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astro-ph.HE2021★ 19 cited

Intermediate Luminosity Type Iax SN 2019muj With Narrow Absorption Lines: Long-Lasting Radiation Associated With a Possible Bound Remnant Predicted by the Weak Deflagration Model

Miho Kawabata, Keiichi Maeda, Masayuki Yamanaka +23

We present comprehensive spectroscopic and photometric analyses of the intermediate luminosity Type Iax supernova (SN Iax) 2019muj based on multi-band datasets observed through the…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 36 cited

X-ray, Optical, and Near-infrared Monitoring of the New X-ray Transient MAXI J1820+070 in the Low/hard State

Megumi Shidatsu, Satoshi Nakahira, Satoshi Yamada +26

We report X-ray, optical, and near-infrared monitoring of the new X-ray transient MAXI J1820070 discovered with MAXI on 2018 March 11. Its X-ray intensity reached Crab…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 340 cited

Kilonova from post-merger ejecta as an optical and near-infrared counterpart of GW170817

Masaomi Tanaka, Yousuke Utsumi, Paolo A. Mazzali +42

Recent detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star (NS) merger event GW170817 and identification of an electromagnetic counterpart provide a unique opportunity to study th…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 206 cited

J-GEM observations of an electromagnetic counterpart to the neutron star merger GW170817

Yousuke Utsumi, Masaomi Tanaka, Nozomu Tominaga +57

The first detected gravitational wave from a neutron star merger was GW170817. In this study, we present J-GEM follow-up observations of SSS17a, an electromagnetic counterpart of G…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 20 cited

No Evidence of Intrinsic Optical/Near-Infrared Linear Polarization for V404 Cygni During its Bright Outburst in 2015: Broadband Modeling and Constraint on Jet Parameters

Y. T. Tanaka, R. Itoh, M. Uemura +39

We present simultaneous optical and near-infrared (NIR) polarimetric results for the black hole binary V404 Cygni spanning the duration of its 7-day long optically-brightest phase…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 17 cited

Dense optical and near-infrared monitoring of CTA 102 during high state in 2012 with OISTER: Detection of intra-night "orphan polarized flux flare"

Ryosuke Itoh, Yasushi Fukazawa, Yasuyuki T. Tanaka +35

CTA 102, classified as a flat spectrum radio quasar at z=1.037, produced exceptionally bright optical flare in 2012 September. Following Fermi-LAT detection of enhanced gamma-ray a…