High-redshift supernova rates measured with the gravitational telescope A 1689

Tanja Petrushevska , Rahman Amanullah , Ariel Goobar , Sebastien Fabbro , Joel Johansson , Tor Kjellsson , Chris Lidman , Kerstin Paech , Johan Richard (1) , Hakon Dahle , Raphael Ferretti , Jean-Paul Kneib , Marceau Limousin (2) , Jakob Nordin , Vallery Stanishev

1 CRAL - Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
2 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

Aims. We present a ground-based, near-infrared search for lensed supernovae behind the massive cluster Abell 1689 at z = 0.18, which is one of the most powerful gravitational telescopes that nature provides.

Mots clés: supernovae: general; gravitational lensing: strong; galaxies: star formation; galaxies: clusters: individual: A 1689; techniques: photometric

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Tanja Petrushevska, Rahman Amanullah, Ariel Goobar, Sebastien Fabbro, Joel Johansson, et al.. High-redshift supernova rates measured with the gravitational telescope A 1689. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2016, 594, pp.A54. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201628925⟩. ⟨hal-01582681⟩