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The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results
- N. Law, S. R. Kulkarni, +38 authors J. Zolkower
- Physics
- 30 June 2009
The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky. The transient survey is performed using a new 8.1 square… Expand
Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions
- R. M. Quimby, S. Kulkarni, +24 authors D. Levitan
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 1 October 2009
Supernovae are stellar explosions driven by gravitational or thermonuclear energy that is observed as electromagnetic radiation emitted over weeks or more. In all known supernovae, this radiation… Expand
THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF TYPE Ibc SUPERNOVA MULTI-BAND LIGHT CURVES
- M. Drout, A. Soderberg, +14 authors U. Toronto
- Physics
- 22 November 2010
We present detailed optical photometry for 25 Type Ibc supernovae (SNe Ibc) within d 150 Mpc obtained with the robotic Palomar 60 inch telescope in 2004-2007. This study represents the first uniform,… Expand
Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars - V. Evidence for a wide age distribution and a complex MDF
- T. Bensby, J. Yee, +20 authors A. Yonehara
- Physics
- 1 November 2012
Based on high-resolution spectra obtained during gravitational microlensing events we present a detailed elemental abundance analysis of 32 dwarf and subgiant stars in the Galactic bulge. Combined… Expand
Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star
- P. Nugent, M. Sullivan, +36 authors D. Poznanski
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 27 October 2011
Type Ia supernovae have been used empirically as ‘standard candles’ to demonstrate the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe even though fundamental details, such as the nature of their… Expand
Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions
- A. Soderberg, S. Kulkarni, +22 authors P. J. McCarthy
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 18 April 2006
Over the past decade, long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs)—including the subclass of X-ray flashes (XRFs)—have been revealed to be a rare variety of type Ibc supernova. Although all these events result… Expand
LSST Science Book, Version 2.0
- L. S. C. P. A. Abell, J. Allison, +242 authors H. Zhan
- Physics, Engineering
- 1 December 2009
A survey that can cover the sky in optical bands over wide fields to faint magnitudes with a fast cadence will enable many of the exciting science opportunities of the next decade. The Large Synoptic… Expand
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova
- A. Soderberg, E. Berger, +40 authors D. G. York
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 13 February 2008
Massive stars end their short lives in spectacular explosions—supernovae—that synthesize new elements and drive galaxy evolution. Historically, supernovae were discovered mainly through their… Expand
The Supernova Delay Time Distribution in Galaxy Clusters and Implications for Type-Ia Progenitors and Metal Enrichment
- D. Maoz, K. Sharon, A. Gal-yam
- Physics
- 17 June 2010
Knowledge of the supernova (SN) delay time distribution (DTD)-the SN rate versus time that would follow a hypothetical brief burst of star formation-can shed light on SN progenitors and physics, as… Expand
Luminous Supernovae
- A. Gal-yam
- Physics, Medicine
- Science
- 15 August 2012
Stellar Explosions Stars that are born with masses greater than eight times that of the Sun end their lives in luminous explosions known as supernovae. Over the past decade, access to improved sky… Expand