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A Linear Relation Between the Color Stretch and the Rising Color Slope of Type Ia Supernovae
Ping Chen, Subo Dong, Chris Ashall +34
Using data from the Complete Nearby () sample of Type Ia Supernovae (CNIa0.02), we discover a linear relation between two parameters derived from the color cur…
A Carbon/Oxygen-dominated Atmosphere Days After Explosion for the "Super-Chandrasekhar" Type Ia SN 2020esm
Georgios Dimitriadis, Ryan J. Foley, Nikki Arendse +18
Seeing pristine material from the donor star in a Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosion can reveal the nature of the binary system. In this paper, we present photometric and spectros…
Updated Photometry of the Yellow Supergiant Progenitor and Late-time Observations of the Type IIb Supernova 2016gkg
Charles D. Kilpatrick, David A. Coulter, Ryan J. Foley +4
We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the type IIb supernova (SN) 2016gkg at 652, 1698, and 1795 days with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Ca…
Carnegie Supernova Project-II: Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Stripped-Envelope Core-Collapse Supernovae
M. Shahbandeh, E. Y. Hsiao, C. Ashall +29
We present 75 near-infrared (NIR; 0.82.5 m) spectra of 34 stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae (SESNe) obtained by the Carnegie Supernova Project-II (CSP-II), encompass…
A Nuclear Equation of State Inferred from Stellar r-process Abundances
Erika M. Holmbeck, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Vera Delfavero +1
Binary neutron star mergers (NSMs) have been confirmed as one source of the heaviest observable elements made by the rapid neutron-capture (r-) process. However, modeling NSM outfl…
Compact Object Modeling in the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
Claire S. Ye, Kyle Kremer, Carl L. Rodriguez +5
The globular cluster 47~Tucanae (47~Tuc) is one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way and is exceptionally rich in exotic stellar populations. For several decades it h…
A Tale of Two Type Ia Supernovae: The fast-declining siblings SNe 2015bo and 1997cn
W. B. Hoogendam, C. Ashall, L. Galbany +18
We present optical and near-infrared photometric and spectroscopic observations of the fast-declining Type Ia Supernova (SN) 2015bo. SN 2015bo is under-luminous (M = -17.67 $\p…
Investigating the Nature of the Luminous Ambiguous Nuclear Transient ASASSN-17jz
Thomas W. -S. Holoien, Jack M. M. Neustadt, Patrick J. Vallely +31
We present observations of the extremely luminous but ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) ASASSN-17jz, spanning roughly 1200 days of the object's evolution. ASASSN-17jz was discovere…
SN2017jgh - A high-cadence complete shock cooling lightcurve of a SN IIb with the Kepler telescope
P. Armstrong, B. E. Tucker, A. Rest +69
SN 2017jgh is a type IIb supernova discovered by Pan-STARRS during the C16/C17 campaigns of the Kepler/K2 mission. Here we present the Kepler/K2 and ground based observations of SN…
ASAS-SN search for optical counterparts of gravitational-wave events from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO/Virgo
T. de Jaeger, B. J. Shappee, C. S. Kochanek +6
We report on the search for electromagnetic counterparts to the nine gravitational-wave events with a 60\% probability of containing a neutron star during the third (O3) LIGO-Vi…
Dynamical Formation Channels for Fast Radio Bursts in Globular Clusters
Kyle Kremer, Anthony L. Piro, Dongzi Li
The repeating fast radio burst (FRB) localized to a globular cluster in M81 challenges our understanding of FRB models. In this Letter, we explore dynamical formation scenarios for…
SN 2018agk: A Prototypical Type Ia Supernova with a Smooth Power-law Rise in Kepler (K2)
Qinan Wang, Armin Rest, Yossef Zenati +73
We present the 30-min cadence Kepler/K2 light curve of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2018agk, covering approximately one week before explosion, the full rise phase and the decli…
The Curious Case of ASASSN-20hx: A Slowly-Evolving, UV and X-ray Luminous, Ambiguous Nuclear Transient
Jason T. Hinkle, Thomas W. -S. Holoien, Benjamin. J. Shappee +22
We present observations of ASASSN-20hx, a nearby ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) discovered in NGC 6297 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). We observed ASAS…
ASASSN-15hy: an under-luminous, red 03fg-like type Ia supernova
J. Lu, C. Ashall, E. Y. Hsiao +33
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of the 03fg-like type Ia supernova (SN Ia) ASASSN-15hy from the ultraviolet (UV) to the near-infrared (NIR). ASASSN-15hy share…
The Gravity Collective: A Search for the Electromagnetic Counterpart to the Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger GW190814
Charles D. Kilpatrick, David A. Coulter, Iair Arcavi +79
We present optical follow-up imaging obtained with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Nickel Telescope, Swope Telescope, and…
Implications of Eccentric Observations on Binary Black Hole Formation Channels
Michael Zevin, Isobel M. Romero-Shaw, Kyle Kremer +2
Orbital eccentricity is one of the most robust discriminators for distinguishing between dynamical and isolated formation scenarios of binary black hole mergers using gravitational…
An Early-Time Optical and Ultraviolet Excess in the type-Ic SN 2020oi
Alexander Gagliano, Luca Izzo, Charles D. Kilpatrick +30
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of Supernova 2020oi (SN 2020oi), a nearby (17 Mpc) type-Ic supernova (SN Ic) within the grand-design spiral M100. We und…
The Rapid X-ray and UV Evolution of ASASSN-14ko
Anna V. Payne, Benjamin J. Shappee, Jason T. Hinkle +13
ASASSN-14ko is a recently discovered periodically flaring transient at the center of the AGN ESO 253-G003 with a slowly decreasing period. Here we show that the flares originate fr…
Rapidly-Declining Hostless Type Ia Supernova KSP-OT-201509b from the KMTNet Supernova Program: Transitional Nature and Constraint on Ni Distribution and Progenitor Type
Dae-Sik Moon, Yuan Qi Ni, Maria R. Drout +8
We report the early discovery and multi-color () high-cadence light curve analyses of a rapidly-declining sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia supernova KSP-OT-201509b (= AT2015cx) from…
The Changing Look Blazar B2 1420+32
Hora D. Mishra, Xinyu Dai, Ping Chen +22
Blazars are active galactic nuclei with their relativistic jets pointing toward the observer, with two major sub-classes, the flat spectrum radio quasars and BL Lac objects. We pre…
Blast From the Past: Constraining Progenitor Models of SN 1972E
Aaron Do, Benjamin J. Shappee, Jean-Pierre De Cuyper +7
We present a novel technique to study Type Ia supernovae by constraining surviving companions of historical extragalactic SN by combining archival photographic plates and Hubble Sp…
FIRST J153350.8+272729: the radio afterglow of a decades-old tidal disruption event
Vikram Ravi, Hannah Dykaar, Jackson Codd +6
We present the discovery of the fading radio transient FIRST J153350.8+272729. The source had a maximum observed 5-GHz radio luminosity of erg s in 1986, bu…
Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient, AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)
S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser, J. Johansson +67
We present the bolometric lightcurve, identification and analysis of the progenitor candidate, and preliminary modelling of AT2016jbu (Gaia16cfr). We find a progenitor consistent w…
A Late-Time Galaxy-Targeted Search for the Radio Counterpart of GW190814
K. D. Alexander, G. Schroeder, K. Paterson +14
GW190814 was a compact object binary coalescence detected in gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo that garnered exceptional community interest due to its excelle…