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Cosmological Results from the RAISIN Survey: Using Type Ia Supernovae in the Near Infrared as a Novel Path to Measure the Dark Energy Equation of State

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jats:titleAbstract</jats:title> jats:pType Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are more precise standardizable candles when measured in the near-infrared (NIR) than in the optical. With this motivation, from 2012 to 2017 we embarked on the RAISIN program with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to obtain rest-frame NIR light curves for a cosmologically distant sample of 37 SNe Ia (0.2 ≲ jats:italicz</jats:italic> ≲ 0.6) discovered by Pan-STARRS and the Dark Energy Survey. By comparing higher-jats:italicz</jats:italic> HST data with 42 SNe Ia at jats:italicz</jats:italic> < 0.1 observed in the NIR by the Carnegie Supernova Project, we construct a Hubble diagram from NIR observations (with only time of maximum light and some selection cuts from optical photometry) to pursue a unique avenue to constrain the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, jats:italicw</jats:italic>. We analyze the dependence of the full set of Hubble residuals on the SN Ia host galaxy mass and find Hubble residual steps of size ∼0.06-0.1 mag with 1.5jats:italicσ</jats:italic>−2.5jats:italicσ</jats:italic> significance depending on the method and step location used. Combining our NIR sample with cosmic microwave background constraints, we find 1 + jats:italicw</jats:italic> = −0.17 ± 0.12 (statistical + systematic errors). The largest systematic errors are the redshift-dependent SN selection biases and the properties of the NIR mass step. We also use these data to measure jats:italicH</jats:italic> jats:sub0</jats:sub> = 75.9 ± 2.2 km sjats:sup−1</jats:sup> Mpcjats:sup−1</jats:sup> from stars with geometric distance calibration in the hosts of eight SNe Ia observed in the NIR versus jats:italicH</jats:italic> jats:sub0</jats:sub> = 71.2 ± 3.8 km sjats:sup−1</jats:sup> Mpcjats:sup−1</jats:sup> using an inverse distance ladder approach tied to Planck. Using optical data, we find 1 + jats:italicw</jats:italic> = −0.10 ± 0.09, and with optical and NIR data combined, we find 1 + jats:italicw</jats:italic> = −0.06 ± 0.07; these shifts of up to ∼0.11 in jats:italicw</jats:italic> could point to inconsistency in the optical versus NIR SN models. There will be many opportunities to improve this NIR measurement and better understand systematic uncertainties through larger low-jats:italicz</jats:italic> samples, new light-curve models, calibration improvements, and eventually by building high-jats:italicz</jats:italic> samples from the Roman Space Telescope.</jats:p>

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5109 Space Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Astrophysical Journal

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0004-637X
1538-4357

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American Astronomical Society
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STFC (2118607)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) ERC (101002652)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (873089)