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Two New Calcium-Rich Gap Transients in Group and Cluster Environments
R. Lunnan, M. M. Kasliwal, Y. Cao +20
We present the Palomar Transient Factory discoveries and the photometric and spectroscopic observations of PTF11kmb and PTF12bho. We show that both transients have properties consi…
X-rays from the location of the Bactrian Transient ASASSN-15lh
R. Margutti, B. D. Metzger, R. Chornock +13
We present the detection of persistent soft X-ray radiation with L_x ~ 10^41-10^42 erg/s at the location of the extremely luminous, double-humped transient ASASSN-15lh as revealed…
On the early-time excess emission in hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae
Paul M. Vreeswijk, Giorgos Leloudas, Avishay Gal-Yam +27
We present the light curves of the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) PTF12dam and iPTF13dcc, discovered by the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory. Both show ex…
The Afterglow and Early-Type Host Galaxy of the Short GRB 150101B at z=0.1343
Wen-fai Fong, Raffaella Margutti, Ryan Chornock +14
We present the discovery of the X-ray and optical afterglows of the short-duration GRB 150101B, pinpointing the event to an early-type host galaxy at z=0.1343 +/- 0.0030. This make…
iPTF15dtg: a double-peaked Type Ic Supernova from a massive progenitor
F. Taddia, C. Fremling, J. Sollerman +9
Type Ic supernovae (SNe Ic) arise from the core-collapse of H (and He) poor stars, which could be either single WR stars or lower-mass stars stripped of their envelope by a compani…
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…
Host-Galaxy Properties of 32 Low-Redshift Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory
Daniel A. Perley, Robert Quimby, Lin Yan +9
We present ultraviolet through near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the host galaxies of all superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory pr…
Long-rising Type II supernovae from PTF and CCCP
F. Taddia, J. Sollerman, C. Fremling +17
Supernova (SN) 1987A was a peculiar H-rich event with a long-rising (LR) light curve (LC), stemming from a compact blue supergiant star (BSG). Only a few similar events have been p…