3 papers
astro-ph.HE2018
iPTF 16hgs: A double-peaked Ca-rich gap transient in a metal poor, star forming dwarf galaxy
Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Therese Cantwell +18
Calcium rich gap transients represent an intriguing new class of faint and fast evolving supernovae that exhibit strong [Ca II] emission in their nebular phase spectra. In this pap…
astro-ph.IM2017
The SED Machine: a robotic spectrograph for fast transient classification
Nadejda Blagorodnova, James D. Neill, Richard Walters +13
Current time domain facilities are finding several hundreds of transient astronomical events a year. The discovery rate is expected to increase in the future as soon as new surveys…
astro-ph.HE2017
SPIRITS: Uncovering Unusual Infrared Transients With Spitzer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, John Bally, Frank Masci +44
We present an ongoing, systematic search for extragalactic infrared transients, dubbed SPIRITS --- SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey. In the first year, using Spitzer/IR…