The Young Supernova Experiment: survey goals, overview, and operations

DO Jones, RJ Foley, G Narayan, J Hjorth… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Time-domain science has undergone a revolution over the past decade, with tens of
thousands of new supernovae (SNe) discovered each year. However, several observational …

Supernovae and transients with circumstellar interaction

M Fraser - Royal Society Open Science, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is 30 years since the characteristic signatures of interaction with circumstellar material
(CSM) were first observed in a core-collapse supernova. Since then, CSM interaction has …

A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion

CD Kilpatrick, MR Drout, K Auchettl… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We present Hubble Space Telescope imaging of a pre-explosion counterpart to
SN 2019yvr obtained 2.6 yr before its explosion as a type Ib supernova (SN Ib). Aligning to a …

YSE-PZ: A Transient Survey Management Platform that Empowers the Human-in-the-loop

DA Coulter, DO Jones, P McGill, RJ Foley… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The modern study of astrophysical transients has been transformed by an exponentially
growing volume of data. Within the last decade, the transient discovery rate has increased …

The broadband counterpart of the short GRB 200522A at z= 0.5536: a luminous kilonova or a collimated outflow with a reverse shock?

W Fong, T Laskar, J Rastinejad… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of the radio afterglow and near-infrared (NIR) counterpart of the
Swift short gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB 200522A, located at a small projected offset of≈ 1 …

K2 observations of SN 2018oh reveal a two-component rising light curve for a type Ia supernova

G Dimitriadis, RJ Foley, A Rest, D Kasen… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an exquisite 30 minute cadence Kepler (K2) light curve of the Type Ia supernova
(SN Ia) 2018oh (ASASSN-18bt), starting weeks before explosion, covering the moment of …

The role of jets in exploding supernovae and in shaping their remnants

N Soker - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
I review studies of core collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and similar transient events that
attribute major roles to jets in powering most CCSNe and in shaping their ejecta. I start with …

SN 2009ip after a decade: the luminous blue variable progenitor is now gone

N Smith, JE Andrews, AV Filippenko… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We present new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging photometry for the
site of the Type IIn supernova (SN) 2009ip taken almost a decade after explosion. The …

Weak mass loss from the red supergiant progenitor of the type II SN 2021yja

G Hosseinzadeh, CD Kilpatrick, Y Dong… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-cadence optical, ultraviolet (UV), and near-infrared data of the nearby (D≈
23 Mpc) Type II supernova (SN) 2021yja. Many Type II SNe show signs of interaction with …

SN 2019ehk: A Double-peaked Ca-rich Transient with Luminous X-Ray Emission and Shock-ionized Spectral Features

WV Jacobson-Galán, R Margutti… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present panchromatic observations and modeling of the Calcium-rich supernova (SN)
2019ehk in the star-forming galaxy M100 (d≈ 16.2 Mpc) starting 10 hr after explosion and …