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The Rise and Peak of the Luminous Type IIn SN 2017hcc/ATLAS17lsn from ASAS-SN and Swift UVOT Data
J. L. Prieto, Ping Chen, Subo Dong +7
We present observations of the rise and peak of the Type IIn supernova SN 2017hcc/ATLAS17lsn obtained by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) and Swift UVOT. The l…
Exploring the Carbon Simmering Phase: Reaction Rates, Mixing, and the Convective Urca Process
Josiah Schwab, Héctor Martínez-Rodríguez, Anthony L. Piro +1
The neutron excess at the time of explosion provides a powerful discriminant among models of Type Ia supernovae. Recent calculations of the carbon simmering phase in single degener…
The early detection and follow-up of the highly obscured Type II supernova 2016ija/DLT16am
L. Tartaglia, D. J. Sand, S. Valenti +45
We present our analysis of the Type II supernova DLT16am (SN~2016ija). The object was discovered during the ongoing (DLT40) one day cadence supernova search a…
Observations of SN 2015F suggest a correlation between the intrinsic luminosity of Type Ia supernovae and the shape of their light curves >900 days after explosion
Or Graur, David R. Zurek, Armin Rest +6
The late-time light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), observed days after explosion, present the possibility of a new diagnostic for SN Ia progenitor and explosion mode…
The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models
P. S. Cowperthwaite, E. Berger, V. A. Villar +141
We present UV, optical, and NIR photometry of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source from Advanced LIGO/Virgo, the binary neutron star merger GW170817…
The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart
M. Soares-Santos, D. E. Holz, J. Annis +142
We present the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) discovery of the optical counterpart of the first binary neutron star merger detected through gravitational wave emission, GW170817. Our o…
The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. IV. Detection of Near-infrared Signatures of r-process Nucleosynthesis with Gemini-South
R. Chornock, E. Berger, D. Kasen +26
We present a near-infrared spectral sequence of the electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star merger GW170817 detected by Advanced LIGO/Virgo. Our dataset comprises se…
A Neutron Star Binary Merger Model for GW170817/GRB170817a/SSS17a
Ariadna Murguia-Berthier, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Charles D. Kilpatrick +14
The merging neutron star gravitational wave event GW170817 has been observed throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to -rays. The resulting energetics,…
Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the Optical Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source
D. A. Coulter, R. J. Foley, C. D. Kilpatrick +14
On 2017 August 17, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves emanating from a binary neutron star mer…
Light Curves of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for R-Process Nucleosynthesis
M. R. Drout, A. L. Piro, B. J. Shappee +41
On 2017 August 17, gravitational waves were detected from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma-ray burst, GRB170817A. An optical transient so…
The Unprecedented Properties of the First Electromagnetic Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source
Matthew R. Siebert, Ryan J. Foley, Maria R. Drout +15
We discovered Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) in the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) localization volume of GW170817, the first detected binary neutron star (BNS) merger, only…
Electromagnetic Evidence that SSS17a is the Result of a Binary Neutron Star Merger
Charles D. Kilpatrick, Ryan J. Foley, Daniel Kasen +18
11 hours after the detection of gravitational wave source GW170817 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo Interferometers, an associated optical trans…
Early Spectra of the Gravitational Wave Source GW170817: Evolution of a Neutron Star Merger
B. J. Shappee, J. D. Simon, M. R. Drout +33
On 2017 August 17, Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) was discovered as the optical counterpart of the binary neutron star gravitational wave event GW170817. We report time-seri…
Evidence for a Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Type~Ia Supernova in the Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy
Andrew McWilliam, Anthony L. Piro, Carles Badenes +1
A longstanding problem is identifying the elusive progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), which can roughly be split into Chandraksekhar and sub-Chandrasekhar mass events. An i…
An Empirical Study of Contamination in Deep, Rapid, and Wide-Field Optical Follow-Up of Gravitational Wave Events
P. S. Cowperthwaite, E. Berger, A. Rest +10
We present an empirical study of contamination in deep, rapid, and wide-field optical follow-up searches of GW sources from aLIGO. We utilize dedicated observations during four nig…
Evidence for Cocoon Emission from the Early Light Curve of SSS17a
Anthony L. Piro, Juna A. Kollmeier
Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) was discovered as the first optical counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW170817. Although its light curve on the timescale of weeks r…
Type II supernova spectral diversity I: Observations, sample characterization and spectral line evolution
Claudia P. Gutiérrez, Joseph P. Anderson, Mario Hamuy +23
We present 888 visual-wavelength spectra of 122 nearby type II supernovae (SNe II) obtained between 1986 and 2009, and ranging between 3 and 363 days post explosion. In this first…
Measuring the Progenitor Masses and Dense Circumstellar Material of Type II Supernovae
Viktoriya Morozova, Anthony L. Piro, Stefano Valenti
Recent modeling of hydrogen-rich Type II supernova (SN II) light curves suggests the presence of dense circumstellar material (CSM) surrounding the exploding progenitor stars. This…
The Carnegie Supernova Project I: photometry data release of low-redshift stripped-envelope supernovae
M. D. Stritzinger, J. P. Anderson, C. Contreras +28
The first phase of the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP-I) was a dedicated supernova follow-up program based at the Las Campanas Observatory that collected science data of young, lo…
Early Observations of the Type Ia Supernova iPTF 16abc: A Case of Interaction with Nearby, Unbound Material and/or Strong Ejecta Mixing
A. A. Miller, Y. Cao, A. L. Piro +19
Early observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) provide a unique probe of their progenitor systems and explosion physics. Here we report the intermediate Palomar Transient Factor…
The Carnegie Supernova Project I: methods to estimate host-galaxy reddening of stripped-envelope supernovae
M. D. Stritzinger, F. Taddia, C. R. Burns +11
We aim to improve upon contemporary methods to estimate host-galaxy reddening of stripped-envelope (SE) supernovae (SNe). To this end the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP-I) SE SNe…
The Carnegie Supernova Project I: analysis of stripped-envelope supernova light curves
F. Taddia, M. D. Stritzinger, M. Bersten +9
Stripped-envelope (SE) supernovae (SNe) include H-poor (Type IIb), H-free (Type Ib) and He-free (Type Ic) events thought to be associated with the deaths of massive stars. The exac…
A dependence of the tidal disruption event rate on global stellar surface mass density and stellar velocity dispersion
Or Graur, K. Decker French, H. Jabran Zahid +4
The rate of tidal disruption events (TDEs), , is predicted to depend on stellar conditions near the super-massive black hole (SMBH), which are on difficult-to-measure…
iPTF15eqv: Multi-wavelength Exposé of a Peculiar Calcium-rich Transient
D. Milisavljevic, D. Patnaude, J. Raymond +15
The progenitor systems of the class of "Ca-rich transients" is a key open issue in time domain astrophysics. These intriguing objects exhibit unusually strong calcium line emission…