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The Superluminous Transient ASASSN-15lh as a Tidal Disruption Event from a Kerr Black Hole
G. Leloudas, M. Fraser, N. C. Stone +47
When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn apart. For a star with the mass of the Sun () and a non-spinning black hole with a…
The type Iax supernova, SN 2015H: a white dwarf deflagration candidate
M. R. Magee, R. Kotak, S. A. Sim +22
We present results based on observations of SN 2015H which belongs to the small group of objects similar to SN 2002cx, otherwise known as type Iax supernovae. The availability of d…
Pan-STARRS and PESSTO search for an optical counterpart to the LIGO gravitational wave source GW150914
S. J. Smartt, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Smith +48
We searched for an optical counterpart to the first gravitational wave source discovered by LIGO (GW150914), using a combination of the Pan-STARRS1 wide-field telescope and the PES…
A radio jet from the optical and x-ray bright stellar tidal disruption flare ASASSN-14li
Sjoert van Velzen, Gemma E. Anderson, Nicholas C. Stone +11
The tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole leads to a short-lived thermal flare. Despite extensive searches, radio follow-up observations of known thermal stellar…
LSQ13fn: A type II-Plateau supernova with a possibly low metallicity progenitor that breaks the standardised candle relation
J. Polshaw, R. Kotak, L. Dessart +20
We present optical imaging and spectroscopy of supernova (SN) LSQ13fn, a type II supernova with several hitherto-unseen properties. Although it initially showed strong symmetric sp…