Award Abstract #9987438
Supernovae and their Cosmological Applications

NSF Org:	AST Division of Astronomical Sciences
Initial Amendment Date:	June 28, 2000
Latest Amendment Date:	September 10, 2001
Award Number:	9987438
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	Randy L. Phelps AST Division of Astronomical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	July 1, 2000
Expires:	June 30, 2003 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$263488
Investigator(s):	Alexei Filippenko alex@astro.berkeley.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of California-Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office BERKELEY, CA 94704 510/642-8109
NSF Program(s):	STELLAR ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSC
Field Application(s):	0000099 Other Applications NEC
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR,9251,9178,1207,0000
Program Element Code(s):	1215

ABSTRACT

Filippenko, Alexei

"Supernovae and Their Cosmological Applications"

AST-9987438

Dr. Filippenko will continue a very successful program that discovers, performs follow-up observations with a robotic telescope (KAIT), and ultimately incorporates the resulting data on stellar supernova events into appropriate cosmological models. Multi-color, long-term light curves of all sufficiently bright supernovae are being obtained. Special emphasis will be placed on catching the generally neglected earliest stages of supernova outbursts. The primary goal of the proposed research is to improve understanding of the progenitor stars, explosion mechanisms, and nucleosynthetic products of supernovae. This work has contributed directly and measurably to the recent discovery of the accelerating universe.

Funding for this project was provided by the NSF program for Stellar Astronomy & Astrophysics (AST/SAA).

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