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20192026
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28 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Extreme Stellar Death and Galaxy Feedback at z = 2: A Rest-frame Ultraviolet Characterization of the Strongly Lensed Superluminous Supernova 2025wny

Willem B. Hoogendam, David O. Jones, Christopher J. Storfer +26

We present photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations of the strongly-lensed H-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) 2025wny at . We use integral-field Keck-II/…

astro-ph.HE2026

Nearby Supernova Science in the Era of High Cadence, Deep Time Domain Surveys

David J. Sand, Bhagya Subrayan, Conor L. Ransome +41

We discuss science opportunities for nearby supernovae (SNe) in the era of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), emphasizing the youngest phases o…

astro-ph.HE2026

DETECT: Real-Time Identification of Transients with DESI Spectroscopic Redshift

Yu-Hsing Lee, Ting-Wan Chen, Ze-Ning Wang +10

Wide-field surveys now report thousands of transients per month, while spectra are obtained for only a few per cent of them. We present DETECT (DESI--Transient Event Cross-matching…

astro-ph.HE2026

Aarmed with Data: Bumps, Outflows, and Disk-like Emission in TDE 2025aarm

Aysha Aamer, Kate D. Alexander, Charlotte R. Angus +43

The origin of the optical emission in tidal disruption events (TDEs) remains one of the major outstanding questions in the field, in part due to the limited number of nearby events…

astro-ph.HE2026

A Two-month, Galaxy-targeted NIR Follow-up of the Sub-solar-mass Gravitational Wave Candidate S251112cm: Probing Electromagnetic Counterpart Scenarios

Gregory S. H. Paek, Felipe Olivares E., Willem B. Hoogendam

S251112cm is a nearby (~Mpc) compact-binary merger candidate with a high inferred probability that at least one component is below . This event provides a ra…

astro-ph.GA2026

Characterizing the disruption of Böotes III: a missing link in the Galactic halo?

Jaclyn Jensen, Daniel A. Boyea, Alan W. McConnachie +14

The Böotes III (Boo3) dwarf galaxy has long been suspected of being the progenitor of Styx, a ~50°-long stellar stream that was simultaneously discovered in the same region of sky.…

astro-ph.SR2026

7DT Insight: Variability in Young Stellar Objects

Mi-Ryang Kim, Jeong-Eun Lee, Myungshin Im +11

Photometric variability in young stellar objects (YSOs) provides critical insight into the mechanisms of mass accretion, disk evolution, and circumstellar extinction in early stell…

astro-ph.IM2026

KMTNet Synoptic Survey of Southern Sky III: The First Data Release

Seo-Won Chang, Myungshin Im, Mankeun Jeong +13

We present the first public data release (DR1) of the KMTNet Synoptic Survey of Southern Sky (KS4). This deep, wide-field imaging survey covers a southern footprint of -85$^{\circ}…

astro-ph.IM2026

KMTNet Synoptic Survey of Southern Sky II: Data Reduction and Real-Time Transient Detection Pipeline

Mankeun Jeong, Myungshin Im, Joonho Kim +9

We present a comprehensive pipeline developed for the image processing of the KMTNet Synoptic Survey of the Southern Sky (KS4) Data Release 1. This pipeline encompasses several key…

astro-ph.EP2026

Pre-perihelion Emergence of the CN Gas Coma in 3I/ATLAS Temporally and Spatially Resolved by the 7-Dimensional Telescope

Gregory S. H. Paek, Myungshin Im, Mankeun Jeong +8

We present time-series medium-band (R~20-40) observations of the third interstellar object 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) obtained with the 7-Dimensional Telescope (7DT), enabling spatially…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

University of Hawaii 88-inch Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Spectrophotometric Blue-Sensitive Spectral Time Series Spanning Two Months from Discovery

W. B. Hoogendam, D. Kuesters, B. J. Shappee +22

Interstellar objects are the ejected building blocks of other solar systems. As such, they enable the acquisition of otherwise inaccessible information about nascent extrasolar sys…

astro-ph.IM2025

Investigating the Effects of Point Source Injection Strategies on KMTNet Real/Bogus Classification

Dongjin Lee, Gregory S. H. Paek, Seo-Won Chang +6

Recently, machine learning-based real/bogus (RB) classifiers have demonstrated effectiveness in filtering out artifacts and identifying genuine transients in real-time astronomical…

astro-ph.GA2025

Photometric Redshift Forecast for 7-Dimensional Sky Survey

Eunhee Ko, Myungshin Im, Yujin Yang +3

We investigate the expected accuracy of redshifts that can be obtained using low-resolution spectroscopic (medium-band) data from the 7-Dimensional Sky Survey (7DS). By leveraging…

astro-ph.GA2025

AllBRICQS: The Discovery of Luminous Quasars in the Northern Hemisphere

Yunyi Choi, Yuming Fu, Myungshin Im +16

We present the second catalog of bright quasars from the All-sky BRIght, Complete Quasar Survey (AllBRICQS), focusing on spectroscopically observed quasars in the Northern Hemisphe…

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.HE2025

GECKO Follow-up Observation of the Binary Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger Candidate S230518h

Gregory S. H. Paek, Myungshin Im, Mankeun Jeong +12

The gravitational wave (GW) event S230518h is a potential binary neutron star-black hole merger (NSBH) event that was detected during engineering run 15 (ER15), which served as the…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Detection of Unresolved Strongly Lensed Supernovae with 7-Dimensional Telescope

Elahe Khalouei, Arman Shafieloo, Alex G. Kim +6

Gravitationally lensed supernovae (glSNe) are a powerful tool for exploring the realms of astronomy and cosmology. Time-delay measurements and lens modeling of glSNe can provide a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 5 cited

Multiwavelength Afterglow Analysis of GRB 221009A: Unveiling the Evolution of a Cooling Break in a Wind-like Medium

Donggeun Tak, Z. Lucas Uhm, Gregory S. H. Paek +8

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic explosions in the universe, and their afterglow emission provides an opportunity to probe the physics of relativistic shock waves in…

astro-ph.IM2024

Introduction to the 7-Dimensional Telescope: Commissioning Procedures and Data Characteristics

Ji Hoon Kim, Myungshin Im, Hyung Mok Lee +3

The 7-Dimensional Telescope (7DT) is a multi-telescope system designed to identify electromagnetic (EM) counterparts of gravitational-wave (GW) sources. Consisting of 20 50-cm tele…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 12 cited

Fires in the deep: The luminosity distribution of early-time gamma-ray-burst afterglows in light of the Gamow Explorer sensitivity requirements

D. A. Kann, N. E. White, G. Ghirlanda +58

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ideal probes of the Universe at high redshift (z > 5), pinpointing the locations of the earliest star-forming galaxies and providing bright backlights t…

astro-ph.HE2023

Gravitational-wave Electromagnetic Counterpart Korean Observatory (GECKO): GECKO Follow-up Observation of GW190425

Gregory S. H. Paek, Myungshin Im, Joonho Kim +13

One of the keys to the success of multimessenger astronomy is the rapid identification of the electromagnetic wave counterpart, kilonova (KN), of the gravitational-wave (GW) event.…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 18 cited

Deciphering the unusual stellar progenitor of GRB 210704A

R. L. Becerra, E. Troja, A. M. Watson +16

GRB~210704A is a burst of intermediate duration (~s) followed by a fading afterglow and an optical excess that peaked about 7 days after the explosion. Its propert…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 11 cited

The Early Light Curve of a Type Ia Supernova 2021hpr in NGC 3147: Progenitor Constraints with the Companion Interaction Model

Gu Lim, Myungshin Im, Gregory S. H. Paek +19

The progenitor system of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is expected to be a close binary system of a carbon/oxygen white dwarf (WD) and a non-degenerate star or another WD. Here, we p…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 7 cited

Unusual Hard X-ray Flares Caught in NICER Monitoring of the Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidate AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303

Megan Masterson, Erin Kara, Dheeraj R. Pasham +17

The nuclear transient AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303 has been suggested to harbor a supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary near coalescence. We report results from high-cadence…