Search Results - "Burgett, W. S."

The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample by Scolnic, D. M., Jones, D. O., Rest, A., Pan, Y. C., Chornock, R., Foley, R. J., Huber, M. E., Kessler, R., Narayan, G., Riess, A. G., Rodney, S., Berger, E., Brout, D. J., Challis, P. J., Drout, M., Finkbeiner, D., Lunnan, R., Kirshner, R. P., Sanders, N. E., Schlafly, E., Smartt, S., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J., Wood-Vasey, W. M., Foley, M., Hand, J., Johnson, E., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Hodapp, K. W., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R. P., Magnier, E. A., Metcalfe, N., Bresolin, F., Gall, E., Kotak, R., McCrum, M., Smith, K. W.

“…We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1)…”
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Detection of Time Lags between Quasar Continuum Emission Bands Based On Pan-STARRS Light Curves by Jiang (姜燕飞), Yan-Fei, Green, Paul J., Greene, Jenny E., Morganson, Eric, Shen, Yue, Pancoast, Anna, MacLeod, Chelsea L., Anderson, Scott F., Brandt, W. N., Grier, C. J., Rix, H.-W., Ruan, John J., Protopapas, Pavlos, Scott, Caroline, Burgett, W. S., Hodapp, K. W., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R. P., Magnier, E. A., Metcalfe, N., Tonry, J. T., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…We study the time lags between the continuum emission of quasars at different wavelengths, based on more than four years of multi-band (g, r, i, z) light…”
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Machine learning for transient discovery in Pan-STARRS1 difference imaging by Wright, D. E., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Miller, P., Kotak, R., Rest, A., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Flewelling, H., Hodapp, K. W., Huber, M., Jedicke, R., Kaiser, N., Metcalfe, N., Price, P. A., Tonry, J. L., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…Efficient identification and follow-up of astronomical transients is hindered by the need for humans to manually select promising candidates from data streams…”
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THE HOST GALAXY PROPERTIES OF VARIABILITY SELECTED AGN IN THE PAN-STARRS1 MEDIUM DEEP SURVEY by Heinis, S., Gezari, S., Kumar, S., Burgett, W. S., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…ABSTRACT We study the properties of 975 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected by variability in the Pan-STARRS1 Medium deep Survey. Using complementary…”
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A SEARCH FOR FAST OPTICAL TRANSIENTS IN THE Pan-STARRS1 MEDIUM-DEEP SURVEY: M-DWARF FLARES, ASTEROIDS, LIMITS ON EXTRAGALACTIC RATES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LSST by Berger, E, Leibler, C N, CHORNOCK, R, Rest, A, Foley, R J, Soderberg, A M, Price, P A, Burgett, W S, Chambers, K C, Flewelling, H, Huber, M E, Magnier, E A, Metcalfe, N, Stubbs, C W, Tonry, J L

“…We present a search for fast optical transients ([tau] ~ 0.5 hr-1 day) using repeated observations of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey (PS1/MDS) fields. Our…”
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First Results from Pan-STARRS1: Faint, High Proper Motion White Dwarfs in the Medium-Deep Fields by Tonry, J. L, Stubbs, C. W, Kilic, M, Flewelling, H. A, Deacon, N. R, Chornock, R, Berger, E, Burgett, W. S, Chambers, K. C, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R.-P, Hodapp, K. W, Magnier, E. A, Morgan, J. S, Price, P. A, Wainscoat, R. J

“…The Pan-STARRS1 survey has obtained multi-epoch imaging in five bands (Pan-STARRS1 g sub(P1), r sub(P1), i sub(P1), z sub(P1), and y sub(P1)) on 12…”
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The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-deep Survey: Star Formation Quenching in Group and Cluster Environments by Jian, Hung-Yu, Lin, Lihwai, Lin, Kai-Yang, Foucaud, Sebastien, Chen, Chin-Wei, Chiueh, Tzihong, Bower, R. G., Cole, Shaun, Chen, Wen-Ping, Burgett, W. S., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Magnier, E. A., Metcalfe, N., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…We make use of a catalog of 1600 Pan-STARRS1 groups produced by the probability friends-of-friends algorithm to explore how the galaxy properties, i.e., the…”
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Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey by Liu, J., Hennig, C., Desai, S., Hoyle, B., Koppenhoefer, J., Mohr, J. J., Paech, K., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Cole, S., Draper, P. W., Kaiser, N., Metcalfe, N., Morgan, J. S., Price, P. A., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J. L., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…We report results of a study of Planck Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect selected galaxy cluster candidates using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response…”
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Composite reverberation mapping by Fine, S., Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., Green, P., Kelly, B. C., Berger, E., Chornock, R., Burgett, W. S., Magnier, E. A., Price, P. A.

“…Abstract Reverberation mapping offers one of the best techniques for studying the inner regions of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). It is based on…”
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THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM by TONRY, J. L, STUBBS, C. W, MAGNIER, E. A, MORGAN, J. S, PRICE, P. A, WAINSCOAT, R. J, LYKKE, K. R, DOHERTY, P, SHIVVERS, I. S, BURGETT, W. S, CHAMBERS, K. C, HODAPP, K. W, KAISER, N, KUDRITZKI, R.-P

“…The Pan-STARRS1 survey is collecting multi-epoch, multi-color observations of the sky north of declination -30 Degree-Sign to unprecedented depths. These data…”
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Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters by Jones, D. O., Scolnic, D. M., Riess, A. G., Rest, A., Kirshner, R. P., Berger, E., Kessler, R., Pan, Y.-C., Foley, R. J., Chornock, R., Ortega, C. A., Challis, P. J., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Metcalfe, N., Tonry, J., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., Gall, E. E. E., Kotak, R., McCrum, M., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W.

“…We use 1169 Pan-STARRS supernovae (SNe) and 195 low-z (z < 0.1) SNe Ia to measure cosmological parameters. Though most Pan-STARRS SNe lack spectroscopic…”
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THE OPTICAL-INFRARED EXTINCTION CURVE AND ITS VARIATION IN THE MILKY WAY by Schlafly, E. F., Meisner, A. M., Stutz, A. M., Kainulainen, J., Peek, J. E. G., Tchernyshyov, K., Rix, H.-W., Finkbeiner, D. P., Covey, K. R., Green, G. M., Bell, E. F., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Hodapp, K. W., Kaiser, N., Magnier, E. A., Martin, N. F., Metcalfe, N., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…ABSTRACT The dust extinction curve is a critical component of many observational programs and an important diagnostic of the physics of the interstellar…”
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PHOTOMETRIC CALIBRATION OF THE FIRST 1.5 YEARS OF THE PAN-STARRS1 SURVEY by Schlafly, E F, Finkbeiner, D P, Juric, M, Magnier, E A, Burgett, W S, Chambers, K C, Grav, T, Hodapp, K W, Kaiser, N, KUDRITZKI, R-P

“…We present a precise photometric calibration of the first 1.5 years of science imaging from the Pan-STARRS1 survey (PS1), an ongoing optical survey of the…”
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A LARGE CATALOG OF ACCURATE DISTANCES TO MOLECULAR CLOUDS FROM PS1 PHOTOMETRY by Schlafly, E F, Green, G, Finkbeiner, D P, Rix, H-W, Bell, E F, Burgett, W S, Chambers, K C, Draper, P W, Hodapp, K W, Kaiser, N, Magnier, E A, Martin, N F, Metcalfe, N, Price, P A, Tonry, J L

“…Distance measurements to molecular clouds are important but are often made separately for each cloud of interest, employing very different data and techniques…”
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COSMOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM MEASUREMENTS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE DISCOVERED DURING THE FIRST 1.5 yr OF THE Pan-STARRS1 SURVEY by Rest, A, SCOLNIC, D, Foley, R J, Huber, M E, CHORNOCK, R, Narayan, G, Tonry, J L, Berger, E, Soderberg, A M, Stubbs, C W

“…We present griz sub(P1) light curves of 146 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia; 0.03 < z < 0.65) discovered during the first 1.5 yr of the…”
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TOWARD CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TYPE IIP SUPERNOVA PROGENITOR POPULATION: A STATISTICAL SAMPLE OF LIGHT CURVES FROM Pan-STARRS1 by Sanders, N. E., Soderberg, A. M., Gezari, S., Betancourt, M., Chornock, R., Berger, E., Foley, R. J., Challis, P., Drout, M., Kirshner, R. P., Lunnan, R., Marion, G. H., Margutti, R., McKinnon, R., Milisavljevic, D., Narayan, G., Rest, A., Kankare, E., Mattila, S., Smartt, S. J., Huber, M. E., Burgett, W. S., Draper, P.W., Hodapp, K. W., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R. P., Magnier, E. A., Metcalfe, N., Morgan, J. S., Price, P. A., Tonry, J. L., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…In recent years, wide-field sky surveys providing deep multiband imaging have presented a new path for indirectly characterizing the progenitor populations of…”
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The fastest unbound star in our Galaxy ejected by a thermonuclear supernova by Geier, S., Fürst, F., Ziegerer, E., Kupfer, T., Heber, U., Irrgang, A., Wang, B., Liu, Z., Han, Z., Sesar, B., Levitan, D., Kotak, R., Magnier, E., Smith, K., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K., Flewelling, H., Kaiser, N., Wainscoat, R., Waters, C.

“…Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) travel with velocities so high that they exceed the escape velocity of the Galaxy. Several acceleration mechanisms have been…”
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An ultraviolet–optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core by Gezari, S., Chornock, R., Rest, A., Huber, M. E., Forster, K., Berger, E., Challis, P. J., Neill, J. D., Martin, D. C., Heckman, T., Lawrence, A., Norman, C., Narayan, G., Foley, R. J., Marion, G. H., Scolnic, D., Chomiuk, L., Soderberg, A., Smith, K., Kirshner, R. P., Riess, A. G., Smartt, S. J., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J. L., Wood-Vasey, W. M., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Grav, T., Heasley, J. N., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Magnier, E. A., Morgan, J. S., Price, P. A.

“…The observation of a flare of radiation from the centre of an inactive galaxy fits a model of the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core and its…”
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Measuring the Properties of Dark Energy with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. I. Systematic Uncertainty from Core-collapse Supernova Contamination by Jones, D. O., Scolnic, D. M., Riess, A. G., Kessler, R., Rest, A., Kirshner, R. P., Berger, E., Ortega, C. A., Foley, R. J., Chornock, R., Challis, P. J., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Metcalfe, N., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…The Pan-STARRS (PS1) Medium Deep Survey discovered over 5000 likely supernovae (SNe) but obtained spectral classifications for just 10% of its SN candidates…”
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THE ULTRAVIOLET-BRIGHT, SLOWLY DECLINING TRANSIENT PS1-11af AS A PARTIAL TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENT by CHORNOCK, R, Berger, E, Gezari, S, Zauderer, B A, Rest, A, CHOMIUK, L, Kamble, A, Soderberg, A M, CZEKALA, I, Dittmann, J

“…We present the Pan-STARRS1 discovery of the long-lived and blue transient PS1-11af, which was also detected by Galaxy Evolution Explorer with coordinated…”
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