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Measuring the Accreting Stellar and Intermediate Mass Black Hole Populations in the Galaxy and Local Group
Jonathan Grindlay, Didier Barret, Tomaso Belloni +23
The population of stellar black holes (SBHs) in the Galaxy and galaxies generally is poorly known in both number and distribution. SBHs are the fossil record of the massive stars i…
The Galactic and Sub-Galactic Environments of Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts: Implications for the Progenitors
Edo Berger, Wen-fai Fong
The study of short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has undergone a revolution in recent years thanks to the discovery of the first afterglows and host galaxies in May 2005. In thi…
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Short GRB Host Galaxies: Morphologies, Offsets, and Local Environments
Wen-fai Fong, Edo Berger, Derek B. Fox
[Abridged] We present the first comprehensive analysis of HST observations of short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies. These observations allow us to characterize the ga…
Discovery of the Very Red Near-Infrared and Optical Afterglow of the Short-Duration GRB 070724A
E. Berger, S. B. Cenko, D. B. Fox +1
[Abridged] We report the discovery of the near-infrared and optical afterglow of the short-duration gamma-ray burst GRB070724A. The afterglow is detected in i,J,H,K observations st…
The High-Metallicity Explosion Environment of the Relativistic Supernova 2009bb
E. M. Levesque, A. M. Soderberg, R. J. Foley +23
We investigate the environment of the nearby (d ~ 40Mpc) broad-lined Type Ic supernova SN 2009bb. This event was observed to produce a relativistic outflow likely powered by a cent…
The Dynamic X-ray Sky of the Local Universe
Alicia M. Soderberg, Jonathan E. Grindlay, Joshua S. Bloom +35
Over the next decade, we can expect time domain astronomy to flourish at optical and radio wavelengths. In parallel with these efforts, a dedicated transient "machine" operating at…