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most citedThe Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

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astro-ph.HE2016★ 85 cited

The Afterglow and Early-Type Host Galaxy of the Short GRB 150101B at z=0.1343

Wen-fai Fong, Raffaella Margutti, Ryan Chornock +14

We present the discovery of the X-ray and optical afterglows of the short-duration GRB 150101B, pinpointing the event to an early-type host galaxy at z=0.1343 +/- 0.0030. This make…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 193 cited

PTF12os and iPTF13bvn. Two stripped-envelope supernovae from low-mass progenitors in NGC 5806

C. Fremling, J. Sollerman, F. Taddia +19

We investigate two stripped-envelope supernovae (SNe) discovered in the nearby galaxy NGC 5806 by the (i)PTF. These SNe, designated PTF12os/SN 2012P and iPTF13bvn, exploded at a si…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 25 cited

Multi-Wavelength Coverage of State Transitions in the New Black Hole X-Ray Binary Swift J1910.2-0546

N. Degenaar, D. Maitra, E. M. Cackett +11

Understanding how black holes accrete and supply feedback to their environment is one of the outstanding challenges of modern astrophysics. Swift J1910.2-0546 is a candidate black…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 1 cited

The low-extinction afterglow in the solar-metallicity host galaxy of GRB 110918A

J. Elliott, T. Krühler, J. Greiner +21

Galaxies selected through long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could be of fundamental importance when mapping the star formation history out to the highest redshifts. Before using them as…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 49 cited

The Afterglow and ULIRG Host Galaxy of the Dark Short GRB 120804A

E. Berger, B. A. Zauderer, A. Levan +12

We present the optical discovery and sub-arcsecond optical and X-ray localization of the afterglow of the short GRB 120804A, as well as optical, near-IR, and radio detections of it…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 424 cited

The Birth of a Relativistic Outflow in the Unusual γ-ray Transient Swift J164449.3+573451

B. A. Zauderer, E. Berger, A. M. Soderberg +24

Active galactic nuclei (AGN), powered by long-term accretion onto central supermassive black holes, produce relativistic jets with lifetimes of greater than one million yr that pre…