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astro-ph.HE2019

iPTF14hls as a variable hyper-wind from a very massive star

Takashi J. Moriya, Paolo A. Mazzali, Elena Pian

The origin of iPTF14hls, which had Type IIP supernova-like spectra but kept bright for almost two years with little spectral evolution, is still unclear. We here propose that iPTF1…

astro-ph.HE2019489 cited

Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars

Darach Watson, Camilla J. Hansen, Jonatan Selsing +15

Half of all the elements in the universe heavier than iron were created by rapid neutron capture. The theory for this astrophysical `-process' was worked out six decades ago and…

astro-ph.HE2019

Short GRB 160821B: a reverse shock, a refreshed shock, and a well-sampled kilonova

G. P. Lamb, N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan +31

We report our identification of the optical afterglow and host galaxy of the short-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 160821B. The spectroscopic redshift of the host is , making…

astro-ph.IM20191 cited

ASTRO2020 White Paper: JWST: Probing the Epoch of Reionization with a Wide Field Time-Domain Survey

L. Wang, J. Mould, D. Baade +29

A major scientific goal of JWST is to probe the epoch of re-ionization of the Universe at z above 6, and up to 20 and beyond. At these redshifts, galaxies are just beginning to for…

astro-ph.HE20192 cited

An XMM-Newton look at the strongly variable radio-weak BL Lac Fermi J1544-0639

F. Ursini, L. Bassani, F. Panessa +6

Fermi J1544-0639/ASASSN-17gs/AT2017egv was identified as a gamma-ray/optical transient on May 15, 2017. Subsequent multiwavelength observations suggest that this source may belong…

astro-ph.HE2019

A comparison between short GRB afterglows and AT2017gfo: shedding light on kilonovae properties

A. Rossi, G. Stratta, E. Maiorano +26

Multi-messenger astronomy received a great boost following the discovery of kilonova AT2017gfo, the optical counterpart of the gravitational wave source GW170817 associated with th…