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most citedThe Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

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astro-ph.SR2010★ 67 cited

PTF10nvg: An Outbursting Class I Protostar in the Pelican/North American Nebula

Kevin R. Covey, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Adam A. Miller +28

During a synoptic survey of the North American Nebula region, the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) detected an optical outburst (dubbed PTF10nvg) associated with the previously unst…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 102 cited

Evidence for an FU Orionis-like Outburst from a Classical T Tauri Star

Adam A. Miller, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Kevin R. Covey +26

We present pre- and post-outburst observations of the new FU Orionis-like young stellar object PTF 10qpf (also known as LkHa 188-G4 and HBC 722). Prior to this outburst, LkHa 188-G…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 197 cited

Supernova PTF 09uj: A possible shock breakout from a dense circumstellar wind

E. O. Ofek, I. Rabinak, J. D. Neill +29

Type-IIn supernovae (SNe), which are characterized by strong interaction of their ejecta with the surrounding circumstellar matter (CSM), provide a unique opportunity to study the…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 154 cited

Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ".Ia" Explosion

Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam +33

We present the discovery, photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations of SN 2010X (PTF 10bhp). This supernova decays exponentially with tau_d=5 days, and rivals the curren…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 39 cited

Type II-P Supernovae as Standard Candles: The SDSS-II Sample Revisited

Dovi Poznanski, Peter E. Nugent, Alexei V. Filippenko

We revisit the observed correlation between Hbeta and FeII velocities for Type II-P supernovae (SNe~II-P) using 28 optical spectra of 13 SNe II-P and demonstrate that it is well mo…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 167 cited

Results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge

Richard Kessler, Bruce Bassett, Pavel Belov +24

We report results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge (SNPCC), a publicly released mix of simulated supernovae (SNe), with types (Ia, Ibc, and II) selected in p…