Search Results - "Perley, D A"
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Core-collapse, superluminous, and gamma-ray burst supernova host galaxy populations at low redshift: the importance of dwarf and starbursting galaxies
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-05-2021)“…ABSTRACT We present a comprehensive study of an unbiased sample of 150 nearby (median redshift, z = 0.014) core-collapse supernova (CCSN) host galaxies drawn…”
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HOST-GALAXY PROPERTIES OF 32 LOW-REDSHIFT SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE FROM THE PALOMAR TRANSIENT FACTORY
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present ultraviolet through near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the host galaxies of all superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) discovered by…”
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A surge of light at the birth of a supernova
Published in Nature (London) (22-02-2018)“…The discovery of a newly born type IIb supernova reveals a rapid brightening at optical wavelengths that corresponds to the shock-breakout phase of the…”
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THE SWIFT GRB HOST GALAXY LEGACY SURVEY. II. REST-FRAME NEAR-IR LUMINOSITY DISTRIBUTION AND EVIDENCE FOR A NEAR-SOLAR METALLICITY THRESHOLD
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present rest-frame near-IR (NIR) luminosities and stellar masses for a large and uniformly selected population of gamma-ray burst (GRB) host…”
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Light Curves of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-06-2018)“…We investigate the light-curve properties of a sample of 26 spectroscopically confirmed hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) in the Palomar…”
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THE SWIFT GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST GALAXY LEGACY SURVEY. I. SAMPLE SELECTION AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2016)“…ABSTRACT We introduce the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxy Legacy Survey ("SHOALS"), a multi-observatory high-redshift galaxy survey targeting the largest…”
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Discovery of a Luminous Radio Transient 460 pc from the Central Supermassive Black Hole in Cygnus A
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2017)“…We report the appearance of a new radio source at a projected offset of 460 pc from the nucleus of Cygnus A. The flux density of the source (which we designate…”
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Far-UV HST Spectroscopy of an Unusual Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova: SN2017egm
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2018)“…SN2017egm is the closest (z = 0.03) H-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) detected to date, and a rare example of an SLSN-I in a massive, metal-rich galaxy…”
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Low frequency view of GRB 190114C reveals time varying shock micro-physics
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-07-2021)“…ABSTRACT We present radio and optical afterglow observations of the TeV-bright long gamma-ray burst 190114C at a redshift of z = 0.425, which was detected by…”
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iPTF 16asu: A Luminous, Rapidly Evolving, and High-velocity Supernova
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-12-2017)“…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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The Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Phase I Survey. II. Light-curve Modeling and Characterization of Undulations
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2023)“…Abstract We present analysis of the light curves (LCs) of 77 hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe I) discovered during the Zwicky Transient Facility…”
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THE OPTICALLY UNBIASED GRB HOST (TOUGH) SURVEY. VII. THE HOST GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION: PROBING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRBs AND STAR FORMATION TO REDSHIFT ∼6
Published in The Astrophysical journal (17-07-2015)“…ABSTRACT Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) offer a route to characterizing star-forming galaxies and quantifying high-z star formation that is distinct from the approach…”
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Confined dense circumstellar material surrounding a regular type II supernova
Published in Nature physics (01-05-2017)“…With the advent of new wide-field, high-cadence optical transient surveys, our understanding of the diversity of core-collapse supernovae has grown…”
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RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF A SAMPLE OF BROAD-LINE TYPE IC SUPERNOVAE DISCOVERED BY PTF/IPTF: A SEARCH FOR RELATIVISTIC EXPLOSIONS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2016)“…ABSTRACT Long duration γ-ray bursts are a rare subclass of stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae (SNe) that launch collimated relativistic outflows…”
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LATE TIME MULTI-WAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF SWIFT J1644+5734: A LUMINOUS OPTICAL/IR BUMP AND QUIESCENT X-RAY EMISSION
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present late time multi-wavelength observations of Swift J1644+57, suggested to be a relativistic tidal disruption flare (TDF). Our observations…”
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On the nature of the 'hostless' short GRBs
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-01-2014)“…A significant proportion (∼30 per cent) of the short-duration gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) localized by Swift have no detected host galaxy coincident with the…”
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Inflows, Outflows, and a Giant Donor in the Remarkable Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a?-Hubble Space Telescope Photometry of the 2015 Eruption
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-11-2017)“…The recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a experiences annual eruptions, contains a near-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf, and has the largest mass accretion rate in any…”
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DETECTION OF THREE GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST GALAXIES AT z ∼ 6
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-07-2016)“…ABSTRACT Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) allow us to pinpoint and study star-forming galaxies in the early universe, thanks to their orders of magnitude…”
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Color Me Intrigued: The Discovery of iPTF 16fnm, an SN 2002cx-like Object
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2017)“…Modern wide-field, optical time-domain surveys must solve a basic optimization problem: maximize the number of transient discoveries or minimize the follow-up…”
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Observations of the Naked-Eye GRB 080319B: Implications of Nature's Brightest Explosion
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2009)“…The first gamma-ray burst (GRB) confirmed to be bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, GRB 080319B at redshift z = 0.937, allowed for exquisite follow-up…”
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