Search Results - "F. Masci"

Candidate Electromagnetic Counterpart to the Binary Black Hole Merger Gravitational-Wave Event S190521g by Graham, M. J., Ford, K. E. S., McKernan, B., Ross, N. P., Stern, D., Burdge, K., Coughlin, M., Djorgovsk, S. G., Drake, A. J., Duev, D., Kasliwal, M., Mahabal, A. A., Velzen, S. van, Belecki, J., Bellm, E. C., Burruss, R., Cenko, S. B., Cunningham, V., Helou, G., Kulkarni, S. R., Masci, F. J., Prince, T., Reiley, D., Rodriguez, H., Rusholme, B., Smith, R. M., Soumagnac, M. T.

“…We report the first plausible optical electromagnetic counterpart to a (candidate) binary black hole merger. Detected by the Zwicky Transient Facility, the…”
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iPTF16geu: A multiply imaged, gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova by Goobar, A., Amanullah, R., Kulkarni, S. R., Nugent, P. E., Johansson, J., Steidel, C., Law, D., Mörtsell, E., Quimby, R., Blagorodnova, N., Brandeker, A., Cao, Y., Cooray, A., Ferretti, R., Fremling, C., Hangard, L., Kasliwal, M., Kupfer, T., Lunnan, R., Masci, F., Miller, A. A., Nayyeri, H., Neill, J. D., Ofek, E. O., Papadogiannakis, S., Petrushevska, T., Ravi, V., Sollerman, J., Sullivan, M., Taddia, F., Walters, R., Wilson, D., Yan, L., Yaron, O.

“…We report the discovery of a multiply imaged, gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova, iPTF16geu (SN 2016geu), at redshift z = 0.409. This phenomenon was…”
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A statistical study of global ionospheric map total electron content changes prior to occurrences of M ≥ 6.0 earthquakes during 2000–2014 by Thomas, J. N., Huard, J., Masci, F.

“…There are many reports on the occurrence of anomalous changes in the ionosphere prior to large earthquakes. However, whether or not these changes are reliable…”
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The Broad Absorption Line Tidal Disruption Event iPTF15af: Optical and Ultraviolet Evolution by Blagorodnova, N., Cenko, S. B., Kulkarni, S. R., Arcavi, I., Bloom, J. S., Duggan, G., Filippenko, A. V., Fremling, C., Horesh, A., Hosseinzadeh, G., Karamehmetoglu, E., Levan, A., Masci, F. J., Nugent, P. E., Pasham, D. R., Veilleux, S., Walters, R., Yan, L., Zheng, W.

“…We present multiwavelength observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) iPTF15af, discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory survey at…”
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iPTF16fnl: A Faint and Fast Tidal Disruption Event in an E+A Galaxy by Blagorodnova, N., Gezari, S., Hung, T., Kulkarni, S. R., Cenko, S. B., Pasham, D. R., Yan, L., Arcavi, I., Ben-Ami, S., Bue, B. D., Cantwell, T., Cao, Y., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Fender, R., Fremling, C., Gal-Yam, A., Ho, A. Y. Q., Horesh, A., Hosseinzadeh, G., Kasliwal, M. M., Kong, A. K. H., Laher, R. R., Leloudas, G., Lunnan, R., Masci, F. J., Mooley, K., Neill, J. D., Nugent, P., Powell, M., Valeev, A. F., Vreeswijk, P. M., Walters, R., Wozniak, P.

“…We present ground-based and Swift observations of iPTF16fnl, a likely tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory…”
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ZTF Early Observations of Type Ia Supernovae. II. First Light, the Initial Rise, and Time to Reach Maximum Brightness by Miller, A. A., Yao, Y., Bulla, M., Pankow, C., Bellm, E. C., Cenko, S. B., Dekany, R., Fremling, C., Graham, M. J., Kupfer, T., Laher, R. R., Mahabal, A. A., Masci, F. J., Nugent, P. E., Riddle, R., Rusholme, B., Smith, R. M., Shupe, D. L., Roestel, J. van, Kulkarni, S. R.

“…While it is clear that Type Ia supernovae (SNe) are the result of thermonuclear explosions in C/O white dwarfs (WDs), a great deal remains uncertain about the…”
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Brief communication "Further comments on the ionospheric precursor of the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake" by Masci, F

“…Pulinets et al. (2007) document anomalous changes in the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) starting one week before the 16 October 1999 Hector Mine…”
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Two New Calcium-rich Gap Transients in Group and Cluster Environments by Lunnan, R., Kasliwal, M. M., Cao, Y., Hangard, L., Yaron, O., Parrent, J. T., McCully, C., Gal-Yam, A., Mulchaey, J. S., Ben-Ami, S., Filippenko, A. V., Fremling, C., Fruchter, A. S., Howell, D. A., Koda, J., Kupfer, T., Kulkarni, S. R., Laher, R., Masci, F., Nugent, P. E., Ofek, E. O., Yagi, M., Yan, Lin

“…We present the Palomar Transient Factory discoveries and the photometric and spectroscopic observations of PTF11kmb and PTF12bho. We show that both transients…”
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iPTF 16asu: A Luminous, Rapidly Evolving, and High-velocity Supernova by Whitesides, L., Lunnan, R., Kasliwal, M. M., Perley, D. A., Corsi, A., Cenko, S. B., Blagorodnova, N., Cao, Y., Cook, D. O., Doran, G. B., Frederiks, D. D., Fremling, C., Hurley, K., Karamehmetoglu, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Leloudas, G., Masci, F., Nugent, P. E., Ritter, A., Rubin, A., Savchenko, V., Sollerman, J., Svinkin, D. S., Taddia, F., Vreeswijk, P., Wozniak, P.

“…Wide-field surveys are discovering a growing number of rare transients whose physical origin is not yet well understood. Here we present optical and UV data…”
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How will technology change people's home care in the next 20 years? A strategic foresight study by Pistolesi, M, Frangioni, G, Fraboni, F, Fabbri, E, Masci, F

“…The rapid expansion of home health care has raised many unresolved issues and will have far-reaching consequences that can only be overcome with a holistic…”
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A hot and fast ultra-stripped supernova that likely formed a compact neutron star binary by De, K, Kasliwal, M M, Ofek, E O, Moriya, T J, Burke, J, Cao, Y, Cenko, S B, Doran, G B, Duggan, G E, Fender, R P, Fransson, C, Gal-Yam, A, Horesh, A, Kulkarni, S R, Laher, R R, Lunnan, R, Manulis, I, Masci, F, Mazzali, P A, Nugent, P E, Perley, D A, Petrushevska, T, Piro, A L, Rumsey, C, Sollerman, J, Sullivan, M, Taddia, F

“…Compact neutron star binary systems are produced from binary massive stars through stellar evolution involving up to two supernova explosions. The final stages…”
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THE SPITZER-WISE SURVEY OF THE ECLIPTIC POLES by JARRETT, T. H, COHEN, M, LONSDALE, C, MAINZER, A, MARSH, K, PADGETT, D, PETTY, S, RESSLER, M, SKRUTSKIE, M, STANFORD, S, SURACE, J, TRAI, C. W, MASCI, F, WHEELOCK, S, YAN, D. L, WRIGHT, E, STERN, D, BENFORD, D, BLAIN, A, CAREY, S, CUTRI, R. M, EISENHARDT, P

“…We have carried out a survey of the north and south ecliptic poles, EP-N and EP-S, respectively, with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared…”
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Are there new findings in the search for ULF magnetic precursors to earthquakes? by Masci, F., Thomas, J. N.

“…Moore (1964) in a letter published in Nature reported disturbances in geomagnetic field data prior to the 27 March 1964 Alaska earthquake. After the…”
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Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae with Late-time Hα Emission: Three Events From the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory by Yan, Lin, Lunnan, R., Perley, D. A., Gal-Yam, A., Yaron, O., Roy, R., Quimby, R., Sollerman, J., Fremling, C., Leloudas, G., Cenko, S. B., Vreeswijk, P., Graham, M. L., Howell, D. A., Cia, A. De, Ofek, E. O., Nugent, P., Kulkarni, S. R., Hosseinzadeh, G., Masci, F., McCully, C., Rebbapragada, U. D., Woźniak, P.

“…Abstract We present observations of two new hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSN-I), iPTF15esb and iPTF16bad, showing late-time H α emission with line…”
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On the onset of ionospheric precursors 40 min before strong earthquakes by Masci, F., Thomas, J. N., Villani, F., Secan, J. A., Rivera, N.

“…Heki (2011) and Heki and Enomoto (2013) claimed that anomalous, yet similar, increases of ionospheric total electron content (TEC) started ~40 min prior to the…”
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Preliminary Results from NEOWISE: An Enhancement to the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer for Solar System Science by Mainzer, A, Bauer, J, Grav, T, Masiero, J, Cutri, R. M, Dailey, J, Eisenhardt, P, McMillan, R. S, Wright, E, Walker, R, Jedicke, R, Spahr, T, Tholen, D, Alles, R, Beck, R, Brandenburg, H, Conrow, T, Evans, T, Fowler, J, Jarrett, T, Marsh, K, Masci, F, McCallon, H, Wheelock, S, Wittman, M, Wyatt, P, DeBaun, E, Elliott, G, Elsbury, D, Gautier, T, Gomillion, S, Leisawitz, D, Maleszewski, C, Micheli, M, Wilkins, A

“…The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has surveyed the entire sky at four infrared wavelengths with greatly improved sensitivity and spatial…”
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Role of vitamin D serum levels in prevention of primary and recurrent melanoma by Lombardo, M., Vigezzi, A., Ietto, G., Franchi, C., Iori, V., Masci, F., Scorza, A., Macchi, S., Iovino, D., Parise, C., Carcano, G.

“…Patients afflicted with melanoma show lower vitamin D serum levels (VDSL) than the healthy population. This hypothesis agrees with its well-known…”
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Brief communication "On the recent reaffirmation of ULF magnetic earthquakes precursors" by Masci, F.

“…Hayakawa et al. (2009) and Hayakawa (2011) have recently reviewed some "anomalous" ULF signatures in the geomagnetic field which previous publications have…”
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Progenitor, precursor, and evolution of the dusty remnant of the stellar merger M31-LRN-2015 by Blagorodnova, N, Karambelkar, V, Adams, S M, Kasliwal, M M, Kochanek, C S, Dong, S, Campbell, H, Hodgkin, S, Jencson, J E, Johansson, J, Kozłowski, S, Laher, R R, Masci, F, Nugent, P, Rebbapragada, U

“…ABSTRACT M31-LRN-2015 is a likely stellar merger discovered in the Andromeda Galaxy in 2015. We present new optical to mid-infrared photometry and optical…”
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On the multi-fractal characteristics of the ULF geomagnetic field before the 1993 Guam earthquake by Masci, F

“…Ida et al. (2005) document significant changes in the multi-fractal parameters of the ULF geomagnetic field H component starting about one month before the…”
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