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most citedRapidly-Evolving and Luminous Transients from Pan-STARRS1

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9 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Implications of low neutron star merger rates for gamma-ray bursts, r-process production and Galactic double neutron stars

Maya Fishbach, Alexander P. Ji, Wen-fai Fong +4

The first multimessenger discovery of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger, GW170817, proved that such mergers can source short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) and produce r-process element…

astro-ph.HE2026

Search For a Counterpart to the Subsolar Mass Gravitational Wave Candidate S251112cm

Nicholas Vieira, Noah Franz, Bhagya Subrayan +49

The recent candidate gravitational-wave (GW) alert from a compact object merger involving at least one subsolar mass (SSM) object has prompted questions about their origins. S25111…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 11 cited

Limits on the Ejecta Mass During the Search for Kilonovae Associated with Neutron Star-Black Hole Mergers: A case study of S230518h, GW230529, S230627c and the Low-Significance Candidate S240422ed

M. Pillas, S. Antier, K. Ackley +78

Neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers, detectable via their gravitational-wave (GW) emission, are expected to produce kilonovae (KNe). Four NSBH candidates have been identified an…

astro-ph.HE2024

Uniform Modeling of Observed Kilonovae: Implications for Diversity and the Progenitors of Merger-Driven Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

J. C. Rastinejad, W. Fong, C. D. Kilpatrick +2

We present uniform modeling of eight kilonovae, five following short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs; including GRB170817A) and three following long GRBs. We model their broadband afterglow…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 31 cited

Discovery of the optical afterglow and host galaxy of short GRB181123B at : Implications for Delay Time Distributions

K. Paterson, W. Fong, A. Nugent +19

We present the discovery of the optical afterglow and host galaxy of the {\it Swift} short-duration gamma-ray burst, GRB\,181123B. Observations with Gemini-North starting at $\appr…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 82 cited

The Double-Peaked SN2013ge: a Type Ib/c SN with an Asymmetric Mass Ejection or an Extended Progenitor Envelope

M. R. Drout, D. Milisavljevic, J. Parrent +17

We present extensive observations of the Type Ib/c SN2013ge from -13 to +457 days, including spectra and Swift UV-optical photometry beginning 2-4 days post-explosion. This data se…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 109 cited

Zooming In on the Progenitors of Superluminous Supernovae With the HST

R. Lunnan, R. Chornock, E. Berger +25

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) rest-frame ultraviolet imaging of the host galaxies of 16 hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe), including 11 events from the Pan-S…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 364 cited

Rapidly-Evolving and Luminous Transients from Pan-STARRS1

M. R. Drout, R. Chornock, A. M. Soderberg +33

In the past decade, several rapidly-evolving transients have been discovered whose timescales and luminosities are not easily explained by traditional supernovae (SN) models. The s…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 75 cited

PS1-10afx at z=1.388: Pan-STARRS1 Discovery of a New Type of Superluminous Supernova

Ryan Chornock, E. Berger, A. Rest +32

We present the Pan-STARRS1 discovery of PS1-10afx, a unique hydrogen-deficient superluminous supernova (SLSN) at z=1.388. The light curve peaked at z_P1=21.7 mag, making PS1-10afx…