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A population of highly energetic transient events in the centres of active galaxies
E. Kankare, R. Kotak, S. Mattila +25
Recent all-sky surveys have led to the discovery of new types of transients. These include stars disrupted by the central supermassive black hole, and supernovae that are 10-100 ti…
The Foundation Supernova Survey: Motivation, Design, Implementation, and First Data Release
Ryan J. Foley, Daniel Scolnic, Armin Rest +25
The Foundation Supernova Survey aims to provide a large, high-fidelity, homogeneous, and precisely-calibrated low-redshift Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) sample for cosmology. The calib…
The Geometry of Sagittarius Stream from Pan-STARRS1 3 RR Lyrae
Nina Hernitschek, Branimir Sesar, Hans-Walter Rix +11
We present a comprehensive and precise description of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stellar stream's 3D geometry as traced by its old stellar population. This analysis draws on the sample…
A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source
S. J. Smartt, T. -W. Chen, A. Jerkstrand +118
Gravitational waves were discovered with the detection of binary black hole mergers and they should also be detectable from lower mass neutron star mergers. These are predicted to…
CO-Driven Activity in Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
Karen J. Meech, Jan T. Kleyna, Olivier Hainaut +12
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Survey on 2017 May 21 at a distance 16.09 au from the Sun, the second most distant discovery of an active comet.…
Charge Diffusion Variations in Pan-STARRS\,1 CCDs
Eugene A. Magnier, J. L. Tonry, D. Finkbeiner +10
Thick back-illuminated deep-depletion CCDs have superior quantum efficiency over previous generations of thinned and traditional thick CCDs. As a result, they are being used for wi…
Physical properties of 15 quasars at
C. Mazzucchelli, E. Bañados, B. P. Venemans +21
Quasars are galaxies hosting accreting supermassive black holes; due to their brightness, they are unique probes of the early universe. To date, only few quasars have been reported…
Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters
D. O. Jones, D. M. Scolnic, A. G. Riess +25
We use 1169 Pan-STARRS supernovae (SNe) and 195 low- () SNe Ia to measure cosmological parameters. Though most Pan-STARRS SNe lack spectroscopic classifications, in a p…
The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample
D. M. Scolnic, D. O. Jones, A. Rest +37
We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for 365 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Medium Deep Surv…
A dwarf planet class object in the 21:5 resonance with Neptune
Matthew J. Holman, Matthew J. Payne, Wesley Fraser +33
We report the discovery of a dwarf planet candidate by the Pan-STARRS Outer Solar System Survey. 2010 JO is red with , roughly round,…
Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey
R. Lunnan, R. Chornock, E. Berger +31
We present light curves and classification spectra of 17 hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (PS1 MDS). Our sample contains all o…
A transient search using combined human and machine classifications
Darryl E. Wright, Chris J. Lintott, Stephen J. Smartt +22
Large modern surveys require efficient review of data in order to find transient sources such as supernovae, and to distinguish such sources from artefacts and noise. Much effort h…
Supernovae 2016bdu and 2005gl, and their link with SN 2009ip-like transients: another piece of the puzzle
A. Pastorello, C. S. Kochanek, M. Fraser +52
Supernova (SN) 2016bdu is an unusual transient resembling SN 2009ip. SN 2009ip-like events are characterized by a long-lasting phase of erratic variability which ends with two lumi…
The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: Definition and J-band Data Release
S. Dye, A. Lawrence, M. A. Read +23
This paper defines the UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the remaining ~12,700 sq.deg of J-band survey data products. The UHS will provide conti…
The Time-Domain Spectroscopic Survey: Target Selection for Repeat Spectroscopy
Chelsea L. MacLeod, Paul J. Green, Scott F. Anderson +35
As astronomers increasingly exploit the information available in the time domain, spectroscopic variability in particular opens broad new channels of investigation. Here we describ…
An updated Type II supernova Hubble diagram
E. E. E. Gall, R. Kotak, B. Leibundgut +15
We present photometry and spectroscopy of nine Type II-P/L supernovae (SNe) with redshifts in the 0.045 < z < 0.335 range, with a view to re-examining their utility as distance ind…
Identification of partially resolved binaries in Pan-STARRS1 data
N. R. Deacon, E. A. Magnier, William M. J. Best +9
Using shape measurement techniques developed for weak lensing surveys we have identified three new ultracool binaries in the Pan-STARRS1 survey. Binary companions which are not com…
The splitting of double-component active asteroid P/2016 J1 (PANSTARRS)
Fernando Moreno, Francisco Pozuelos, Bojan Novakovic +20
We present deep imaging observations, orbital dynamics, and dust tail model analyses of the double-component asteroid P/2016 J1 (J1-A and J1-B). The observations were acquired at t…
A Search for L/T Transition Dwarfs With Pan-STARRS1 and WISE. III. Young L Dwarf Discoveries and Proper Motion Catalogs in Taurus and Scorpius-Centaurus
William M. J. Best, Michael C. Liu, Eugene A. Magnier +13
We present the discovery of eight young M7-L2 dwarfs in the Taurus star-forming region and the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association, serendipitously found during a wide-field search f…
2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary
N. R. Deacon, E. A. Magnier, Michael C. Liu +14
We present the discovery of a 360 AU separation T3 companion to the tight (3.1 AU) M4.5+M6.5 binary 2MASS J02132062+3648506. This companion was identified using Pan-STARRS1 data an…
Astrometric evidence for a population of dislodged AGN
Valeri V. Makarov, Julien Frouard, Ciprian T. Berghea +5
We investigate a sample of 2293 ICRF2 extragalactic radio-loud sources with accurate positions determined by VLBI, mostly active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasars, which are cross-…
Photometry and Proper Motions of M, L, and T Dwarfs from the Pan-STARRS1 3 Survey
William M. J. Best, Eugene A. Magnier, Michael C. Liu +12
We present a catalog of 9888 M, L and T dwarfs detected in the Pan-STARRS1 3 Survey (PS1), covering three-quarters of the sky. Our catalog contains nearly all known objects of s…