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most citedThe Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

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astro-ph.HE2016★ 107 cited

Superluminous supernova 2015bn in the nebular phase: evidence for the engine-powered explosion of a stripped massive star

M. Nicholl, E. Berger, R. Margutti +25

We present nebular-phase imaging and spectroscopy for the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova SN 2015bn, at redshift z=0.1136, spanning +250-400 d after maximum light. The light…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 57 cited

A DECam Search for an Optical Counterpart to the LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW151226

P. S. Cowperthwaite, E. Berger, M. Soares-Santos +97

We report the results of a Dark Energy Camera (DECam) optical follow-up of the gravitational wave (GW) event GW151226, discovered by the Advanced LIGO detectors. Our observations c…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 83 cited

PS1-14bj: A Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernova With a Long Rise and Slow Decay

R. Lunnan, R. Chornock, E. Berger +27

We present photometry and spectroscopy of PS1-14bj, a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift discovered in the last months of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium De…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 160 cited

SN 2015bn: a detailed multi-wavelength view of a nearby superluminous supernova

M. Nicholl, E. Berger, S. J. Smartt +42

We present observations of SN 2015bn (= PS15ae = CSS141223-113342+004332 = MLS150211-113342+004333), a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift . As well as bein…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 27 cited

A Dark Energy Camera Search for Missing Supergiants in the LMC After the Advanced LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW150914

J. Annis, M. Soares-Santos, E. Berger +104

The collapse of the core of a star is expected to produce gravitational radiation. While this process will usually produce a luminous supernova, the optical signatue could be sublu…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 70 cited

A Dark Energy Camera Search for an Optical Counterpart to the First Advanced LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW150914

M. Soares-Santos, R. Kessler, E. Berger +112

We report initial results of a deep search for an optical counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW150914, the first trigger from the Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detector…