ULTRASAT: A wide-field time-domain UV space telescope

Y Shvartzvald, E Waxman, A Gal-Yam… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) is scheduled to be
launched to geostationary orbit in 2027. It will carry a telescope with an unprecedentedly …

The Early Ultraviolet Light Curves of Type II Supernovae and the Radii of Their Progenitor Stars

I Irani, J Morag, A Gal-Yam, E Waxman… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a sample of 34 normal Type II supernovae (SNe II) detected with the Zwicky
Transient Facility, with multiband UV light curves starting at t≤ 4 days after explosion, and X …

Shock breakouts from compact CSM surrounding core-collapse SN progenitors may contribute significantly to the observed TeV neutrino background

E Waxman, T Wasserman, E Ofek… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Growing observational evidence suggests that enhanced mass loss from the progenitors of
core-collapse supernovae (SNe) is common during $\sim1 $ yr preceding the explosion …

Shock Breakouts from Compact Circumstellar Medium Surrounding Core-collapse Supernova Progenitors May Contribute Significantly to the Observed≳ 10 TeV …

E Waxman, T Wasserman, EO Ofek… - The Astrophysical …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Growing observational evidence suggests that enhanced mass loss from the progenitors of
core-collapse supernovae (SNe) is common during~ 1 yr preceding the explosion, creating …

Shock cooling emission from explosions of massive stars–III. Blue supergiants

J Morag, N Sapir, E Waxman - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Light emission in the first hours and days following core-collapse supernovae is dominated
by the escape of photons from the expanding shock-heated envelope. In preceding papers …

DeepSpec: a broad-band R~ 650 spectrograph with multiplexing capabilities

I Irani, S Ben-Ami, Y Sofer-Rimalt… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
DeepSpec is a novel R~ 650 broad-band (365nm-900nm) spectrograph planned for the
Weizmann Multi-Aperture Spectroscopic Telescope (MAST). MAST is an array of twenty 60 …

The Energy Sources and the Explosion Mechanism of Ca-rich Supernova PTF 10iuv

QP Huang, SQ Wang, T Wang, WP Gan… - … in Astronomy and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we perform the detailed modeling for the light curves (LCs) of PTF 10iuv which
is a calcium-rich (Ca-rich) supernova (SN) to constrain the physical properties of its ejecta …