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

Authors

Ryan Staten, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow

Subject Area

Physics, Astronomy/Astrophysics

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

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