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An Optical and Infrared Time-Domain Study of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient Candidate IC 10 X-2
Stephanie Kwan, Ryan M. Lau, Jacob Jencson +5
We present an optical and infrared (IR) study of IC 10 X-2, a high-mass X-ray binary in the galaxy IC 10. Previous optical and X-ray studies suggest X-2 is a Supergiant Fast X-ray…
An Infrared Study of the Circumstellar Material Associated with the Carbon Star R Sculptoris
Matthew J. Hankins, Terry L. Herter, Matthias Maercker +2
The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star R Sculptoris (R Scl) is one of the most extensively studied stars on the AGB. R Scl is a carbon star with a massive circumstellar shell ($M_{…
Illuminating Gravitational Waves: A Concordant Picture of Photons from a Neutron Star Merger
M. M. Kasliwal, E. Nakar, L. P. Singer +78
Merging neutron stars offer an exquisite laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an…
Infrared emission from kilonovae: the case of the nearby short hard burst GRB 160821B
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Oleg Korobkin, Ryan M. Lau +2
We present constraints on Ks-band emission from one of the nearest short hard gamma-ray bursts, GRB 160821B, at z=0.16, at three epochs. We detect a reddened relativistic afterglow…
First Detection of Mid-Infrared Variability from an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source Holmberg II X-1
Ryan M. Lau, Marianne Heida, Mansi M. Kasliwal +1
We present mid-infrared (IR) light curves of the Ultraluminous X-ray Source (ULX) Holmberg II X-1 from observations taken between 2014 January 13 and 2017 January 5 with the \texti…
An Infrared Study of the Dust Properties and Geometry of the Arched Filaments HII Region with SOFIA/FORCAST
Matthew J. Hankins, Ryan M. Lau, Mark R. Morris +1
Massive stellar clusters provide radiation () and winds () that act to heat dust and shape their surrounding environment…
SPIRITS: Uncovering Unusual Infrared Transients With Spitzer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, John Bally, Frank Masci +44
We present an ongoing, systematic search for extragalactic infrared transients, dubbed SPIRITS --- SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey. In the first year, using Spitzer/IR…