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SPIRITS 19q: Dust Production by a Subsolar-metallicity Carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet Star in NGC 2403
Sam Rose, Ryan M. Lau, Jacob E. Jencson +20
We present JWST/NIRSpec IFU observations of SPIRITS 19q, the highly dust-producing carbon-rich (WC) binary candidate located in a subsolar-metallicity region of the nearby spiral g…
Constraining properties of dust formed in Wolf-Rayet binary WR 112 using mid-infrared and millimeter observations
Donglin Wu, Yinuo Han, Peredur M. Williams +9
Binaries that host a carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet (WC) star and an OB-type companion can be copious dust producers. Yet the properties of dust, particularly the grain size distribution,…
A spectral library and census of near-infrared stellar large-amplitude variables from Palomar Gattini-IR
Nicholas Earley, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal +9
We present a near-infrared census of stellar large-amplitude variables (LAVs) observed by the Palomar Gattini-IR (PGIR) surveyor from 2019-2021. Over the three-year time period, PG…
Carbon-rich dust injected into the interstellar medium by Galactic WC binaries survives for hundreds of years
Noel D. Richardson, Micaela Henson, Emma P. Lieb +23
Some carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet stars (WC stars) show an infrared excess from dust emission. Dust forms in the collision of the WC wind with a companion star's wind. As this dust is ca…
Revealing a main-sequence star that consumed a planet with JWST
Ryan M. Lau, Jacob E. Jencson, Colette Salyk +8
The subluminous red nova (SLRN) ZTF SLRN-2020 is the most compelling direct detection of a planet being consumed by its host star, a scenario known as a planetary engulfment event.…
Possible anti-correlations between pulsation amplitudes and the disk growth of Be stars in giant-outbursting Be X-ray binaries
Masafumi Niwano, Michael M. Fausnaugh, Ryan M. Lau +15
The mechanism of X-ray outbursts in Be X-ray binaries remains a mystery, and understanding their circumstellar disks is crucial for a solution of the mass-transfer problem. In part…
Investigating the Electron Capture Supernova Candidate AT 2019abn with JWST Spectroscopy
Sam Rose, Ryan M. Lau, Jacob E. Jencson +5
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened up a new window to study highly reddened explosive transients. We present results from late-time (1421 days post-explosion) JWST fo…
An infrared census of R Coronae Borealis Stars II -- Spectroscopic classifications and implications for the rate of low-mass white dwarf mergers
Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Patrick Tisserand +18
We present results from a systematic infrared (IR) census of R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars in the Milky Way, using data from the Palomar Gattini IR (PGIR) survey. R Coronae Boreal…
An Automated Catalog of Long Period Variables using Infrared Lightcurves from Palomar Gattini-IR
Aswin Suresh, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal +8
Stars in the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) phase, dominated by low to intermediate-mass stars in the late stage of evolution, undergo periodic pulsations, with periods of several h…
A First Look with JWST Aperture Masking Interferometry (AMI): Resolving Circumstellar Dust around the Wolf-Rayet Binary WR 137 beyond the Rayleigh Limit
Ryan M. Lau, Matthew J. Hankins, Joel Sanchez-Bermudez +20
We present infrared aperture masking interferometry (AMI) observations of newly formed dust from the colliding winds of the massive binary system Wolf-Rayet (WR) 137 with JWST usin…
Modeling the Multiwavelength Evolution of the V960 Mon System
Adolfo S. Carvalho, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Franz-Josef Hambsch +7
We study the evolution of the FU Ori object V960 Mon since its outburst, using available multi-wavelength photometric time series over 8 years, complemented by several epochs of mo…
From Dust to Nanodust: Resolving Circumstellar Dust from the Colliding-Wind Binary Wolf-Rayet (WR) 140
Ryan M. Lau, Jason Wang, Matthew J. Hankins +17
Wolf-Rayet (WR) 140 is the archetypal periodic dust-forming colliding-wind binary that hosts a carbon-rich WR (WC) star and an O-star companion with an orbital period of 7.93 years…
A survey for variable young stars with small telescopes: VI -- Analysis of the outbursting Be stars NSW284, Gaia19eyy, and VES263
Dirk Froebrich, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Carys Herbert +44
This paper is one in a series reporting results from small telescope observations of variable young stars. Here, we study the repeating outbursts of three likely Be stars based on…
Nested Dust Shells around the Wolf-Rayet Binary WR 140 observed with JWST
Ryan M. Lau, Matthew J. Hankins, Yinuo Han +29
Massive colliding-wind binaries that host a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star present a potentially important source of dust and chemical enrichment in the interstellar medium (ISM). However, t…
Progenitor and Close-In Circumstellar Medium of Type II Supernova 2020fqv from High-Cadence Photometry and Ultra-Rapid UV Spectroscopy
Samaporn Tinyanont, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Ryan Foley +35
We present observations of SN 2020fqv, a Virgo-cluster Type II core-collapse supernova (CCSN) with a high temporal resolution light curve from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satel…
Discovery of a 310-day Period from the Enshrouded Massive System NaSt1 (WR 122)
Ryan M. Lau, Samaporn Tinyanont, Matthew J. Hankins +15
We present optical and infrared (IR) light curves of NaSt1, also known as Wolf-Rayet (WR) 122, with observations from Palomar Gattini-IR (PGIR), the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)…
Outbursting Young Stellar Object PGIR 20dci in the Perseus Arm
Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Kishalay De, Matthew Hankins +9
We report the discovery of a likely outbursting Class I young stellar object, associated with the star-forming region NGC 281-W (distance kpc). The source is currently s…
Infrared Spectropolarimetric Detection of Intrinsic Polarization from a Core-Collapse Supernova
Samaporn Tinyanont, Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer, Mansi Kasliwal +8
Massive stars die an explosive death as a core-collapse supernova (CCSN). The exact physical processes that cause the collapsing star to rebound into an explosion are not well-unde…
Census of R Coronae Borealis stars I: Infrared light curves from Palomar Gattini IR
Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Patrick Tisserand +16
We are undertaking the first systematic infrared (IR) census of R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars in the Milky Way, beginning with IR light curves from the Palomar Gattini IR (PGIR) s…
Resolving Decades of Periodic Spirals from the Wolf-Rayet Dust Factory WR 112
Ryan M. Lau, Matthew J. Hankins, Yinuo Han +9
WR 112 is a dust-forming carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet (WC) binary with a dusty circumstellar nebula that exhibits a complex asymmetric morphology, which traces the orbital motion and dus…
Revisiting the Impact of Dust Production from Carbon-Rich Wolf-Rayet Binaries
Ryan M. Lau, J. J. Eldridge, Matthew J. Hankins +3
We present a dust spectral energy distribution (SED) and binary stellar population analysis revisiting the dust production rates (DPRs) in the winds of carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet (WC)…
Helium-rich Superluminous Supernovae From the Zwicky Transient Facility
Lin Yan, D. Perley, S. Schulze +39
Helium is expected to be present in the ejecta of some hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSN-I). However, so far only one event, PTF10hgi has been identified with He feature…
Discovery of an intermediate-luminosity red transient in M51 and its likely dust-obscured, infrared-variable progenitor
Jacob E. Jencson, Scott M. Adams, Howard E. Bond +49
We present the discovery of an optical transient (OT) in Messier 51, designated M51 OT2019-1 (also ZTF19aadyppr, AT 2019abn, ATLAS19bzl), by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). Th…
Stagnant Shells in the Vicinity of the Dusty Wolf-Rayet-OB Binary WR 112
R. M. Lau, M. J. Hankins, R. Schödel +3
We present high spatial resolution mid-infrared images of the nebula around the late-type carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet (WC)-OB binary system WR~112 taken by the recently upgraded VLT spe…