Search Results - "Foley, Ryan J"
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Kinematics and host-galaxy properties suggest a nuclear origin for calcium-rich supernova progenitors
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-09-2015)“…Calcium-rich supernovae (Ca-rich SNe) are peculiar low-luminosity SNe Ib with relatively strong Ca spectral lines at ∼2 months after peak brightness. This…”
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A 2.4% DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL VALUE OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2016)“…ABSTRACT We use the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to reduce the uncertainty in the local value of the Hubble constant from…”
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Three Hypervelocity White Dwarfs in Gaia DR2: Evidence for Dynamically Driven Double-degenerate Double-detonation Type Ia Supernovae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-09-2018)“…Double detonations in double white dwarf (WD) binaries undergoing unstable mass transfer have emerged in recent years as one of the most promising Type Ia…”
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Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-04-2011)“…This is the second paper of a series in which we present new measurements of the observed rates of supernovae (SNe) in the local Universe, determined from the…”
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Revisiting the Lick Observatory Supernova Search Volume-limited Sample: Updated Classifications and Revised Stripped-envelope Supernova Fractions
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-05-2017)“…We re-examine the classifications of supernovae (SNe) presented in the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) volume-limited sample with a focus on the…”
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Measuring the Hubble constant with a sample of kilonovae
Published in Nature communications (17-08-2020)“…Kilonovae produced by the coalescence of compact binaries with at least one neutron star are promising standard sirens for an independent measurement of the…”
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A luminosity distribution for kilonovae based on short gamma-ray burst afterglows
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-06-2019)“…Abstract The combined detection of a gravitational-wave signal, kilonova, and short gamma-ray burst (sGRB) from GW170817 marked a scientific breakthrough in…”
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A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-06-2021)“…ABSTRACT We present Hubble Space Telescope imaging of a pre-explosion counterpart to SN 2019yvr obtained 2.6 yr before its explosion as a type Ib supernova…”
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The Type Ia Supernova Color-Magnitude Relation and Host Galaxy Dust: A Simple Hierarchical Bayesian Model
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-06-2017)“…Conventional Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) cosmology analyses currently use a simplistic linear regression of magnitude versus color and light curve shape, which…”
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Evolution of the Mass–Metallicity Relation from Redshift z ≈ 8 to the Local Universe
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2023)“…Abstract A tight positive correlation between the stellar mass and the gas-phase metallicity of galaxies has been observed at low redshifts. The redshift…”
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SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: A Variable Red Supergiant as the Progenitor Candidate to a Type II Supernova
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-07-2023)“…Abstract We present preexplosion optical and infrared (IR) imaging at the site of the type II supernova (SN II) 2023ixf in Messier 101 at 6.9 Mpc. We…”
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On the progenitor of the Type IIb supernova 2016gkg
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-03-2017)“…We present a detection in pre-explosion Hubble Space Telescope(HST) imaging of a point source consistent with being the progenitor star of the Type IIb…”
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Searching for Highly Magnified Stars at Cosmological Distances: Discovery of a Redshift 0.94 Blue Supergiant in Archival Images of the Galaxy Cluster MACS J0416.1-2403
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-08-2019)“…Individual highly magnified stars have been recently discovered at lookback times of more than half the age of the universe, in lensed galaxies that straddle…”
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Optimizing multitelescope observations of gravitational-wave counterparts
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-11-2019)“…ABSTRACT The ever-increasing sensitivity of the network of gravitational-wave detectors has resulted in the accelerated rate of detections from compact binary…”
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The Magnificent Five Images of Supernova Refsdal: Time Delay and Magnification Measurements
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2023)“…Abstract In late 2014, four images of supernova (SN) “Refsdal,” the first known example of a strongly lensed SN with multiple resolved images, were detected in…”
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Spectral Evolution of the Extraordinary Type IIn Supernova 2006gy
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2010)“…We present a detailed analysis of the extremely luminous and long-lasting Type IIn supernova (SN) 2006gy using spectra obtained between days 36 and 237 after…”
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Updated Photometry of the Yellow Supergiant Progenitor and Late-time Observations of the Type IIb Supernova SN 2016gkg
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2022)“…Abstract We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the Type IIb supernova (SN) SN 2016gkg at 652, 1698, and 1795 days from explosion with the…”
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Late-time Hubble Space Telescope Observations of AT 2018cow. II. Evolution of a UV-bright Underlying Source 2–4 Yr Post-discovery
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2023)“…Abstract In this second of a two-paper series, we present a detailed analysis of three Hubble Space Telescope observations taken ∼2–4 yr post-discovery,…”
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On the type Ia supernovae 2007on and 2011iv: evidence for Chandrasekhar-mass explosions at the faint end of the luminosity–width relationship
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-06-2018)“…Abstract Radiative transfer models of two transitional type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have been produced using the abundance stratification technique. These two…”
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A Carbon/Oxygen-dominated Atmosphere Days after Explosion for the “Super-Chandrasekhar” Type Ia SN 2020esm
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2022)“…Abstract Seeing pristine material from the donor star in a type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosion can reveal the nature of the binary system. In this paper, we…”
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