Constraining H0 with ROTSE Low z Supernovae and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with DESI High z Galaxies and Quasars

Authors

Ryan Staten, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow

Abstract

Through photometric observations of core collapse supernovae by the ROTSE-III experiment, I examine the ability to use these objects as distance probes to their host galaxies and subsequently determine the expansion of the local universe. For the DESI experiment, I work to develop spectroscopic simulations and a spectroscopic reduction pipeline to be used for data quality assessment. Additionally, I examine the effects of observing conditions on redshift measurements and the ability to extract cosmological parameters.

Degree Date

Summer 8-4-2020

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Physics

Advisor

Robert Kehoe

Second Advisor

Fred Olness

Third Advisor

Jodi Cooley

Fourth Advisor

Craig Wheeler

Subject Area

Physics, Astronomy/Astrophysics

Number of Pages

224

Format

.pdf

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Recommended Citation

Staten, Ryan, "Constraining H0 with ROTSE Low z Supernovae and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with DESI High z Galaxies and Quasars" (2020). Physics Theses and Dissertations. 11.
https://scholar.smu.edu/hum_sci_physics_etds/11