Stéphane Blondin
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I am a postdoctoral Fellow at the European Southern Observatory
(ESO). My research mainly revolves around the spectroscopic properties
of supernovae [more under Research].
I have been actively involved in the ESSENCE project, designed
to observe distant Type Ia supernovae. The goal is to determine the
nature of the Dark Energy that pervades space by measuring its
equation of state.
I defended my PhD thesis, entitled
"Optical Spectra of Thermonuclear Supernovae in the
Local and Distant Universe", at the
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität
(Munich, Germany) in November 2005.
You can view my CV here [pdf]
Recent Publications
[more under
Publications]
Improved Dark Energy Constraints from ~100 New CfA Supernova Type Ia Light Curves
[
astro-ph]
Hicken, M., et al. 2009. Accepted for publication in ApJ
A Second Case of Variable Na I D Lines in a Highly-Reddened Type Ia Supernova
[
ADS,
astro-ph]
Blondin, S., et al. 2009. ApJ, 693, 207
Blondin, S., et al. 2008. ApJ, 682, 724
Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova using Light Echoes in the LMC
[
ADS,
astro-ph]
Rest, A., et al. 2008. ApJ, 680, 1137
Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae
[
ADS,
astro-ph]
Matheson, T., et al. 2008. AJ, 135, 1598
Using Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis to Determine the Properties
and Distances of Type II-Plateau Supernovae: SNe 2005cs and 2006bp
[
ADS,
astro-ph]
Dessart, L., et al. 2008. ApJ, 675, 644
Determining the Type, Redshift, and Age of a Supernova Spectrum
[
ADS,
astro-ph]
Blondin, S. & Tonry, J. L. 2007. ApJ, 666, 1024
Last updated on: 15 April 2009
