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The Palomar Transient Factory photometric calibration
E. O. Ofek, R. Laher, N. Law +20
The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) provides multiple epoch imaging for a large fraction of the sky. Here we describe the photometric calibration of the PTF data products that rela…
Calcium-rich gap transients in the remote outskirts of galaxies
Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam +25
From the first two seasons of the Palomar Transient Factory, we identify three peculiar transients (PTF09dav, PTF10iuv, PTF11bij) with five distinguishing characteristics: peak lum…
Evidence for a compact Wolf-Rayet progenitor for the Type Ic supernova PTF 10vgv
A. Corsi, E. O. Ofek, A. Gal-Yam +22
We present the discovery of PTF 10vgv, a Type Ic supernova detected by the Palomar Transient Factory, using the Palomar 48-inch telescope (P48). R-band observations of the PTF 10vg…
Early radio and X-ray observations of the youngest nearby type Ia supernova PTF11kly (SN 2011fe)
Assaf Horesh, S. R. Kulkarni, Derek B. Fox +20
On August 24 (UT) the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) discovered PTF11kly (SN 2011fe), the youngest and most nearby type Ia supernova (SN Ia) in decades. We followed this event up…
SN2010jp (PTF10aaxi): A Jet-Driven Type II Supernova
Nathan Smith, S. Bradley Cenko, Nat Butler +18
We present photometry and spectroscopy of the peculiar TypeII supernova (SN) 2010jp, also named PTF10aaxi. The light curve exhibits a linear decline with a relatively low peak abso…
PTF1 J071912.13+485834.0: An outbursting AM CVn system discovered by a synoptic survey
David Levitan, Benjamin J. Fulton, Paul J. Groot +14
We present extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of PTF1 J071912.13+485834.0, an outbursting AM CVn system discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). AM CVn…