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The hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova iPTF13ajg and its host galaxy in absorption and emission
Paul M. Vreeswijk, Sandra Savaglio, Avishay Gal-Yam +24
We present imaging and spectroscopy of a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory: iPTF13ajg. At a redshift of z=0.7403…
Identification of the Optical Counterpart of Fermi Black Widow Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1544+4937
Sumin Tang, David L. Kaplan, Sterl Phinney +10
We report the optical identification of the companion to the {\it Fermi} black widow millisecond pulsar PSR J1544+4937. We find a highly variable source on Keck LRIS images at the…
A Wolf-Rayet-like progenitor of supernova SN 2013cu from spectral observations of a wind
Avishay Gal-Yam, I. Arcavi, E. O. Ofek +17
The explosive fate of massive stripped Wolf-Rayet (W-R) stars is a key open question in stellar physics. An appealing option is that hydrogen-deficient W-R stars are the progenitor…
Slow-Speed Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Two Channels
Christopher J. White, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Peter E. Nugent +20
Since the discovery of the unusual prototype SN 2002cx, the eponymous class of low-velocity, hydrogen-poor supernovae has grown to include at most another two dozen members identif…
Interaction-powered supernovae: Rise-time vs. peak-luminosity correlation and the shock-breakout velocity
E. O. Ofek, I. Arcavi, D. Tal +16
Interaction of supernova (SN) ejecta with the optically thick circumstellar medium (CSM) of a progenitor star can result in a bright, long-lived shock breakout event. Candidates fo…
An Accreting White Dwarf near the Chandrasekhar Limit in the Andromeda Galaxy
Sumin Tang, Lars Bildsten, William M. Wolf +13
The iPTF detection of the most recent outburst of the recurrent nova system RX J0045.4+4154 in the Andromeda Galaxy has enabled the unprecedented study of a massive ($M>1.3\ M_\odo…