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X- and Gamma-Ray Flashes from Type Ia Supernovae?
Peter Hoflich, Bradley E. Schaefer
We investigate two potential mechanisms that will produce X-ray and gamma-ray flashes from Type Ia supernovae (SN-Ia). The mechanisms are the breakout of the thermonuclear burning…
Discovery of a Second Nova Eruption of V2487 Ophiuchi
Ashley Pagnotta, Bradley E. Schaefer, Limin Xiao +2
A directed search for previously-undiscovered nova eruptions was conducted in the astronomical plate archives at Harvard College Observatory and Sonneberg Observatory. We found tha…
Looking Into the Fireball: ROTSE-III and Swift Observations of Early GRB Afterglows
E. S. Rykoff, F. Aharonian, C. W. Akerlof +21
We report on a complete set of early optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) obtained with the ROTSE-III telescope network from March 2005 through June 2007. This set is comp…