provide, it should present significant contributions to the better understanding of supernovae and their relationships with their environments. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/08800-0 - Tuning cosmological measurements using photometric surveys |
| Grantee: | Henrique Scemes Xavier |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |