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AT2018kzr: the merger of an oxygen-neon white dwarf and a neutron star or black hole
James H. Gillanders, Stuart A. Sim, Stephen J. Smartt
We present detailed spectroscopic analysis of the extraordinarily fast-evolving transient AT2018kzr. The transient's observed lightcurve showed a rapid decline rate, comparable to…
Design and operation of the ATLAS Transient Science Server
K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt, D. R. Young +19
The Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) system consists of two 0.5m Schmidt telescopes with cameras covering 29 square degrees at plate scale of 1.86 arcsec per p…
The lowest of the low: discovery of SN 2019gsc and the nature of faint Iax supernovae
Shubham Srivastav, Stephen J. Smartt, Giorgos Leloudas +15
We present the discovery and optical follow-up of the faintest supernova-like transient known. The event (SN 2019gsc) was discovered in a star-forming host at 53\,Mpc by ATLAS. A d…
Determining the Ni distribution of type Ia supernovae from observations within days of explosion
M. R. Magee, K. Maguire, R. Kotak +4
Recent studies have shown how the distribution of Ni within the ejecta of type Ia supernovae can have profound consequences on the observed light curves. Observations at ear…
SN2018kzr: a rapidly declining transient from the destruction of a white dwarf
Owen R. McBrien, Stephen J. Smartt, Ting-Wan Chen +31
We present SN2018kzr, the fastest declining supernova-like transient, second only to the kilonova, AT2017gfo. SN2018kzr is characterized by a peak magnitude of , peak…