Olivares, Felipe E.Hamuy, MarioPignata, GiulianoMaza, JoséBersten, MelinaPhillips, Mark M.Suntzeff, Nicholas B.Filippenko, Alexei V.Morrel, Nidia I.Kirshner, Robert P.Matheson, Thomas2019-09-252010Olivares E., Felipe, Mario Hamuy, Giuliano Pignata, José Maza, Melina Bersten, Mark M. Phillips, Nicholas B. Suntzeff, et al. 2010. “THE STANDARDIZED CANDLE METHOD FOR TYPE II PLATEAU SUPERNOVAE.” The Astrophysical Journal 715 (2): 833–53. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/715/2/833.0004-637X1538-4357http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41399764In this paper, we study the "standardized candle method" using a sample of 37 nearby (redshift z < 0.06) Type II plateau supernovae having BVRI photometry and optical spectroscopy. An analytic procedure is implemented to fit light curves, color curves, and velocity curves. We find that the V-I color toward the end of the plateau can be used to estimate the host-galaxy reddening with a precision of sigma(A(V)) = 0.2 mag. The correlation between plateau luminosity and expansion velocity previously reported in the literature is recovered. Using this relation and assuming a standard reddening law (R(V) = 3.1), we obtain Hubble diagrams (HDs) in the BVI bands with dispersions of similar to 0.4 mag. Allowing R(V) to vary and minimizing the spread in the HDs, we obtain a dispersion range of 0.25-0.30 mag, which implies that these objects can deliver relative distances with precisions of 12%-14%. The resulting best-fit value of R(V) is 1.4 +/- 0.1.en-USJournal Article2019-09-2510.1088/0004-637X/715/2/833