4 papers
An analysis of the Type Ia SN 2024gy and a comparison of different host extinction estimation techniques
Jacco H. Terwel, Kate Maguire, Cillian O'Donnell +38
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are well-known standardisable candles, and are one of the main ways to measure the distance to their host galaxies. However, extinction due to interstel…
Optical polarimetry of the accreting black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.81613 over the state transition and radio ejections
Anagha P. Nitindala, Alexandra Veledina, Vadim Kravtsov +7
We present the first optical () polarimetric observations of Swift J1727.81613 during its 2023--2024 outburst. Observations were performed during the X-ray hard-to-soft sta…
A real-time search for Type Ia Supernovae with late-time CSM interaction in ZTF
Jacco H. Terwel, Kate Maguire, Seán J. Brennan +20
The nature of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) progenitor systems and the mechanisms that lead up to their explosions are still widely debated. In rare cases the SN ejecta interact with c…
NICER observations of type-I X-ray bursts from the ultra-compact X-ray binary M15 X-2
MarÃa Alejandra DÃaz Teodori, Jari J. E. Kajava, Celia Sánchez-Fernández +3
Type-I X-ray bursts are thermonuclear explosions caused by the unstable burning of accreted material on the surface of neutron stars. We report the detection of seven type-I X-ray…