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Strong Evidence against a Non-degenerate Companion in SN 2012cg by Shappee, B. J., Piro, A. L., Stanek, K. Z., Patel, S. G., Margutti, R. A., Lipunov, V. M., Pogge, R. W.

“…Even though SN 2012cg is one of the best-studied Type Ia supernovae to date, the nature of its progenitor system has been debated in numerous studies…”
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Central Masses and Broad-Line Region Sizes of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. A Homogeneous Analysis of a Large Reverberation-Mapping Database by Peterson, B. M, Ferrarese, L, Gilbert, K. M, Kaspi, S, Malkan, M. A, Maoz, D, Merritt, D, Netzer, H, Onken, C. A, Pogge, R. W, Vestergaard, M, Wandel, A

“…We present improved black hole masses for 35 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on a complete and consistent reanalysis of broad emission-line…”
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The Changing-look Quasar Mrk 590 Is Awakening by Mathur, S., Denney, K. D., Gupta, A., Vestergaard, M., De Rosa, G., Krongold, Yair, Nicastro, F., Collinson, J., Goad, M., Korista, K., Pogge, R. W., Peterson, B. M.

“…Mrk 590 was originally classified as a Seyfert 1 galaxy, but then it underwent dramatic changes: the nuclear luminosity dropped by over two orders of magnitude…”
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THE UNUSUAL TEMPORAL AND SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF SN2011ht. II. PECULIAR TYPE IIn OR IMPOSTOR? by HUMPHREYS, Roberta M, DAVIDSON, Kris, JONES, Terry J, POGGE, R. W, GRAMMER, Skyler H, PRIETO, José L, PRITCHARD, T. A

“…SN2011ht has been described both as a true supernova (SN) and as an impostor. In this paper, we conclude that it does not match some basic expectations for a…”
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Optical observations of the luminous Type IIn Supernova 2010jl for over 900 d by Jencson, J. E., Prieto, J. L., Kochanek, C. S., Shappee, B. J., Stanek, K. Z., Pogge, R. W.

“…The luminous Type IIn Supernova (SN) 2010jl shows strong evidence for the interaction of the SN ejecta with dense circumstellar material (CSM). We present…”
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C IV LINE-WIDTH ANOMALIES: THE PERILS OF LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE SPECTRA by Denney, K D, Pogge, R W, Assef, R J, Kochanek, C S, Peterson, B M, Vestergaard, M

“…Comparison of six high-redshift quasar spectra obtained with the Large Binocular Telescope with previous observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows…”
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OGLE-2003-BLG-262: Finite-Source Effects from a Point-Mass Lens by Yoo, Jaiyul, DePoy, D. L, Gal-Yam, A, Gaudi, B. S, Gould, A, Han, C, Lipkin, Y, Maoz, D, Ofek, E. O, Park, B.-G, Pogge, R. W, Udalski, A, Soszyński, I, Wyrzykowski, Ł, Kubiak, M, Szymański, M, Pietrzyński, G, Szewczyk, O, Żebruń, K

“…We analyze OGLE-2003-BLG-262, a relatively short (t sub(E) = 12.5 plus or minus 0.1 day) microlensing event generated by a point-mass lens transiting the face…”
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Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. XI. Disk-wind Characteristics and Contributions to the Very Broad Emission Lines of NGC 5548 by Dehghanian, M., Ferland, G. J., Kriss, G. A., Peterson, B. M., Korista, K. T., Goad, M. R., Chatzikos, M., Guzmán, F., Rosa, G. De, Mehdipour, M., Kaastra, J., Mathur, S., Vestergaard, M., Proga, D., Waters, T., Bentz, M. C., Bisogni, S., Brandt, W. N., Bontà, E. Dalla, Fausnaugh, M. M., Gelbord, J. M., Horne, Keith, McHardy, I. M., Pogge, R. W., Starkey, D. A.

“…In 2014 the NGC 5548 Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping campaign discovered a two-month anomaly when variations in the absorption and emission…”
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PROBING THE LOW-REDSHIFT STAR FORMATION RATE AS A FUNCTION OF METALLICITY THROUGH THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS OF TYPE II SUPERNOVAE by Stoll, R, Prieto, J L, Stanek, K Z, Pogge, R W

“…Type II supernovae (SNe) can be used as a star formation tracer to probe the metallicity distribution of global low-redshift star formation. We present oxygen…”
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Planetary Detection Efficiency of the Magnification 3000 Microlensing Event OGLE-2004-BLG-343 by Dong, Subo, DePoy, D. L, Gaudi, B. S, Gould, A, Han, C, Park, B.-G, Pogge, R. W, Udalski, A, Szewczyk, O, Kubiak, M, Szymański, M. K, Pietrzyński, G, Soszyński, I, Wyrzykowski, Ł, Żebruń, K

“…OGLE-2004-BLG-343 was a microlensing event with peak magnification A sub(max) = 3000 c 1100, by far the highest magnification event ever analyzed and hence…”
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THE UNUSUAL TEMPORAL AND SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF THE TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA 2011ht by ROMING, P. W. A, PRITCHARD, T. A, HOLLAND, S. T, IMMLER, S, KUIN, N. P. M, OATES, S. R, POGGE, R. W, POJMANSKI, G, STOLL, R, SHAPPEE, B. J, STANEK, K. Z, SZCZYGIEL, D. M, PRIETO, J. L, KOCHANEK, C. S, FRYER, C. L, DAVIDSON, K, HUMPHREYS, R. M, BAYLESS, A. J, BEACOM, J. F, BROWN, P. J

“…We present very early UV to optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the peculiar Type IIn supernova (SN) 2011ht in UGC 5460. The UV observations…”
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The Mass of the Black Hole in the Quasar PG 2130+099 by Grier, C. J, Peterson, B. M, Bentz, M. C, Denney, K. D, Eastman, J. D, Dietrich, M, Pogge, R. W, Prieto, J. L, DePoy, D. L, Assef, R. J, Atlee, D. W, Bird, J, Eyler, M. E, Peeples, M. S, Siverd, R, Watson, L. C, Yee, J. C

“…We present the results of a recent reverberation-mapping campaign undertaken to improve measurements of the radius of the broad-line region and the central…”
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Thirty Years of Continuum and Emission-Line Variability in NGC 5548 by Sergeev, S. G, Doroshenko, V. T, Dzyuba, S. A, Peterson, B. M, Pogge, R. W, Pronik, V. I

“…We analyze a total of 827 optical spectra of NGC 5548 obtained over the 30 year period 1972-2001 for the purpose of studying the long-term behavior of the…”
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X-Ray and Optical Variability in NGC 4051 and the Nature of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies by Peterson, B. M, McHardy, I. M, Wilkes, B. J, Berlind, P, Bertram, R, Calkins, M, Collier, S. J, Huchra, J. P, Mathur, S, Papadakis, I, Peters, J, Pogge, R. W, Romano, P, Tokarz, S, Uttley, P, Vestergaard, M, Wagner, R. M

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THE TYPECASTING OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: Mrk 590 NO LONGER FITS THE ROLE by Denney, K D, DeRosa, G, Croxall, K, Gupta, A, Bentz, M C, Fausnaugh, M M, Grier, C J, Martini, P, Mathur, S, Peterson, B M, Pogge, R W, Shappee, B J

“…We present multi wavelength observations that trace more than 40 yr in the life of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) in Mrk 590, traditionally known as a…”
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STELLAR VELOCITY DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS IN HIGH-LUMINOSITY QUASAR HOSTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AGN BLACK HOLE MASS SCALE by Grier, C J, Martini, P, Watson, L C, Peterson, B M, Bentz, M C, DASYRA, K M, Dietrich, M, Ferrarese, L, Pogge, R W, ZU, Y

“…We present new stellar velocity dispersion measurements for four luminous quasars with the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer instrument and the ALTAIR…”
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A Revised Broad-line Region Radius and Black Hole Mass for the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 NGC 4051 by Denney, K. D, Watson, L. C, Peterson, B. M, Pogge, R. W, Atlee, D. W, Bentz, M. C, Bird, J. C, Brokofsky, D. J, Comins, M. L, Dietrich, M, Doroshenko, V. T, Eastman, J. D, Efimov, Y. S, Gaskell, C. M, Hedrick, C. H, Klimanov, S. A, Klimek, E. S, Kruse, A. K, Lamb, J. B, Leighly, K, Minezaki, T, Nazarov, S. V, Petersen, E. A, Peterson, P, Poindexter, S, Schlesinger, Y, Sakata, K. J, Sergeev, S. G, Tobin, J. J, Unterborn, C, Vestergaard, M, Watkins, A. E, Yoshii, Y

“…We present the first results from a high sampling rate, multimonth reverberation mapping campaign undertaken primarily at MDM Observatory with supporting…”
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Microlensing Constraints on the Frequency of Jupiter-Mass Companions: Analysis of 5 Years of PLANET Photometry by Gaudi, B. S, Albrow, M. D, An, J, Beaulieu, J.-P, Caldwell, J. A. R, DePoy, D. L, Dominik, M, Gould, A, Greenhill, J, Hill, K, Kane, S, Martin, R, Menzies, J, Naber, R. M, Pel, J.-W, Pogge, R. W, Pollard, K. R, Sackett, P. D, Sahu, K. C, Vermaak, P, Vreeswijk, P. M, Watson, R, Williams, A

“…We analyze 5 years of PLANET photometry of microlensing events toward the Galactic bulge to search for the short-duration deviations from single-lens light…”
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THE SIZE OF THE NARROW-LINE-EMITTING REGION IN THE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 5548 FROM EMISSION-LINE VARIABILITY by Peterson, B M, Denney, K D, DE ROSA, G, Grier, C J, Pogge, R W, Bentz, M C, Kochanek, C S, Vestergaard, M, KILERCI-ESER, E, Dalla Bonta, E, Ciroi, S

“…The narrow [OIII] [lambda][lambda]4959, 5007 emission-line fluxes in the spectrum of the well-studied Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 are shown to vary with time…”
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The Cepheid Distance to the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4151 by Yuan, W., Fausnaugh, M. M., Hoffmann, S. L., Macri, L. M., Peterson, B. M., Riess, A. G., Bentz, M. C., Brown, J. S., Bontà, E. Dalla, Davies, R. I., Rosa, G. De, Ferrarese, L., Grier, C. J., Hicks, E. K. S., Onken, C. A., Pogge, R. W., Storchi-Bergmann, T., Vestergaard, M.

“…Abstract We derive a distance of 15.8 ± 0.4 Mpc to the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 based on the near-infrared Cepheid period–luminosity relation and…”
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