Observational properties of thermonuclear supernovae

SW Jha, K Maguire, M Sullivan - Nature Astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
The explosive death of a star as a supernova is one of the most dramatic events in the
Universe. Supernovae have an outsized impact on many areas of astrophysics: they are …

High-energy neutrino transients and the future of multi-messenger astronomy

C Guépin, K Kotera, F Oikonomou - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos and the first hints of coincident
electromagnetic and neutrino emissions opened new opportunities in multi-messenger …

A structured jet explains the extreme GRB 221009A

B O'Connor, E Troja, G Ryan, P Beniamini… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful cosmic explosions, signaling the
death of massive stars. Among them, GRB 221009A is by far the brightest burst ever …

The IceCube realtime alert system

MG Aartsen, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar… - Astroparticle …, 2017 - Elsevier
Although high-energy astrophysical neutrinos were discovered in 2013, their origin is still
unknown. Aiming for the identification of an electromagnetic counterpart of a rapidly fading …

The growth marshal: a dynamic science portal for time-domain astronomy

MM Kasliwal, C Cannella, A Bagdasaryan… - Publications of the …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a dynamic science portal called the GROWTH Marshal that allows time-domain
astronomers to define science programs; program filters to save sources from different …

A Volume-limited Sample of Cataclysmic Variables from Gaia DR2: Space Density and Population Properties

AF Pala, BT Gänsicke, E Breedt… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present the first volume-limited sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs), selected using
the accurate parallaxes provided by the second data release (DR2) of the European Space …

Searching for electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave merger events with the prototype Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO-4)

BP Gompertz, R Cutter, D Steeghs… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We report the results of optical follow-up observations of 29 gravitational-wave (GW) triggers
during the first half of the LIGO–Virgo Collaboration (LVC) O3 run with the Gravitational …

YSE-PZ: A Transient Survey Management Platform that Empowers the Human-in-the-loop

DA Coulter, DO Jones, P McGill, RJ Foley… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The modern study of astrophysical transients has been transformed by an exponentially
growing volume of data. Within the last decade, the transient discovery rate has increased …

GRANDMA observations of advanced LIGO's and advanced Virgo's third observational campaign

S Antier, S Agayeva, M Almualla… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT GRANDMA (Global Rapid Advanced Network Devoted to the Multi-messenger
Addicts) is a network of 25 telescopes of different sizes, including both photometric and …

Significant and variable linear polarization during the prompt optical flash of GRB 160625B

E Troja, VM Lipunov, CG Mundell, NR Butler… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Newly formed black holes of stellar mass launch collimated outflows (jets) of ionized matter
that approach the speed of light. These outflows power prompt, brief and intense flashes of γ …