Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

MR Drout, AL Piro, BJ Shappee, CD Kilpatrick… - Science, 2017 - science.org
On 17 August 2017, gravitational waves (GWs) were detected from a binary neutron star
merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma-ray burst, GRB 170817A. An …

A multimessenger picture of the flaring blazar TXS 0506+ 056: Implications for high-energy neutrino emission and cosmic-ray acceleration

A Keivani, K Murase, M Petropoulou… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Detection of the IceCube-170922A neutrino coincident with the flaring blazar TXS 0506+
056, the first and only∼ 3σ high-energy neutrino source association to date, offers a …

The man behind the curtain: X-rays drive the UV through NIR variability in the 2013 active galactic nucleus outburst in NGC 2617

BJ Shappee, JL Prieto, D Grupe… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT After the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae discovered a significant
brightening of the inner region of NGC 2617, we began a∼ 70 day photometric and …

Shock cooling and possible precursor emission in the early light curve of the type II SN 2023ixf

G Hosseinzadeh, J Farah, M Shrestha… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the densely sampled early light curve of the Type II supernova (SN) 2023ixf, first
observed within hours of explosion in the nearby Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101; 6.7 Mpc) …

The diversity of Type II supernova versus the similarity in their progenitors

S Valenti, DA Howell, MD Stritzinger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
High-quality collections of Type II supernova (SN) light curves are scarce because they
evolve for hundreds of days, making follow-up observations time consuming and often …

Six months of multiwavelength follow-up of the tidal disruption candidate ASASSN-14li and implied TDE rates from ASAS-SN

TWS Holoien, CS Kochanek, JL Prieto… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the
candidate tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-14li, found at the centre of PGC 043234 (d≃ …

An updated ultraviolet calibration for the Swift/UVOT

AA Breeveld, W Landsman, ST Holland… - AIP Conference …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We present an updated calibration of the Swift/UVOT broadband ultraviolet (uvw1, uvm2,
and uvw2) filters. The new calibration accounts for the∼ 1% per year decline in the UVOT …

An atlas of galaxy spectral energy distributions from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared

MJI Brown, J Moustakas, JDT Smith… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an atlas of 129 spectral energy distributions for nearby galaxies, with
wavelength coverage spanning from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared. Our atlas spans a …

Early blue excess from the type Ia supernova 2017cbv and implications for its progenitor

G Hosseinzadeh, DJ Sand, S Valenti… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present very early, high-cadence photometric observations of the nearby Type Ia SN
2017cbv. The light curve is unique in that it has a blue bump during the first five days of …

ASASSN-14ko is a periodic nuclear transient in ESO 253-G003

AV Payne, BJ Shappee, JT Hinkle… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery that ASASSN-14ko is a periodically flaring active galactic nucleus
at the center of the galaxy ESO 253-G003. At the time of its discovery by the All-Sky …