SNLS Type Ia SN Rate: Monte Carlo Survey Efficiency Experiments



FieldNsimOnFld DetOnFld Spec Year SpecNsnRaw Rate +-Rate Delta%
Canonical Population: z from 0.2 to 0.6, str Gaussian, 0.1 sigma, Host E(B-V) +Gaussian 0.2 sigma from 2003-06-05 until 2005-05-18. (~/rates/monte)
D110^50.9990.655 0.3211624.96.2-
D210^50.9810.591 0.2501836.18.5-
D310^50.9590.665 0.298826.99.5-
D410^51.0000.754 0.3581115.44.6-
Frame Limit Test: canonical parameters, but setting frame limits to a constant value of 24.3 in i' (~/rates/monte/flims)
D110^51.0000.682 0.3331624.06.0-4
D210^50.9960.660 0.2811832.17.6-11
D310^50.9830.706 0.318825.18.9-7
D410^51.0000.797 0.3781114.54.4-6
No Dust Test: canonical parameters, frame limits, but setting all SNe host E(B-V) to 0.0 (~/rates/monte/nodust)
D110^51.0000.702 0.3451623.25.8-7
D210^50.9980.663 0.2811832.17.6-11
D310^50.9950.736 0.330 824.38.6-10
D410^51.0000.810 0.3851114.34.3-7
Exponential Dust (L=5) Test: canonical parameters, frame limits, but using exponential SNe host E(B-V) distribution with scale factor L = 5.0 (~/rates/monte/expdustl5)
D110^50.9970.623 0.3051626.26.6+5
D210^50.9420.555 0.2341838.49.1+6
D310^50.9120.622 0.277 828.910.2+7
D410^51.0000.722 0.3431116.04.8+4

NOTE:

* indicates an experiment in the process of being updated.



Last updated, 07 dec 2005
Please send questions or comments to Don Neill at neill@uvic.ca