The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (Jan 2024)
The MOST Hosts Survey: Spectroscopic Observation of the Host Galaxies of ∼40,000 Transients Using DESI
- Maayane T. Soumagnac,
- Peter Nugent,
- Robert A. Knop,
- Anna Y. Q. Ho,
- William Hohensee,
- Autumn Awbrey,
- Alexis Andersen,
- Greg Aldering,
- Matan Ventura,
- Jessica N. Aguilar,
- Steven Ahlen,
- Segev Y. Benzvi,
- David Brooks,
- Dillon Brout,
- Todd Claybaugh,
- Tamara M. Davis,
- Kyle Dawson,
- Axel de la Macorra,
- Arjun Dey,
- Biprateep Dey,
- Peter Doel,
- Kelly A. Douglass,
- Jaime E. Forero-Romero,
- Enrique Gaztañaga,
- Satya Gontcho A Gontcho,
- Or Graur,
- Julien Guy,
- ChangHoon Hahn,
- Klaus Honscheid,
- Cullan Howlett,
- Alex G. Kim,
- Theodore Kisner,
- Anthony Kremin,
- Andrew Lambert,
- Martin Landriau,
- Dustin Lang,
- Laurent Le Guillou,
- Marc Manera,
- Aaron Meisner,
- Ramon Miquel,
- John Moustakas,
- Adam D. Myers,
- Jundan Nie,
- Antonella Palmese,
- David Parkinson,
- Claire Poppett,
- Francisco Prada,
- Fei Qin,
- Mehdi Rezaie,
- Graziano Rossi,
- Eusebio Sanchez,
- David J. Schlegel,
- Michael Schubnell,
- Joseph H. Silber,
- Gregory Tarlé,
- Benjamin A. Weaver,
- Zhimin Zhou
Affiliations
- Maayane T. Soumagnac
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- Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University , Israel ; [email protected]; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Peter Nugent
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
- Robert A. Knop
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Anna Y. Q. Ho
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- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- William Hohensee
- Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
- Autumn Awbrey
- Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
- Alexis Andersen
- Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA 94720-3411, USA
- Greg Aldering
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Matan Ventura
- Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University , Israel ; [email protected]
- Jessica N. Aguilar
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Steven Ahlen
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- Department of Physics, Boston University , Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Segev Y. Benzvi
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester , Rochester, 206 Bausch and Lomb Hall, P.O. Box 270171, Rochester, NY 14627-0171, USA
- David Brooks
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Dillon Brout
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- Department of Physics, Boston University , Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Astronomy, Boston University , Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Todd Claybaugh
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Tamara M. Davis
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland , St Lucia, QLD 4101, Australia
- Kyle Dawson
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Utah , 115 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
- Axel de la Macorra
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico , Cd. de Mexico C.P. 04510, Mexico
- Arjun Dey
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- NSF’s NOIRLab , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Biprateep Dey
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy and Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center (PITT PACC), University of Pittsburgh , 3941 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Peter Doel
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Kelly A. Douglass
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester , Rochester, 206 Bausch and Lomb Hall, P.O. Box 270171, Rochester, NY 14627-0171, USA
- Jaime E. Forero-Romero
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de los Andes , Cra. 1 No. 18A-10, Edificio Ip, CP 111711, Bogotá, Colombia; Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad de los Andes , Cra. 1 No. 18A-10, Edificio H, CP 111711 Bogotá, Colombia
- Enrique Gaztañaga
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- Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) , 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth , Dennis Sciama Building, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK; Institute of Space Sciences , ICE-CSIC, Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08913 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Satya Gontcho A Gontcho
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester , Rochester, NY 14627, USA
- Or Graur
- Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth , Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK; Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street , New York, NY 10024, USA
- Julien Guy
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- ChangHoon Hahn
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- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , Princeton NJ 08544, USA
- Klaus Honscheid
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Cullan Howlett
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland , St Lucia, QLD 4101, Australia
- Alex G. Kim
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Theodore Kisner
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Anthony Kremin
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Andrew Lambert
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Martin Landriau
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Dustin Lang
- Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
- Laurent Le Guillou
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- Sorbonne Université , CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), FR-75005 Paris, France
- Marc Manera
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- Departament de Física, Serra Húnter, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain; Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain
- Aaron Meisner
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- NSF’s NOIRLab , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Ramon Miquel
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- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- John Moustakas
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Siena College , 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211, USA
- Adam D. Myers
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wyoming , 1000 E. University, Dept. 3905, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
- Jundan Nie
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
- Antonella Palmese
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA, 94720-3411, USA
- David Parkinson
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute , 776, Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34055, Republic of Korea
- Claire Poppett
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California , Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; University of California , Berkeley, 110 Sproul Hall #5800, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Francisco Prada
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC) , Glorieta de la Astronomía, s/n, E-18008 Granada, Spain
- Fei Qin
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- School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study , Hoegiro 85, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
- Mehdi Rezaie
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- Department of Physics, Kansas State University , 116 Cardwell Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
- Graziano Rossi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, 143-747, Republic of Korea
- Eusebio Sanchez
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- CIEMAT , Avenida Complutense 40, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
- David J. Schlegel
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Michael Schubnell
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Joseph H. Silber
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Gregory Tarlé
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- University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Benjamin A. Weaver
- NSF’s NOIRLab , 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Zhimin Zhou
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad76ae
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 275,
no. 2
p. 22
Abstract
We present the Multi-Object Spectroscopy of Transient (MOST) Hosts survey. The survey is planned to run throughout the 5 yr of operation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and will generate a spectroscopic catalog of the hosts of most transients observed to date, in particular all the supernovae observed by most public, untargeted, wide-field, optical surveys (Palomar Transient Factory, PTF/intermediate PTF, Sloan Digital Sky Survey II, Zwicky Transient Facility, DECAT, DESIRT). Science cases for the MOST Hosts survey include Type Ia supernova cosmology, fundamental plane and peculiar velocity measurements, and the understanding of the correlations between transients and their host-galaxy properties. Here we present the first release of the MOST Hosts survey: 21,931 hosts of 20,235 transients. These numbers represent 36% of the final MOST Hosts sample, consisting of 60,212 potential host galaxies of 38,603 transients (a transient can be assigned multiple potential hosts). Of all the transients in the MOST Hosts list, only 26.7% have existing classifications, and so the survey will provide redshifts (and luminosities) for nearly 30,000 transients. A preliminary Hubble diagram and a transient luminosity–duration diagram are shown as examples of future potential uses of the MOST Hosts survey. The survey will also provide a training sample of spectroscopically observed transients for classifiers relying only on photometry, as we enter an era when most newly observed transients will lack spectroscopic classification. The MOST Hosts DESI survey data will be released on a rolling cadence and updated to match the DESI releases. Dates of future releases and updates are available through the https://mosthosts.desi.lbl.gov website.
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