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Multi-messenger Bayesian parameter inference of a binary neutron-star merger
Michael W. Coughlin, Tim Dietrich, Ben Margalit +1
The combined detection of a binary neutron-star merger in both gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation spanning the entire spectrum -- GW170817 / AT2017gfo / G…
An embedded X-ray source shines through the aspherical AT2018cow: revealing the inner workings of the most luminous fast-evolving optical transients
Raffaella Margutti, B. D. Metzger, R. Chornock +41
We present the first extensive radio to gamma-ray observations of a fast-rising blue optical transient (FBOT), AT2018cow, over its first ~100 days. AT2018cow rose over a few days t…
One thousand days of SN 2015bn: HST imaging shows a light curve flattening consistent with magnetar predictions
Matt Nicholl, Peter K. Blanchard, Edo Berger +9
We present the first observations of a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN) at days after maximum light. We observed SN 2015bn using the Hubble Space Telescope Adva…
Where is the engine hiding its missing energy? Constraints from a deep X-ray non-detection of the Superluminous SN 2015bn
Kornpob Bhirombhakdi, Ryan Chornock, Raffaella Margutti +5
SN 2015bn is a nearby hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) that has been intensively observed in X-rays with the goal to detect the spin-down powered emission from a magn…
A concordance picture of FRB 121102 as a flaring magnetar embedded in a magnetized ion-electron wind nebula
Ben Margalit, Brian D. Metzger
The fast radio burst FRB 121102 has repeated multiple times, enabling the identification of its host galaxy and of a spatially-coincident, compact, steady (`quiescent') radio synch…
Unveiling the Engines of Fast Radio Bursts, Super-Luminous Supernovae, and Gamma-Ray Bursts
Ben Margalit, Brian D. Metzger, Edo Berger +3
Young, rapidly spinning magnetars are invoked as central engines behind a diverse set of transient astrophysical phenomena, including gamma-ray bursts (GRB), super-luminous superno…