3 papers
astro-ph.EP2024
Searching for Tidal Orbital Decay in Hot Jupiters
Efrain Alvarado, Kate B. Bostow, Kishore C. Patra +18
We study transits of several ``hot Jupiter'' systems - including WASP-12 b, WASP-43 b, WASP-103 b, HAT-P-23 b, KELT-16 b, WD 1856+534 b, and WTS-2 b - with the goal of detecting ti…
astro-ph.HE2024
Multiwavelength Polarization Observations of Mrk 501
Xin-Ke Hu, Yu-Wei Yu, Jin Zhang +18
Mrk 501 is a prototypical high-synchrotron-peaked blazar (HBL) and serves as one of the primary targets for the {\it Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer} ({\it IXPE}). In this study…
astro-ph.HE2024
GRB 221009A/SN 2022xiw: A Supernova Obscured by a Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow?
De-Feng Kong, Xiang-Gao Wang, WeiKang Zheng +10
We present optical photometry for the afterglow of GRB 221009A, in some respects the most extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever observed. Good quality in the R-band light curve…