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Implications from ASKAP Fast Radio Burst Statistics by Lu, Wenbin, Piro, Anthony L.

“…Although there has recently been tremendous progress in studies of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the nature of their progenitors remains a mystery. We study the…”
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Slowing the spins of stellar cores by Fuller, Jim, Piro, Anthony L, Jermyn, Adam S

“…ABSTRACT The angular momentum (AM) evolution of stellar interiors, along with the resulting rotation rates of stellar remnants, remains poorly understood…”
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Measuring the Progenitor Masses and Dense Circumstellar Material of Type II Supernovae by Morozova, Viktoriya, Piro, Anthony L., Valenti, Stefano

“…Recent modeling of hydrogen-rich Type II supernova (SN II) light curves suggests the presence of dense circumstellar material (CSM) surrounding the exploding…”
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Wind-reprocessed Transients by Piro, Anthony L., Lu, Wenbin

“…We consider the situation where the luminosity from a transient event is reprocessed by an optically thick wind. Potential applications are the tidal…”
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Optical and X-ray emission from stable millisecond magnetars formed from the merger of binary neutron stars by Metzger, Brian D., Piro, Anthony L.

“…The coalescence of binary neutron stars (NSs) may in some cases produce a stable massive NS remnant rather than a black hole. Due to the substantial angular…”
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Evidence for Cocoon Emission from the Early Light Curve of SSS17a by Piro, Anthony L., Kollmeier, Juna A.

“…Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) was discovered as the first optical counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW170817. Although its light curve on the…”
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The outflow structure of GW170817 from late-time broad-band observations by Troja, E, Piro, L, Ryan, G, van Eerten, H, Ricci, R, Wieringa, M H, Lotti, S, Sakamoto, T, Cenko, S B

“…ABSTRACT We present our broad-band study of GW170817 from radio to hard X-rays, including NuSTAR and Chandra observations up to 165  d after the merger, and a…”
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A year in the life of GW170817: the rise and fall of a structured jet from a binary neutron star merger by Troja, E, van Eerten, H, Ryan, G, Ricci, R, Burgess, J M, Wieringa, M H, Piro, L, Cenko, S B, Sakamoto, T

“…Abstract We present the results of our year-long afterglow monitoring of GW170817, the first binary neutron star (NS) merger detected by advanced LIGO and…”
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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE RISING LIGHT CURVES OF RADIOACTIVELY POWERED SUPERNOVAE? by Piro, Anthony L, Nakar, Ehud

“…The light curve of the explosion of a star with a radius #10-100 R# is powered mostly by radioactive decay. Observationally, such events are dominated by…”
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Shock Cooling Emission from Extended Material Revisited by Piro, Anthony L., Haynie, Annastasia, Yao, Yuhan

“…Abstract Following shock breakout, the emission from an astrophysical explosion is dominated by the radiation of shock-heated material as it expands and cools,…”
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MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS IN COALESCING NEUTRON STAR BINARIES by PIRO, Anthony L

“…It is expected on both evolutionary and empirical grounds that many merging neutron star (NS) binaries are composed of a highly magnetized NS in orbit with a…”
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EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL DIVERSITY OF EARLY TYPE IA SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVES by Piro, Anthony L., Morozova, Viktoriya S.

“…ABSTRACT During the first several days after explosion, Type Ia supernova light curves probe the outer layers of the exploding star, and therefore provide…”
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The Dispersion and Rotation Measure of Supernova Remnants and Magnetized Stellar Winds: Application to Fast Radio Bursts by Piro, Anthony L., Gaensler, B. M.

“…Recent studies of fast radio bursts (FRBs) have led to many theories associating them with young neutron stars. If this is the case, then the presence of…”
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A Thousand Days After the Merger: Continued X-ray Emission from GW170817 by Troja, E., Eerten, H. van, Zhang, B., Ryan, G., Piro, L., Ricci, R., O’Connor, B., Wieringa, M.H., Cenko, S. B., Sakamoto, T.

“…Recent observations with the Chandra X-ray telescope continue to detect X-ray emission from the transient GW170817. In a total exposure of 96.6 ks, performed…”
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Observations of the missing baryons in the warm–hot intergalactic medium by Nicastro, F., Kaastra, J., Krongold, Y., Borgani, S., Branchini, E., Cen, R., Dadina, M., Danforth, C. W., Elvis, M., Fiore, F., Gupta, A., Mathur, S., Mayya, D., Paerels, F., Piro, L., Rosa-Gonzalez, D., Schaye, J., Shull, J. M., Torres-Zafra, J., Wijers, N., Zappacosta, L.

“…It has been known for decades that the observed number of baryons in the local Universe falls about 30–40 per cent short 1 , 2 of the total number of baryons…”
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Implications of Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment repeating fast radio bursts by Lu, Wenbin, Piro, Anthony L, Waxman, Eli

“…ABSTRACT CHIME has now detected 18 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs). We explore what can be learned about the energy distribution and activity level of the…”
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A luminous blue kilonova and an off-axis jet from a compact binary merger at z = 0.1341 by Troja, E., Ryan, G., Piro, L., van Eerten, H., Cenko, S. B., Yoon, Y., Lee, S.-K., Im, M., Sakamoto, T., Gatkine, P., Kutyrev, A., Veilleux, S.

“…The recent discovery of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) coincident with the gravitational-wave (GW) event GW170817 revealed the existence of a population of…”
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Estimating Ejecta Masses of Stripped-envelope Supernovae Using Late-time Light Curves by Haynie, Annastasia, Piro, Anthony L.

“…Abstract Stripped-envelope supernovae (SESNe) are a subclass of core-collapse supernovae that are deficient in hydrogen (SN IIb, SN Ib) and possibly helium (SN…”
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Tidal Heating of Exomoons in Resonance and Implications for Detection by Tokadjian, Armen, Piro, Anthony L.

“…Abstract The habitability of exoplanets can be strongly influenced by the presence of an exomoon, and in some cases the exomoon itself could be a possible…”
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Accurate flux calibration of GW170817: is the X-ray counterpart on the rise? by Troja, E, O’Connor, B, Ryan, G, Piro, L, Ricci, R, Zhang, B, Piran, T, Bruni, G, Cenko, S B, van Eerten, H

“…ABSTRACT X-ray emission from the gravitational wave transient GW170817 is well described as non-thermal afterglow radiation produced by a structured…”
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