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iPTF Discovery of the Rapid "Turn On" of a Luminous Quasar
S. Gezari, T. Hung, S. B. Cenko +13
We present a radio-quiet quasar at z=0.237 discovered "turning on" by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF). The transient, iPTF 16bco, was detected by iPTF in the nucl…
Gravitational waves from f-modes excited by the inspiral of highly eccentric neutron star binaries
Cecilia Chirenti, Roman Gold, M. Coleman Miller
As gravitational wave instrumentation becomes more sensitive, it is interesting to speculate about subtle effects that could be analyzed using upcoming generations of detectors. On…
Can tidal disruption events produce the IceCube neutrinos?
Lixin Dai, Ke Fang
Powerful jets and outflows generated in tidal disruption events (TDEs) around supermassive black holes have been suggested to be possible sites producing high-energy neutrinos, but…
Energetic constraints on electromagnetic signals from double black hole mergers
Lixin Dai, Jonathan C. McKinney, M. Coleman Miller
The possible Fermi detection of an electromagnetic counterpart to the double black hole merger GW150914 has inspired many theoretical models, some of which propose that the holes s…
The Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Cannot be Dominantly Protons from Steady Sources
Ke Fang, Kumiko Kotera
The bulk of observed ultrahigh energy cosmic rays could be light or heavier elements, and originate from an either steady or transient population of sources. This leaves us with fo…
Double Compton and Cyclo-Synchrotron in Super-Eddington Disks, Magnetized Coronae, and Jets
Jonathan C. McKinney, Jens Chluba, Maciek Wielgus +2
We present an extension to the general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamic code HARMRAD to account for emission and absorption by thermal cyclo-synchrotron, double Compton,…
On the early-time excess emission in hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae
Paul M. Vreeswijk, Giorgos Leloudas, Avishay Gal-Yam +27
We present the light curves of the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) PTF12dam and iPTF13dcc, discovered by the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory. Both show ex…
Identifying Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic-Ray Accelerators with Future Ultrahigh-Energy Neutrino Detectors
Ke Fang, Kumiko Kotera, M. Coleman Miller +2
The detection of ultrahigh-energy (UHE) neutrino sources would contribute significantly to solving the decades-old mystery of the origin of the highest-energy cosmic rays. We inves…
Effects of Spin on High-Energy Radiation from Accreting Black Holes
Michael O' Riordan, Asaf Pe'er, Jonathan C. McKinney
Observations of jets in X-ray binaries show a correlation between radio power and black hole spin. This correlation, if confirmed, points towards the idea that relativistic jets ma…
Radio follow-up of gravitational wave triggers during Advanced LIGO O1
N. T. Palliyaguru, A. Corsi, M. M. Kasliwal +8
We present radio follow-up observations carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array during the first observing run (O1) of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-…
Type Ibn Supernovae Show Photometric Homogeneity and Spectral Diversity at Maximum Light
Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Iair Arcavi, Stefano Valenti +34
Type Ibn supernovae (SNe) are a small yet intriguing class of explosions whose spectra are characterized by low-velocity helium emission lines with little to no evidence for hydrog…
Evidence for the magnetar nature of 1E 161348-5055 in RCW 103
A. D'Aì, P. A. Evans, D. N. Burrows +25
We report on the detection of a bright, short, structured X-ray burst coming from the supernova remnant RCW 103 on 2016 June 22 caught by the Swift/BAT monitor, and on the follow-u…
High-energy neutrinos from sources in clusters of galaxies
Ke Fang, Angela V. Olinto
High-energy cosmic rays can be accelerated in clusters of galaxies, by mega-parsec scale shocks induced by accretion of gas during the formation of large-scale structure, or by pow…
Relativistic reverberation in the accretion flow of a tidal disruption event
Erin Kara, Jon M. Miller, Chris Reynolds +1
Our current understanding of the curved space-time around supermassive black holes is based on actively accreting black holes, which make up only ten per cent or less of the overal…
Implications of the Gravitational Wave Event GW150914
M. Coleman Miller
The era of gravitational-wave astronomy began on 14 September 2015, when the LIGO Scientific Collaboration detected the merger of two black holes at a distance of…
How AGN Jets Heat the Intracluster Medium -- Insights from Hydrodynamic Simulations
H. -Y. K. Yang, C. S. Reynolds
Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is believed to prevent catastrophic cooling in galaxy clusters. However, how the feedback energy is transformed into heat, and how the AG…
An achromatic break in the afterglow of the short GRB 140903A: evidence for a narrow jet
E. Troja, T. Sakamoto, S. B. Cenko +17
We report the results of our observing campaign on GRB140903A, a nearby (z=0.351) short duration (T90~0.3 s) gamma-ray burst discovered by Swift. We monitored the X-ray afterglow w…
Suppression of electron thermal conduction in the high intracluster medium of galaxy clusters
G. T. Roberg-Clark, J. F. Drake, C. S. Reynolds +1
Understanding the thermodynamic state of the hot intracluster medium (ICM) in a galaxy cluster requires a knowledge of the plasma transport processes, especially thermal conduction…
Swift follow-up of gravitational wave triggers: results from the first aLIGO run and optimisation for the future
P. A. Evans, J. A. Kennea, D. M. Palmer +18
During its first observing run, in late 2015, the advanced LIGO facility announced 3 gravitational wave (GW) triggers to electromagnetic follow-up partners. Two of these have since…
A DECam Search for an Optical Counterpart to the LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW151226
P. S. Cowperthwaite, E. Berger, M. Soares-Santos +97
We report the results of a Dark Energy Camera (DECam) optical follow-up of the gravitational wave (GW) event GW151226, discovered by the Advanced LIGO detectors. Our observations c…
Radiative, two-temperature simulations of low luminosity black hole accretion flows in general relativity
A. Sadowski, M. Wielgus, R. Narayan +3
We present a numerical method which evolves a two-temperature, magnetized, radiative, accretion flow around a black hole, within the framework of general relativistic radiation mag…
Observational Constraints on Neutron Star Masses and Radii
M. Coleman Miller, Frederick K. Lamb
Precise and reliable measurements of the masses and radii of neutron stars with a variety of masses would provide valuable guidance for improving models of the properties of cold m…
Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914
B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538
This Supplement provides supporting material for arXiv:1602.08492 . We briefly summarize past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the c…
Going the Distance: Mapping Host Galaxies of LIGO and Virgo Sources in Three Dimensions Using Local Cosmography and Targeted Follow-up
L. P. Singer, H. -Y. Chen, D. E. Holz +17
The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) discovered gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary black hole merger in 2015 September and may soon observe…