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Long term optical variations in Swift J1858.6-0814: evidence for ablation and comparisons to radio properties
L. Rhodes, D. M. Russell, P. Saikia +5
We present optical monitoring of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 during its 2018-2020 outburst and subsequent quiescence. We find that there was strong op…
Testing EMRI models for Quasi-Periodic Eruptions with 3.5 years of monitoring eRO-QPE1
Joheen Chakraborty, Riccardo Arcodia, Erin Kara +13
Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs) are luminous X-ray outbursts recurring on hour timescales, observed from the nuclei of a growing handful of nearby low-mass galaxies. Their physical…
The dense and non-homogeneous circumstellar medium revealed in radio wavelengths around the Type Ib SN 2019oys
Itai Sfaradi, Assaf Horesh, Jesper Sollerman +7
We present here broadband radio observations of the CSM interacting SN2019oys. SN2019oys was first detected in the optical and was classified as a Type Ib SN. Then, about $\sim 100…
Commensal Transient Searches in Eight Short Gamma Ray Burst Fields
S. I. Chastain, A. J. van der Horst, A. Rowlinson +5
A new generation of radio telescopes with excellent sensitivity, instantaneous {\it uv} coverage, and large fields of view, are providing unprecedented opportunities for performing…
AT2022aedm and a new class of luminous, fast-cooling transients in elliptical galaxies
M. Nicholl, S. Srivastav, M. D. Fulton +49
We present the discovery and extensive follow-up of a remarkable fast-evolving optical transient, AT2022aedm, detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert Survey (ATLAS).…
FRB 20121102A: images of the bursts and the varying radio counterpart
L. Rhodes, M. Caleb, B. W. Stappers +4
As more Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are being localised, we are learning that some fraction have persistent radio sources (PRSs). Such a discovery motivates an improvement in our unde…
An off-axis relativistic jet seen in the long lasting delayed radio flare of the TDE AT 2018hyz
Itai Sfaradi, Paz Beniamini, Assaf Horesh +8
The Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) AT 2018hyz exhibited a delayed radio flare almost three years after the stellar disruption. Here we report new radio observations of the TDE AT 201…
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…
Bursts from Space: MeerKAT - The first citizen science project dedicated to commensal radio transients
Alex Andersson, Chris Lintott, Rob Fender +40
The newest generation of radio telescopes are able to survey large areas with high sensitivity and cadence, producing data volumes that require new methods to better understand the…
Precise Measurements of Self-absorbed Rising Reverse Shock Emission from Gamma-ray Burst 221009A
Joe S. Bright, Lauren Rhodes, Wael Farah +18
The deaths of massive stars are sometimes accompanied by the launch of highly relativistic and collimated jets. If the jet is pointed towards Earth, we observe a "prompt" gamma-ray…
The Link Between Neutron Star X-ray Binaries and Spider Pulsars
Amy H. Knight, Adam Ingram, Jakob van den Eijnden +3
The discovery of transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) provided conclusive proof that neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) comprise part of the evolutionary pathway…
Day-timescale variability in the radio light curve of the Tidal Disruption Event AT2022cmc: confirmation of a highly relativistic outflow
L. Rhodes, J. S. Bright, R. Fender +9
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are transient, multi-wavelength events in which a star is ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. Observations show that in a small fraction of TD…
The optical light curve of GRB 221009A: the afterglow and the emerging supernova
M. D. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, L. Rhodes +46
We present extensive optical photometry of the afterglow of GRB~221009A. Our data cover \,days from the time of \textit{Swift} and \textit{Fermi} GRB detections. Photom…
The Birth of a Relativistic Jet Following the Disruption of a Star by a Cosmological Black Hole
Dheeraj R. Pasham, Matteo Lucchini, Tanmoy Laskar +63
A black hole can launch a powerful relativistic jet after it tidally disrupts a star. If this jet fortuitously aligns with our line of sight, the overall brightness is Doppler boos…
Radio observations of the Black Hole X-ray Binary EXO 1846-031 re-awakening from a 34-year slumber
D. R. A. Williams, S. E. Motta, R. Fender +15
We present radio [1.3 GHz MeerKAT, 4-8 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and 15.5 GHz Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array (AMI-LA)] and X-ray (Swift and MAXI) data fro…
VLBI observations of GRB 201015A, a relatively faint GRB with a hint of Very High Energy gamma-ray emission
S. Giarratana, L. Rhodes, B. Marcote +14
GRB 201015A is a long-duration Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) which was detected at very high energies (> 100 GeV) using the MAGIC telescopes. If confirmed, this would be the fifth and leas…
Jet-Cocoon Geometry in the Optically Dark, Very High Energy Gamma-ray Burst 201216C
L. Rhodes, A. J. van der Horst, R. Fender +4
We present the results of a radio observing campaign on GRB 201216C, combined with publicly available optical and X-ray data. The detection of very high energy (VHE, >100GeV) emiss…
Serendipitous discovery of radio flaring behaviour from a nearby M dwarf with MeerKAT
Alex Andersson, Rob Fender, Chris Lintott +12
We report on the detection of MKT J174641.0321404, a new radio transient found in untargeted searches of wide-field MeerKAT radio images centred on the black hole X-ray binary H…
Long term radio monitoring of the neutron star X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814
L. Rhodes, R. P. Fender, S. E. Motta +4
We present the results of our long term radio monitoring campaign at 1.3GHz (MeerKAT) and 15.5GHz (Arcminute Microkelvin Imager - Large Array, AMI-LA) for the outburst of the recen…
A persistent ultraviolet outflow from an accreting neutron star binary transient
N. Castro Segura, C. Knigge, K. S. Long +31
All disc-accreting astrophysical objects produce powerful outflows. In binaries containing neutron stars (NS) or black holes, accretion often takes place during violent outbursts.…
Radio and X-ray observations of the luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient AT2020xnd
Joe S. Bright, Raffaella Margutti, David Matthews +25
We present deep X-ray and radio observations of the Fast Blue Optical Transient (FBOT) AT2020xnd/ZTF20acigmel at from d to d after explosion. AT2020xnd belongs…
An analysis of the time-frequency structure of several bursts from FRB121102 detected with MeerKAT
E. Platts, M. Caleb, B. W. Stappers +11
We present a detailed study of the complex time-frequency structure of a sample of previously reported bursts of FRB 121102 detected with the MeerKAT telescope in September 2019. T…
An early peak in the radio light curve of short-duration Gamma-Ray Burst 200826A
Lauren Rhodes, Rob Fender, David R. A. Williams +1
We present the results of radio observations from the eMERLIN telescope combined with X-ray data from Swift for the short-duration Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 200826A, located at a redsh…