7 papers
KilonovaSCORER: Prior-Predictive Scoring of Kilonovae for Real-Time Multimessenger Follow-Up
P. Darc, C. D. Kilpatrick
Real-time ranking of optical transient candidates during gravitational-wave (GW) and multimessenger follow-up is challenging when only sparse early-time, multi-band photometry is a…
Searching for Binary Black Hole Merger Emission in AGN Disks: Optical and Spectroscopic Follow-up of S240413p
P. Darc, C. R. Bom, A. Santos +7
The conditions under which binary black hole (BBH) mergers embedded in active galactic nucleus (AGN) disks produce detectable optical counterparts remain poorly constrained observa…
AT2022zod: An Unusual Tidal Disruption Event in an Elliptical Galaxy at Redshift 0.11
Kristen C. Dage, Phelipe Darc, Thallis Pessi +16
Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) have long been hypothesized as valuable indicators of black holes, offering insight into their demographics and behaviour out to high redshift. TDEs…
Symbolic Regression Is All You Need: From Simulations to Scaling Laws in Binary Neutron Star Mergers
P. Darc, Clecio R. Bom, Charles Kilpatrick +2
Gravitational wave sources with electromagnetic counterparts have highlighted the need for predictive, interpretable models linking the parameters of compact binary systems to post…
Optimizing Kilonova Searches: A Case Study of the Type IIb SN 2025ulz in the Localization Volume of the Low-Significance Gravitational Wave Event S250818k
Noah Franz, Bhagya Subrayan, Charles D. Kilpatrick +54
Kilonovae, the ultraviolet/optical/infrared counterparts to binary neutron star mergers, are an exceptionally rare class of transients. Optical follow-up campaigns are plagued by c…
SN 2022acko and the Properties of its Red Supergiant Progenitor: Direct Detection, Light Curves, and Nebular Spectroscopy
Gabriel Teixeira, Charlie D. Kilpatrick, Clécio R. Bom +12
We present ultraviolet, optical, and infrared observations of the Type II-P supernova SN 2022acko in NGC 1300, located at a distance of 19.0 +/- 2.9 Mpc. Our dataset spans 1-350 da…