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Exploring the Relationship Between Swift Short Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows and their Host Galaxy Properties
Cristian Castrejon, Anya E. Nugent, Wen-fai Fong +3
We present a comprehensive compilation of short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows in the X-ray, optical, and radio bands, comprising 150 events discovered primarily by the…
White dwarf-neutron star binaries: a plausible pathway for long-duration gamma-ray bursts from compact object mergers?
A. A. Chrimes, N. Gaspari, A. J. Levan +7
Two long-duration gamma-ray bursts were recently discovered with kilonovae, the signature of r-process element production in a compact binary merger, rather than supernovae. This h…
A fast radio burst from the first 3 billion years of the Universe
Manisha Caleb, Themiya Nanayakkara, Benjamin Stappers +25
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are enigmatic millisecond-duration signals which encode otherwise unattainable information on the plasma which permeates our Universe, providing insights i…
Binary neutron star merger offsets from their host galaxies II. Short-duration gamma-ray bursts
N. Gaspari, A. J. Levan, A. A. Chrimes +1
The mergers of binary neutron stars (BNSs) and neutron star-black holes (NSBHs) binaries have long been linked to short-duration gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs). However, despite their st…
Evidence for a hot galactic halo around the Andromeda Galaxy using fast radio bursts along two sightlines
Reshma Anna-Thomas, Casey J. Law, Eric W. Koch +17
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio transients that serve as unique probes of ionized extragalactic matter. We report the discovery and localization of two FRBs…
Evidence for an Instability-Induced Binary Merger in the Double-Peaked, Helium-Rich Type IIn Supernova 2023zkd
A. Gagliano, V. A. Villar, T. Matsumoto +42
We present ultraviolet to infrared observations of the extraordinary Type IIn supernova 2023zkd (SN 2023zkd). Photometrically, it exhibits persistent and luminous precursor emissio…
A Repeating Fast Radio Burst Source in a Low-Luminosity Dwarf Galaxy
Danté M. Hewitt, Mohit Bhardwaj, Alexa C. Gordon +48
We present the localization and host galaxy of FRB 20190208A, a repeating source of fast radio bursts (FRBs) discovered using CHIME/FRB. As part of the PRECISE repeater localizatio…
Where has all the -process gone? Timescales for GRB-Kilonovae to Enrich their Host Galaxies
Anya E. Nugent, Alexander P. Ji, Wen-fai Fong +2
Neutron star (NS) mergers are currently the only observed source of -process production in the Universe. Yet, it is unclear how much -process mass from these mergers is incor…
The Long-lived Broadband Afterglow of Short Gamma-Ray Burst 231117A and the Growing Radio-Detected Short GRB Population
Genevieve Schroeder, Wen-fai Fong, Charles D. Kilpatrick +28
We present multiwavelength observations of the Swift short -ray burst GRB 231117A, localized to an underlying galaxy at redshift at a small projected offset ($\sim 2…
A Radio Study of Persistent Radio Sources in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies: Implications for Fast Radio Bursts
Y. Dong, T. Eftekhari, W. Fong +17
We present 1 - 12 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations of 9 off-nuclear persistent radio sources (PRSs) in nearby (z < 0.055) dwarf galaxies, along with high-resolution…
A Fast Radio Burst in a Compact Galaxy Group at ~1
Alexa C. Gordon, Wen-fai Fong, Sunil Simha +14
FRB 20220610A is a high-redshift Fast Radio Burst (FRB) that has not been observed to repeat. Here, we present rest-frame UV and optical observati…
A Population of Short-duration Gamma-ray Bursts with Dwarf Host Galaxies
Anya E. Nugent, Wen-fai Fong, Cristian Castrejon +3
We present a population of 11 of the faintest ( AB mag) short gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies. We model their sparse available observations using the stellar population…
A Radio Flare in the Long-Lived Afterglow of the Distant Short GRB 210726A: Energy Injection or a Reverse Shock from Shell Collisions?
Genevieve Schroeder, Lauren Rhodes, Tanmoy Laskar +32
We present the discovery of the radio afterglow of the short -ray burst (GRB) 210726A, localized to a galaxy at a photometric redshift of . While radio observations c…
JWST detection of heavy neutron capture elements in a compact object merger
A. Levan, B. P. Gompertz, O. S. Salafia +80
The mergers of binary compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes are of central interest to several areas of astrophysics, including as the progenitors of gamma-ray burs…
The Host Galaxies of High Velocity Type Ia Supernovae
Anya E. Nugent, Abigail E. Polin, Peter E. Nugent
In recent years, there has been ample evidence that Type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) with high Si 2 velocities near peak brightness are distinguished from SNe Ia of lower velocities and…
A long-duration gamma-ray burst of dynamical origin from the nucleus of an ancient galaxy
Andrew J. Levan, Daniele B. Malesani, Benjamin P. Gompertz +29
The majority of long duration ( s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to arise from the collapse of massive stars \cite{Hjorth+03}, with a small proportion created from the m…
The Demographics, Stellar Populations, and Star Formation Histories of Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxies: Implications for the Progenitors
Alexa C. Gordon, Wen-fai Fong, Charles D. Kilpatrick +26
We present a comprehensive catalog of observations and stellar population properties for 23 highly secure host galaxies of fast radio bursts (FRBs). Our sample comprises six repeat…
The Jet Opening Angle and Event Rate Distributions of Short Gamma-ray Bursts from Late-time X-ray Afterglows
Alicia Rouco Escorial, Wen-fai Fong, Edo Berger +14
We present a comprehensive study of 29 short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) observed days post-burst using and . We provide the inferred distributi…
SN 2020jgb: A Peculiar Type Ia Supernova Triggered by a Helium-Shell Detonation in a Star-Forming Galaxy
Chang Liu, Adam A. Miller, Abigail Polin +25
The detonation of a thin () helium shell (He-shell) atop a white dwarf (WD) is a promising mechanism to explain normal…
Short GRB Host Galaxies I: Photometric and Spectroscopic Catalogs, Host Associations, and Galactocentric Offsets
Wen-fai Fong, Anya E. Nugent, Yuxin Dong +25
We present a comprehensive optical and near-infrared census of the fields of 90 short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) discovered in 2005-2021, constituting all short GRBs for which host ga…
Observational Inference on the Delay Time Distribution of Short Gamma-ray Bursts
Michael Zevin, Anya E. Nugent, Susmita Adhikari +3
The delay time distribution of neutron star mergers provides critical insights into binary evolution processes and the merger rate evolution of compact object binaries. However, cu…
Short GRB Host Galaxies. II. A Legacy Sample of Redshifts, Stellar Population Properties, and Implications for their Neutron Star Merger Origins
Anya E. Nugent, Wen-fai Fong, Yuxin Dong +14
We present the stellar population properties of 69 short gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies, representing the largest uniformly-modeled sample to-date. Using the Prospector stella…
A Radio-selected Population of Dark, Long Gamma-ray Bursts: Comparison to the Long Gamma-ray Burst Population and Implications for Host Dust Distributions
Genevieve Schroeder, Tanmoy Laskar, Wen-fai Fong +17
We present cm-band and mm-band afterglow observations of five long-duration -ray bursts (GRBs; GRB 130131A, 130420B, 130609A, 131229A, 140713A) with dust-obscured optical afterg…
The First Short GRB Millimeter Afterglow: The Wide-Angled Jet of the Extremely Energetic SGRB 211106A
Tanmoy Laskar, Alicia Rouco Escorial, Genevieve Schroeder +14
We present the discovery of the first millimeter afterglow of a short-duration -ray burst (SGRB) and the first confirmed afterglow of an SGRB localized by the GUANO system on Sw…