New trans-Neptunian Objects in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Fields

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) observes ten separate 3 sq. deg. fields approximately weekly for six months each year. Although intended primarily to detect Type Ia supernovae, this data set provides a rich time series that is well suited for the detection of objects in the outer solar system, which move slowly enough that they can remain in the same field of view for weeks, months, or even across multiple DES observing seasons. With ecliptic latitudes ranging from -15 to -45 degrees, DES is particularly sensitive to the dynamically hot population of Kuiper Belt object, as well as detached/inner Oort cloud objects. Here I report the results of a search for new trans-Neptunian objects in the first two seasons of DES data. The objects discovered to date include a new Neptune trojan, a number of objects in mean motion resonances with Neptune, an object with an orbital inclination of 48 degrees, and several distant scattered disk objects including one with an orbital period of nearly 1200 years. I will also discuss prospects for extending the search to the full 5000 sq. deg. DES wide survey.