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Gamma-ray burst progenitors
Andrew Levan, Paul Crowther, Richard de Grijs +3
We review our current understanding of the progenitors of both long and short duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Constraints can be derived from multiple directions, and we use thre…
The second closest gamma-ray burst: sub-luminous GRB 111005A with no supernova in a super-solar metallicity environment
Michał J. Michałowski, Dong Xu, Jamie Stevens +17
We report the detection of the radio afterglow of a long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 111005A at 5-345 GHz, including the very long baseline interferometry observations with the positiona…
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…
Liverpool Telescope follow-up of candidate electromagnetic counterparts during the first run of Advanced LIGO
C. M. Copperwheat, I. A. Steele, A. S. Piascik +17
The first direct detection of gravitational waves was made in late 2015 with the Advanced LIGO detectors. By prior arrangement, a worldwide collaboration of electromagnetic follow-…
An achromatic break in the afterglow of the short GRB 140903A: evidence for a narrow jet
E. Troja, T. Sakamoto, S. B. Cenko +17
We report the results of our observing campaign on GRB140903A, a nearby (z=0.351) short duration (T90~0.3 s) gamma-ray burst discovered by Swift. We monitored the X-ray afterglow w…
The Volumetric Rate of Superluminous Supernovae at z~1
S. Prajs, M. Sullivan, M. Smith +12
We present a measurement of the volumetric rate of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) at z~1, measured using archival data from the first four years of the Canada-France-Hawaii Teles…
Hubble Space Telescope observations of the host galaxies and environments of calcium-rich supernovae
J. D. Lyman, A. J. Levan, P. A. James +4
Calcium-rich supernovae represent a significant challenge for our understanding of the fates of stellar systems. They are less luminous than other supernova (SN) types and they evo…
An Ultraviolet Spectrum of the Tidal Disruption Flare ASASSN-14li
S. Bradley Cenko, Antonino Cucchiara, Nathaniel Roth +18
We present a Hubble Space Telescope STIS spectrum of ASASSN-14li, the first rest-frame UV spectrum of a tidal disruption flare (TDF). The underlying continuum is well fit by a blac…