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most citedA kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

888 citations · 1.2k across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.HE2019★ 67 cited

Spectrophotometric templates for core collapse supernovae and their application in simulations of time-domain surveys

M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, R. E. Firth +5

The design and analysis of time-domain sky surveys requires the ability to simulate accurately realistic populations of core collapse supernova (SN) events. We present a set of spe…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 888 cited

A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

S. J. Smartt, T. -W. Chen, A. Jerkstrand +118

Gravitational waves were discovered with the detection of binary black hole mergers and they should also be detectable from lower mass neutron star mergers. These are predicted to…

astro-ph.IM2017

Science-Driven Optimization of the LSST Observing Strategy

LSST Science Collaboration, Phil Marshall, Timo Anguita +102

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is designed to provide an unprecedented optical imaging dataset that will support investigations of our Solar System, Galaxy and Universe, acros…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 49 cited

Early observations of the nearby type Ia supernova SN 2015F

R. Cartier, M. Sullivan, R. Firth +25

We present photometry and time-series spectroscopy of the nearby type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2015F over days to days relative to maximum light, obtained as part of the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 49 cited

A search for an optical counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW151226

S. J. Smartt, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Smith +37

We present a search for an electromagnetic counterpart of the gravitational wave source GW151226. Using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope we mapped out 290 square degrees in the optical i_…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 134 cited

The Rising Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae

R. E. Firth, M. Sullivan, A. Gal-Yam +11

We present an analysis of the early, rising light curves of 18 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and the La Silla-QUEST variability surv…