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Optical, near-IR and -ray observations of SN 2015J and its host galaxy
A. A. Nucita, F. De Paolis, R. Saxton +7
SN 2015J was discovered on April 27th 2015 and is classified as a type IIn supernova. At first, it appeared to be an orphan SN candidate, i.e. without any clear identification of i…
GRAWITA: VLT Survey Telescope observations of the gravitational wave sources GW150914 and GW151226
E. Brocato, M. Branchesi, E. Cappellaro +49
We report the results of deep optical follow-up surveys of the first two gravitational-wave sources, GW150914 and GW151226, done by the GRAvitational Wave Inaf TeAm Collaboration (…
Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger
E. Pian, P. D'Avanzo, S. Benetti +81
The merger of two neutron stars is predicted to give rise to three major detectable phenomena: a short burst of gamma-rays, a gravitational wave signal, and a transient optical/nea…
Evidence of vacuum birefringence from the polarisation of the optical emission from an Isolated Neutron Star
R. P. Mignani, V. Testa, D. Gonzalez Caniulef +5
Isolated Neutron Stars are some of the most exciting stellar objects known to astronomers: they have the most extreme magnetic fields, with values up to G, and, with the…
Large Binocular Telescope observations of PSR J2043+2740
V. Testa, R. P. Mignani, N. Rea +5
We present the results of deep optical imaging of the radio/-ray pulsar PSR J2043+2740, obtained with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). With a characteristic age of 1.2 Myr,…
VLT observations of the magnetar CXO J164710.2-455216 and the detection of a candidate infrared counterpart
V. Testa, R. P. Mignani, W. Hummel +2
We present deep observations of the field of the magnetar CXOJ164710.2-455216 in the star cluster Westerlund 1, obtained in the near-infrared with the adaptive optics camera NACO@V…