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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
A photometric redshift of z ∼9.4 for GRB 090429B
- A. Cucchiara, A. Levan, +33 authors P. D'Avanzo
- Physics
- 25 May 2011
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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
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
A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2
Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to result from the explosions of certain massive stars, and some are bright enough that they should be observable out to redshifts of z > 20 using… 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 afterglow of GRB 050709 and the nature of the short-hard γ-ray bursts
The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the γ-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of the short-hard class of bursts, which are suspected on theoretical grounds to result from the… Expand
The afterglow and elliptical host galaxy of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050724
Despite a rich phenomenology, γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided into two classes based on their duration and spectral hardness—the long-soft and the short-hard bursts. The discovery of afterglow… Expand
Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory
- A. Rau, S. Kulkarni, +31 authors Oxford
- Physics
- 29 June 2009
The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a wide-field experiment designed to investigate the optical transient and variable sky on time scales from minutes to years. PTF uses the CFH12k mosaic camera,… Expand