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The Progenitors of Superluminous Type Ia Supernovae by Axen, Margot Fitz, Nugent, Peter

“…Recent observations of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have discovered a subclass of “super-Chandrasekhar” SNe Ia (SC SNe Ia) whose high luminosities and low…”
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Nebular Models of Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae: Clues to the Origin of Ca-rich Transients by Polin, Abigail, Nugent, Peter, Kasen, Daniel

“…We use non-local thermal equilibrium radiative transport modeling to examine observational signatures of sub-Chandrasekhar mass double detonation explosions in…”
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Precise Time Delays from Strongly Gravitationally Lensed Type Ia Supernovae with Chromatically Microlensed Images by Goldstein, Daniel A., Nugent, Peter E., Kasen, Daniel N., Collett, Thomas E.

“…Time delays between the multiple images of strongly gravitationally lensed Type Ia supernovae (glSNe Ia) have the potential to deliver precise cosmological…”
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Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory: Realtime Image Subtraction Pipeline by Cao, Yi, Nugent, Peter E., Kasliwal, Mansi M.

“…A fast-turnaround pipeline for realtime data reduction plays an essential role in discovering and permitting follow-up observations to young supernovae and…”
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Tumbling Dice: Radio Constraints on the Presence of Circumstellar Shells around Type Ia Supernovae with Impact Near Maximum Light by Harris, Chelsea E., Chomiuk, Laura, Nugent, Peter. E.

“…The progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are debated, particularly the evolutionary state of the binary companion that donates mass to the exploding…”
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: Surveys and Scheduler by Bellm, Eric C., Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Barlow, Tom, Feindt, Ulrich, Graham, Matthew J., Goobar, Ariel, Kupfer, Thomas, Ngeow, Chow-Choong, Nugent, Peter, Ofek, Eran, Prince, Thomas A., Riddle, Reed, Walters, Richard, Ye, Quan-Zhi

“…We present a novel algorithm for scheduling the observations of time-domain imaging surveys. Our integer linear programming approach optimizes an observing…”
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PRECURSORS PRIOR TO TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS ARE COMMON: PRECURSOR RATES, PROPERTIES, AND CORRELATIONS by Ofek, Eran O, Sullivan, Mark, Shaviv, Nir J, Steinbok, Aviram, ARCAVI, IAIR, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Tal, David, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R, Nugent, Peter E, Ben-Ami, Sagi

“…There is a growing number of Type IIn supernovae (SNe) which present an outburst prior to their presumably final explosion. These precursors may affect the SN…”
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Spectra of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory by Quimby, Robert M., Cia, Annalisa De, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Leloudas, Giorgos, Lunnan, Ragnhild, Perley, Daniel A., Vreeswijk, Paul M., Yan, Lin, Bloom, Joshua S., Cenko, S. Bradley, Cooke, Jeff, Ellis, Richard, Filippenko, Alexei V., Kasliwal, Mansi M., Kleiser, Io K. W., Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Matheson, Thomas, Nugent, Peter E., Pan, Yen-Chen, Silverman, Jeffrey M., Sternberg, Assaf, Sullivan, Mark, Yaron, Ofer

“…Most Type I superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) reported to date have been identified by their high peak luminosities and spectra lacking obvious signs of…”
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AGAINST THE WIND: RADIO LIGHT CURVES OF TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE INTERACTING WITH LOW-DENSITY CIRCUMSTELLAR SHELLS by Harris, Chelsea E., Nugent, Peter E., Kasen, Daniel N.

“…ABSTRACT For decades a wide variety of observations spanning the radio through optical and on to the X-ray have attempted to uncover signs of type Ia…”
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CALCIUM-RICH GAP TRANSIENTS IN THE REMOTE OUTSKIRTS OF GALAXIES by Kasliwal, Mansi M, Kulkarni, S R, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Nugent, Peter E, Sullivan, Mark, Bildsten, Lars, Yaron, Ofer, Perets, Hagai B, ARCAVI, IAIR, Ben-Ami, Sagi

“…From the first two seasons of the Palomar Transient Factory, we identify three peculiar transients (PTF 09dav, PTF 10iuv, and PTF 11bij) with five…”
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SHADOW OF A COLOSSUS: A z = 2.44 GALAXY PROTOCLUSTER DETECTED IN 3D Lyα FOREST TOMOGRAPHIC MAPPING OF THE COSMOS FIELD by Lee, Khee-Gan, Hennawi, Joseph F, White, Martin, Prochaska, J Xavier, Font-Ribera, Andreu, Schlegel, David J, Rich, R Michael, Suzuki, Nao, Stark, Casey W, Le Fevre, Olivier, Nugent, Peter E, Salvato, Mara, Zamorani, Gianni

“…Using moderate-resolution optical spectra from 58 background Lyman-break galaxies and quasars at within a 11.′5 × 13.′5 area of the COSMOS field ( projected…”
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Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe by Li, Weidong, Bloom, Joshua S., Podsiadlowski, Philipp, Miller, Adam A., Cenko, S. Bradley, Jha, Saurabh W., Sullivan, Mark, Howell, D. Andrew, Nugent, Peter E., Butler, Nathaniel R., Ofek, Eran O., Kasliwal, Mansi M., Richards, Joseph W., Stockton, Alan, Shih, Hsin-Yi, Bildsten, Lars, Shara, Michael M., Bibby, Joanne, Filippenko, Alexei V., Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Silverman, Jeffrey M., Kulkarni, S. R., Law, Nicholas M., Poznanski, Dovi, Quimby, Robert M., McCully, Curtis, Patel, Brandon, Maguire, Kate, Shen, Ken J.

“…Archival images of the progenitor system of supernova SN 2011fe are so sensitive that the presence of luminous red giants or most helium stars is directly…”
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ON THE EARLY-TIME EXCESS EMISSION IN HYDROGEN-POOR SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE by Vreeswijk, Paul M., Leloudas, Giorgos, Gal-Yam, Avishay, De Cia, Annalisa, Perley, Daniel A., Quimby, Robert M., Waldman, Roni, Sullivan, Mark, Yan, Lin, Ofek, Eran O., Fremling, Christoffer, Taddia, Francesco, Sollerman, Jesper, Valenti, Stefano, Arcavi, Iair, Howell, D. Andrew, Filippenko, Alexei V., Cenko, S. Bradley, Yaron, Ofer, Kasliwal, Mansi M., Cao, Yi, Ben-Ami, Sagi, Horesh, Assaf, Rubin, Adam, Lunnan, Ragnhild, Nugent, Peter E., Laher, Russ, Rebbapragada, Umaa D., Wo niak, Przemys aw, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R.

“…ABSTRACT We present the light curves of the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe I) PTF 12dam and iPTF 13dcc, discovered by the (intermediate) Palomar…”
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iPTF 16hgs: A Double-peaked Ca-rich Gap Transient in a Metal-poor, Star-forming Dwarf Galaxy by De, Kishalay, Kasliwal, Mansi M., Cantwell, Therese, Cao, Yi, Cenko, S. Bradley, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Johansson, Joel, Kong, Albert, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Lunnan, Ragnhild, Masci, Frank, Matuszewski, Matt, Mooley, Kunal P., Neill, James D., Nugent, Peter E., Ofek, Eran O., Perrott, Yvette, Rebbapragada, Umaa D., Rubin, Adam, Sullivan, Donal O', Yaron, Ofer

“…Calcium-rich gap transients represent an intriguing new class of faint and fast-evolving supernovae that exhibit strong [Ca ii] emission in their nebular phase…”
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A strong ultraviolet pulse from a newborn type Ia supernova by Cao, Yi, Kulkarni, S. R., Howell, D. Andrew, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Kasliwal, Mansi M., Valenti, Stefano, Johansson, J., Amanullah, R., Goobar, A., Sollerman, J., Taddia, F., Horesh, Assaf, Sagiv, Ilan, Cenko, S. Bradley, Nugent, Peter E., Arcavi, Iair, Surace, Jason, Woźniak, P. R., Moody, Daniela I., Rebbapragada, Umaa D., Bue, Brian D., Gehrels, Neil

“…Observations of declining ultraviolet emission from a type Ia supernova within four days of the explosion are as expected if material ejected by the supernova…”
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60 Microlensing Events from the Three Years of Zwicky Transient Facility Phase One by Medford, Michael S., Abrams, Natasha S., Lu, Jessica R., Nugent, Peter, Lam, Casey Y.

“…Microlensing events have historically been discovered throughout the Galactic bulge and plane by surveys designed solely for that purpose. We conduct the first…”
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SLOW-SPEED SUPERNOVAE FROM THE PALOMAR TRANSIENT FACTORY: TWO CHANNELS by White, Christopher J, Kasliwal, Mansi M, Nugent, Peter E, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Howell, D Andrew, Sullivan, Mark, Goobar, Ariel, Piro, Anthony L, Bloom, Joshua S, Kulkarani, Shrinivas R

“…Since the discovery of the unusual prototype SN 2002cx, the eponymous class of Type I (hydrogen-poor) supernovae with low ejecta speeds has grown to include…”
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Detection of z ∼ 2.3 Cosmic Voids from 3D Lyα Forest Tomography in the COSMOS Field by Krolewski, Alex, Lee, Khee-Gan, White, Martin, Hennawi, Joseph F., Schlegel, David J., Nugent, Peter E., Lukić, Zarija, Stark, Casey W., Koekemoer, Anton M., Fèvre, Olivier Le, Lemaux, Brian C., Maier, Christian, Rich, R. Michael, Salvato, Mara, Tasca, Lidia

“…We present the most distant detection of cosmic voids ( z  ∼ 2.3) and the first detection of three-dimensional voids in the Ly α forest. We used a 3D…”
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SN 2020jgb: A Peculiar Type Ia Supernova Triggered by a Helium-shell Detonation in a Star-forming Galaxy by Liu, Chang, Miller, Adam A., Polin, Abigail, Nugent, Anya E., De, Kishalay, Nugent, Peter E., Schulze, Steve, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Fremling, Christoffer, Anand, Shreya, Andreoni, Igor, Blanchard, Peter, Brink, Thomas G., Dhawan, Suhail, Filippenko, Alexei V., Maguire, Kate, Schweyer, Tassilo, Sears, Huei, Sharma, Yashvi, Graham, Matthew J., Groom, Steven L., Hale, David, Kasliwal, Mansi M., Masci, Frank J., Purdum, Josiah, Racine, Benjamin, Sollerman, Jesper, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R.

“…The detonation of a thin (≲0.03 M ⊙ ) helium shell (He-shell) atop a ∼1 M ⊙ white dwarf (WD) is a promising mechanism to explain normal Type Ia supernovae (SNe…”
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Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory by Rau, Arne, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Law, Nicholas M., Bloom, Joshua S., Ciardi, David, Djorgovski, George S., Fox, Derek B., Gal-Yam, Avishay, Grillmair, Carl C., Kasliwal, Mansi M., Nugent, Peter E., Ofek, Eran O., Quimby, Robert M., Reach, William T., Shara, Michael, Bildsten, Lars, Cenko, S. Bradley, Drake, Andrew J., Filippenko, Alexei V., Helfand, David J., Helou, George, Howell, D. Andrew, Poznanski, Dovi, Sullivan, Mark

“…The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a wide-field experiment designed to investigate the optical transient and variable sky on time scales from minutes to…”
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