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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
A Possible Relativistic Jetted Outburst from a Massive Black Hole Fed by a Tidally Disrupted Star
- J. Bloom, D. Giannios, +19 authors A. J. van der Horst
- Physics, Medicine
- Science
- 16 April 2011
A recent bright emission observed by the Swift satellite is due to the sudden accretion of a star onto a massive black hole. Gas accretion onto some massive black holes (MBHs) at the centers of… Expand
Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe
Type Ia supernovae are thought to result from a thermonuclear explosion of an accreting white dwarf in a binary system, but little is known of the precise nature of the companion star and the… Expand
A continuum of H- to He-rich tidal disruption candidates with a preference for E+A galaxies
- I. Arcavi, A. Gal-yam, +23 authors R. Laher
- Physics
- 6 May 2014
We present the results of a Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) archival search for blue transients that lie in the magnitude range between "normal" core-collapse and superluminous supernovae (i.e., with… 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
The Afterglow, Energetics, and Host Galaxy of the Short-Hard Gamma-Ray Burst 051221a
- A. Soderberg, E. Berger, +9 authors K. Roth
- Physics
- 20 January 2006
We present detailed optical, X-ray, and radio observations of the bright afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst 051221a obtained with Gemini, Swift XRT, and the Very Large Array, as well as optical… Expand
Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger
- M. Kasliwal, E. Nakar, +78 authors W. Zhao
- Physics, Medicine
- Science
- 16 October 2017
GROWTH observations of GW170817 The gravitational wave event GW170817 was caused by the merger of two neutron stars (see the Introduction by Smith). In three papers, teams associated with the GROWTH… Expand
The redshift and afterglow of the extremely energetic gamma-ray burst GRB 080916C
- J. Greiner, C. Clemens, +22 authors X. Zhang
- Physics
- 4 February 2009
Context. The detection of GeV photons from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has important consequences for the interpretation and modelling of these most-energetic cosmological explosions. The full… Expand
The Rise of SN 2014J in the Nearby Galaxy M82
- A. Goobar, J. Johansson, +31 authors M. Liu
- Physics
- 20 March 2014
We report on the discovery of SN 2014J in the nearby galaxy M82. Given its proximity, it offers the best opportunity to date to study a thermonuclear supernova (SN) over a wide range of the… Expand
IMPROVED STANDARDIZATION OF TYPE II-P SUPERNOVAE: APPLICATION TO AN EXPANDED SAMPLE
- D. Poznanski, N. Butler, +16 authors D. Wong
- Physics
- 27 October 2008
In the epoch of precise and accurate cosmology, cross-confirmation using a variety of cosmographic methods is paramount to circumvent systematic uncertainties. Owing to progenitor histories and… Expand