Gravitational waves: Sources, detectors and searches

K Riles - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2013 - Elsevier
Gravitational wave science should transform in this decade from a study of what has not
been seen to a full-fledged field of astronomy in which detected signals reveal the nature of …

Supplement:“localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914”(2016, ApJL, 826, L13)

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This Supplement provides supporting material for Abbott et al.(2016a). We briefly summarize
past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the …

Nearby supernova factory observations of SN 2007if: First total mass measurement of a super-Chandrasekhar-mass progenitor

RA Scalzo, G Aldering, P Antilogus… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2007if, an overluminous
(MV=− 20.4), red (B− V= 0.16 at B-band maximum), slow-rising (t rise= 24 days) type Ia …

Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory

M Childress, G Aldering, P Antilogus… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of galaxies hosting Type Ia
supernovae (SNe Ia) observed by the Nearby Supernova Factory. Combining Galaxy …

Automated transient identification in the dark energy survey

DA Goldstein, CB D'andrea, JA Fischer… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe an algorithm for identifying point-source transients and moving objects on
reference-subtracted optical images containing artifacts of processing and instrumentation …

The rising light curves of Type Ia supernovae

RE Firth, M Sullivan, A Gal-Yam… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of the early, rising light curves of 18 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia)
discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory and the La Silla-QUEST variability survey. We …

Localization of gravitational wave sources with networks of advanced detectors

S Klimenko, G Vedovato, M Drago, G Mazzolo… - Physical Review D …, 2011 - APS
Coincident observations with gravitational wave (GW) detectors and other astronomical
instruments are among the main objectives of the experiments with the network of LIGO …

All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run

J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, T Accadia… - Physical Review D …, 2010 - APS
We present results from an all-sky search for unmodeled gravitational-wave bursts in the
data collected by the LIGO, GEO 600 and Virgo detectors between November 2006 and …

On the nature of hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae

C Inserra, SJ Smartt, EEE Gall… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present two hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae (SLSNe): SN2103hx and PS15br.
These objects, together with SN2008es, are the only SLSNe showing a distinct, broad H α …

Type Ia supernova bolometric light curves and ejected mass estimates from the Nearby Supernova Factory

R Scalzo, G Aldering, P Antilogus… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present a sample of normal Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Nearby Supernova
Factory data set with spectrophotometry at sufficiently late phases to estimate the ejected …