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Supernovae

Time domain astronomy

Cosmology

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Research

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Research interests

Supernovae
Time domain astronomy
Cosmology
Dark energy
Galaxy evolution

Current research

Mark's research interests include supernovae, dark energy, galaxy evolution, and applications of data science techniques to astrophysics research. His supernova research group has been funded by the European Research Council and by the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and he was the PI of the STFC Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science (DISCnet). He is now working on preparation for the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time, and the ESO/4MOST spectrographic instrument.

Research projects

Active projects

LSST and TiDES: the next generation of type Ia supernova cosmology

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

C Knigge - Astrophysics at Southampton

Researchers:

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor Tony Bird ,

Professor Diego Altamirano ,

Professor Sebastian Hoenig ,

Professor Mark Sullivan ,

Professor Francesco Shankar ,

Professor Poshak Gandhi ,

Professor Matthew Middleton

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

LSST:UK Phase C: Southampton Component

Researchers:

Professor Manda Banerji

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

Completed projects

UK Involvement in LSST: Phase B

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

Physics and Cosmology with Supernovae

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

UK Involvement in LSST : Phase A

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

PATT Travel Grant - Support for Telescope Travel for......

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

SPCND-EU ERC- Dr M Sullivan

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: European Union

Mole Gazer: Proof-of-concept study to improve early detection of melanoma using time-series analyses of evolution of naevi

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: European Union

Fast Transients- Marie Curie IIF- Mark Sullivan

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: European Union

Opening a Window onto the Final Stages of Massive Star Evolution

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Weizmann UK

STFC opportunities: Developing synergies between transient astronomy and early medical intervention

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

RS URF Mark Sullivan: Dark Energy Now and in the Future

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Society

Travel Support for Conference: Supernovae in the Local Universe

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society

RAS Undergraduate Summer Research Student Bursary

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society

Undergraduate Bursary for Summer Research Student: "Superluminous Supernovae : a Route to the Progenitors?"

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society

C Knigge - Astrophysics at Southampton

Researchers:

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor Mark Sullivan ,

Professor Poshak Gandhi ,

Professor Francesco Shankar ,

Professor Matthew Middleton ,

Professor Sebastian Hoenig

Sponsor: Science & Technology Facilities Council

Publications

141 publications

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Rates and properties of type Ia supernovae in galaxy clusters within the Dark Energy Survey

M. Toy, P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, C. Frohmaier, O. Graur, A. Palmese, B. Popovic, T.M. Davis, L. Galbany, L. Kelsey, C. Lidman, D. Scolnic, S. Allam, S. Desai, T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, O. Alves, J. Annis, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, D.L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F.J. Castander, C. Conselice, L.N. da Costa, M.E.S. Pereira, J. De Vicente, H.T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, J. Frieman, D.W. Gerdes, D. Gruen, R.A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, S.R. Hinton, D.L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D.J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, J.L. Marshall, P. Melchior, J. Mena-Fernández, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, A. Pieres, A.A. Plazas Malagón, A.K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, C. To & N. Weaverdyck, 2023

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.05184

Type: other

The dark energy survey supernova program

M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, A. Möller, P. Armstrong, D. Brout, D. Carollo, B. A. Bassett, A. Carr, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, K. Glazebrook, O. Graur, L. Kelsey, R. Kessler, E. Kovacs, G. F. Lewis, C. Lidman, U. Malik, R. C. Nichol, B. Popovic, M. Sako, D. Scolnic, M. Smith, G. Taylor, B. E. Tucker, P. Wiseman, M. Aguena, S. Allam, J. Annis, J. Asorey, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba & J. Frieman, 2023, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 1106-1127

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1404

Type: article

Concerning colour

L. Kelsey, M. Sullivan, P. Wiseman, P. Armstrong, R. Chen, D. Brout, T.M. Davis, M. Dixon, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, O. Graur, R. Kessler, C. Lidman, A. Möller, B. Popovic, B. Rose, D. Scolnic, M. Smith, M. Vincenzi, T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, O. Alves, J. Annis, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, D. Gruen, R.A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, G. F. Lewis, J. Mena-Fernández, R. Miquel, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, M. Raveri, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, A. K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Suchyta, M.E.C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. L. Tucker & N. Weaverdyck, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(2), 3046–3063

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3711

Type: article

Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardization of Type Ia supernovae

M. Dixon, C. Lidman, J. Mould, L. Kelsey, D. Brout, A. Möller, P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, L. Galbany, T.M. Davis, M. Vincenzi, D. Scolnic, G.F. Lewis, M. Smith, R. Kessler, A. Duffy, E. Taylor, C. Flynn, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveir, J. Annis, J. Asorey, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D.L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, D. Carollo, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M.E.S. Pereira, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, D. W. Gerdes, K. Glazebrook, D. Gruen, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S.R. Hinton, D.L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. Huterer, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, U. Malik, M. March, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, B. Nichol, R.L.C. Ogando, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A.A. Plazas Malagón, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, A.K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, C. To, B.E. Tucker, D.L. Tucker & T.N. Varga, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(3), 4291-4304

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2994

Type: article

A sample of dust attenuation laws for DES supernova host galaxies

J. Duarte, S. González-Gaitán, A. Mourao, A. Paulino-Afonso, P. Guilherme-Garcia, J. Aguas, L. Galbany, L. Kelsey, D. Scolnic, M. Sullivan, D. Brout, A. Palmese, P. Wiseman, A. Pieres, A.A. Plazas Malagón, A. Carnero Rosell, C. To, D. Gruen, D. Bacon, D. Brooks, D.L. Burke, D.W. Gerdes, D.J. James, D.L. Hollowood, D. Friedel, E. Bertin, E. Suchyta, E. Sanchez, F. Paz-Chinchón, G. Gutierrez, G. Tarle, H.T. Diehl, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, I. Ferrero, J. Carretero, J. Frieman, J. De Vicente, J. García-Bellido, K. Honscheid, K. Kuehn, M. Gatti, M. Raveri, M.E.S. Pereira, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, M. Smith, M. Carrasco Kind, M. Costanzi, M. Aguena, N. Kuropatkin, N. Weaverdyck, O Alves, P. Doel, P. Melchior, R. Miquel, R.A. Gruendl, S.R. Hinton, S. Bocquet, S. Desai, S. Everett, T.M. Davis & V. Scarpine, 2022

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.14291

Type: other

SN 2020wnt

C. P. Gutiérrez, A. Pastorello, M. Bersten, S. Benetti, M. Orellana, A. Fiore, E. Karamehmetoglu, T. Kravtsov, A. Reguitti, T. M. Reynolds, G. Valerin, P. Mazzali, M. Sullivan, Y. -Z. Cai, N. Elias-Rosa, M. Fraser, E. Y. Hsiao, E. Kankare, R. Kotak, H. Kuncarayakti, Z. Li, S. Mattila, J. Mo, S. Moran, P. Ochner, M. Shahbandeh, L. Tomasella, X. Wang, S. Yan, J. Zhang, T. Zhang & M. D. Stritzinger, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Type: article

Measuring cosmological parameters with type Ia Supernovae in redMaGiC galaxies

R. Chen, D. Scolnic, E. Rozo, E.S. Rykoff, B. Popovic, R. Kessler, M. Vincenzi, T.M. Davis, P. Armstrong, D. Brout, L. Galbany, L. Kelsey, C. Lidman, A. Möller, B. Rose, M. Sako, M. Sullivan, G. Taylor, P. Wiseman, J. Asorey, A. Carr, C. Conselice, K. Kuehn, G.F. Lewis, E. Macaulay, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, B.E. Tucker, T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D.L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, R. Cawthon, M. Costanzi, L.N. da Costa, M.E.S. Pereira, S. Desai, H.T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gruen, S.R. Hinton, D.L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D.J. James, O. Lahav, M. Lima, M. March, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A.A. Plazas Malagón, J. Prat, A.K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. Sanchez, M. Schubnell, S. Serrano, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, C. To, D.L. Tucker & T.N. Varga, 2022, Astrophysical Journal, 938(1)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8b82

Type: article

SNIa cosmology analysis Results from simulated LSST images

B. O. Sánchez, R. Kessler, D. Scolnic, R. Armstrong, R. Biswas, J. Bogart, J. Chiang, J. Cohen-Tanugi, D. Fouchez, Ph. Gris, K. Heitmann, R. Hložek, S. Jha, H. Kelly, S. Liu, G. Narayan, B. Racine, E. Rykoff, M. Sullivan, C. W. Walter, W. M. Wood-Vasey & LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC), 2022, The Astrophysical Journal, 934(2)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac7a37

Type: article

A galaxy-driven model of type Ia supernova luminosity variations

P. Wiseman, M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, L. Kelsey, B. Popovic, B. Rose, D. Brout, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, C. Lidman, A. Möller, D. Scolnic, M. Smith, M. Aguena, S. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, M. Costanzi, M. E. S. Pereira, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gruen, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, M. March, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Soares- Santos, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, C. To & T. N. Varga, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(3), 4587 - 4605

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1984

Type: article

The dark energy survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia supernovae

A. Möller, M. Smith, M. Sako, M. Sullivan, M. Vincenzi, P. Wiseman, P. Armstrong, J. Asorey, D. Brout, D. Carollo, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, K. Glazebrook, L. Kelsey, R. Kessler, G. F. Lewis, C. Lidman, U. Malik, R. C. Nichol, D. Scolnic, B. E. Tucker, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, J. Annis, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, C. Conselice, M. Costanzi, M. Crocce, L. N. da Costa, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, D. A. Finley, B. Flaugher, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, D. W. Gerdes, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, K. Herner, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. March, J. L. Marshall, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, S. Serrano, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, C. To & T. N. Varga, 2022, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 514(4), 5159 - 5177

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1691

Type: article

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