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Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source by Coulter, D. A., Foley, R. J., Kilpatrick, C. D., Drout, M. R., Piro, A. L., Shappee, B. J., Siebert, M. R., Simon, J. D., Ulloa, N., Kasen, D., Madore, B. F., Murguia-Berthier, A., Pan, Y.-C., Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Rest, A., Rojas-Bravo, C.

“…On 17 August 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves (GWs) emanating…”
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The HST Nondetection of SN Ia 2011fe 11.5 yr after Explosion Further Restricts Single-degenerate Progenitor Systems by Tucker, M. A., Shappee, B. J.

“…Abstract We present deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the nearby Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2011fe obtained 11.5 yr after explosion. No emission is…”
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Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis by Drout, M. R., Piro, A. L., Shappee, B. J., Kilpatrick, C. D., Simon, J. D., Contreras, C., Coulter, D. A., Foley, R. J., Siebert, M. R., Morrell, N., Boutsia, K., Di Mille, F., Holoien, T. W.-S., Kasen, D., Kollmeier, J. A., Madore, B. F., Monson, A. J., Murguia-Berthier, A., Pan, Y.-C., Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Rest, A., Adams, C., Alatalo, K., Bañados, E., Baughman, J., Beers, T. C., Bernstein, R. A., Bitsakis, T., Campillay, A., Hansen, T. T., Higgs, C. R., Ji, A. P., Maravelias, G., Marshall, J. L., Bidin, C. Moni, Prieto, J. L., Rasmussen, K. C., Rojas-Bravo, C., Strom, A. L., Ulloa, N., Vargas-González, J., Wan, Z., Whitten, D. D.

“…On 17 August 2017, gravitational waves (GWs) were detected from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma-ray burst, GRB…”
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Whimper of a Bang: Documenting the Final Days of the Nearby Type Ia Supernova 2011fe by Shappee, B. J., Stanek, K. Z., Kochanek, C. S., Garnavich, P. M.

“…Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Large Binocular Telescope, we followed the evolution of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2011fe for an…”
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Early spectra of the gravitational wave source GW170817: Evolution of a neutron star merger by Shappee, B. J., Simon, J. D., Drout, M. R., Piro, A. L., Morrell, N., Prieto, J. L., Kasen, D., Holoien, T. W.-S., Kollmeier, J. A., Kelson, D. D., Coulter, D. A., Foley, R. J., Kilpatrick, C. D., Siebert, M. R., Madore, B. F., Murguia-Berthier, A., Pan, Y.-C., Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Rest, A., Adams, C., Alatalo, K., Bañados, E., Baughman, J., Bernstein, R. A., Bitsakis, T., Boutsia, K., Bravo, J. R., Di Mille, F., Higgs, C. R., Ji, A. P., Maravelias, G., Marshall, J. L., Placco, V. M., Prieto, G., Wan, Z.

“…On 17 August 2017, Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) was discovered as the optical counterpart of the binary neutron star gravitational wave event…”
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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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Six months of multiwavelength follow-up of the tidal disruption candidate ASASSN-14li and implied TDE rates from ASAS-SN by Holoien, T W-S, Kochanek, C S, Prieto, J L, Stanek, K Z, Dong, Subo, Shappee, B J, Grupe, D, Brown, J S, Basu, U, Beacom, J F, Bersier, D, Brimacombe, J, Danilet, A B, Falco, E, Guo, Z, Jose, J, Herczeg, G J, Long, F, Pojmanski, G, Simonian, G V, Szczygiel, D M, Thompson, T A, Thorstensen, J R, Wagner, R M, Wozniak, P R

“…We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the candidate tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-14li, found at the centre of…”
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Discovery and follow-up of ASASSN-19dj: an X-ray and UV luminous TDE in an extreme post-starburst galaxy by Hinkle, Jason T, Holoien, T W-S, Auchettl, K, Shappee, B J, Neustadt, J M M, Payne, A V, Brown, J S, Kochanek, C S, Stanek, K Z, Graham, M J, Tucker, M A, Do, A, Anderson, J P, Bose, S, Chen, P, Coulter, D A, Dimitriadis, G, Dong, Subo, Foley, R J, Huber, M E, Hung, T, Kilpatrick, C D, Pignata, G, Piro, A L, Rojas-Bravo, C, Siebert, M R, Stalder, B, Thompson, Todd A, Tonry, J L, Vallely, P J, Wisniewski, J P

“…ABSTRACT We present observations of ASASSN-19dj, a nearby tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered in the post-starburst galaxy KUG 0810+227 by the All-Sky…”
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ASASSN-18tb: a most unusual Type Ia supernova observed by TESS and SALT by Vallely, P J, Fausnaugh, M, Jha, S W, Tucker, M A, Eweis, Y, Shappee, B J, Kochanek, C S, Stanek, K Z, Chen, Ping, Dong, Subo, Prieto, J L, Sukhbold, T, Thompson, Todd A, Brimacombe, J, Stritzinger, M D, Holoien, T W-S, Buckley, D A H, Gromadzki, M, Bose, Subhash

“…ABSTRACT We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of the unusual Type Ia supernova ASASSN-18tb, including a series of Southern African Large…”
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High tide: a systematic search for ellipsoidal variables in ASAS-SN by Rowan, D M, Stanek, K Z, Jayasinghe, T, Kochanek, C S, Thompson, Todd A, Shappee, B J, Holoien, T W -S, Prieto, J L

“…ABSTRACT The majority of non-merging stellar mass black holes are discovered by observing high energy emission from accretion processes. Here, we pursue the…”
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Early Spectral Evolution of Classical Novae: Consistent Evidence for Multiple Distinct Outflows by Aydi, E., Chomiuk, L., Izzo, L., Harvey, E. J., Leahy-McGregor, J., Strader, J., Buckley, D. A. H., Sokolovsky, K. V., Kawash, A., Kochanek, C. S., Linford, J. D., Metzger, B. D., Mukai, K., Orio, M., Shappee, B. J., Shishkovsky, L., Steinberg, E., Swihart, S. J., Sokoloski, J. L., Walter, F. M., Woudt, P. A.

“…The physical mechanism driving mass ejection during a nova eruption is still poorly understood. Possibilities include ejection in a single ballistic event, a…”
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First Resolution of Microlensed Images by Dong, Subo, Mérand, A., Delplancke-Ströbele, F., Gould, Andrew, Chen, Ping, Post, R., Kochanek, C. S., Stanek, K. Z., Christie, G. W., Mutel, Robert, Natusch, T., Holoien, T. W.-S., Prieto, J. L., Shappee, B. J., Thompson, Todd A.

“…Abstract We employ Very Large Telescope Interferometer GRAVITY to resolve, for the first time, the two images generated by a gravitational microlens. The…”
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From out of the Blue: Swift Links 2002es-like, 2003fg-like, and Early Time Bump Type Ia Supernovae by Hoogendam, W. B., Shappee, B. J., Brown, P. J., Tucker, M. A., Ashall, C., Piro, A. L.

“…Abstract We collect a sample of 42 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with Swift UV photometry and well-measured early time light-curve rises and find that…”
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SN 2012fr: Ultraviolet, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves of a Type Ia Supernova Observed within a Day of Explosion by Contreras, Carlos, Phillips, M. M., Burns, Christopher R., Piro, Anthony L., Shappee, B. J., Stritzinger, Maximilian D., Baltay, C., Brown, Peter J., Conseil, Emmanuel, Klotz, Alain, Nugent, Peter E., Turpin, Damien, Parker, Stu, Rabinowitz, D., Hsiao, Eric Y., Morrell, Nidia, Campillay, Abdo, Castellón, Sergio, Corco, Carlos, González, Consuelo, Krisciunas, Kevin, Serón, Jacqueline, Tucker, Brad E., Walker, E. S., Baron, E., Cain, C., Childress, Michael J., Folatelli, Gastón, Freedman, Wendy L., Hamuy, Mario, Hoeflich, P., Persson, S. E., Scalzo, Richard, Schmidt, Brian, Suntzeff, Nicholas B.

“…Abstract We present detailed ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared light curves of the Type Ia supernova (SN) 2012fr, which exploded in the Fornax cluster…”
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THE AFTERGLOW AND EARLY-TYPE HOST GALAXY OF THE SHORT GRB 150101B AT z = 0.1343 by Fong, W., Margutti, R., Chornock, R., Berger, E., Shappee, B. J., Levan, A. J., Tanvir, N. R., Smith, N., Milne, P. A., Laskar, T., Fox, D. B., Lunnan, R., Blanchard, P. K., Hjorth, J., Wiersema, K., van der Horst, A. J., Zaritsky, D.

“…ABSTRACT We present the discovery of the X-ray and optical afterglows of the short-duration GRB 150101B, pinpointing the event to an early-type host galaxy at…”
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Carnegie Supernova Project: The First Homogeneous Sample of Super-Chandrasekhar-mass/2003fg-like Type Ia Supernovae by Ashall, C., Lu, J., Hsiao, E. Y., Hoeflich, P., Phillips, M. M., Galbany, L., Burns, C. R., Contreras, C., Krisciunas, K., Morrell, N., Stritzinger, M. D., Suntzeff, N. B., Taddia, F., Anais, J., Baron, E., Brown, P. J., Busta, L., Campillay, A., Castellón, S., Corco, C., Davis, S., Folatelli, G., Förster, F., Freedman, W. L., Gonzaléz, C., Hamuy, M., Holmbo, S., Kirshner, R. P., Kumar, S., Marion, G. H., Mazzali, P., Morokuma, T., Nugent, P. E., Persson, S. E., Piro, A. L., Roth, M., Salgado, F., Sand, D. J., Seron, J., Shahbandeh, M., Shappee, B. J.

“…Abstract We present a multiwavelength photometric and spectroscopic analysis of 13 super-Chandrasekhar-mass/2003fg-like Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Nine of…”
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ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova by Dong, Subo, Shappee, B. J., Prieto, J. L., Jha, S. W., Stanek, K. Z., Holoien, T. W.-S., Kochanek, C. S., Thompson, T. A., Morrell, N., Thompson, I. B., Basu, U., Beacom, J. F., Bersier, D., Brimacombe, J., Brown, J. S., Bufano, F., Chen, Ping, Conseil, E., Danilet, A. B., Falco, E., Grupe, D., Kiyota, S., Masi, G., Nicholls, B., E, F. Olivares, Pignata, G., Pojmanski, G., Simonian, G. V., Szczygiel, D. M., Woźniak, P. R.

“…We report the discovery of ASASSN-15lh (SN 2015L), which we interpret as the most luminous supernova yet found. At redshift z = 0.2326, ASASSN-15lh reached an…”
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The relative specific Type Ia supernovae rate from three years of ASAS-SN by Brown, J S, Stanek, K Z, Holoien, T W-S, Kochanek, C S, Shappee, B J, Prieto, J L, Dong, S, Chen, P, Thompson, Todd A, Beacom, J F, Stritzinger, M D, Bersier, D, Brimacombe, J

“…ABSTRACT We analyse the 476 SN Ia host galaxies from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernova (ASAS-SN) Bright Supernova Catalogues to determine the observed…”
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Carnegie Supernova Project II: The Slowest Rising Type Ia Supernova LSQ14fmg and Clues to the Origin of Super-Chandrasekhar/03fg-like Events by Hsiao 蕭, E. Y. 亦麒, Hoeflich, P., Ashall, C., Lu, J., Contreras, C., Burns, C. R., Phillips, M. M., Galbany, L., Anderson, J. P., Baltay, C., Baron, E., Castellón, S., Davis, S., Freedman, Wendy L., Gall, C., Gonzalez, C., Graham, M. L., Hamuy, M., Holoien, T. W.-S., Karamehmetoglu, E., Krisciunas, K., Kumar, S., Kuncarayakti, H., Morrell, N., Moriya, T. J., Nugent, P. E., Perlmutter, S., Persson, S. E., Piro, A. L., Rabinowitz, D., Roth, M., Shahbandeh, M., Shappee, B. J., Stritzinger, M. D., Suntzeff, N. B., Taddia, F., Uddin, S. A.

“…Abstract The Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) LSQ14fmg exhibits exaggerated properties that may help to reveal the origin of the “super-Chandrasekhar” (or 03fg-like)…”
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Cool, Luminous, and Highly Variable Stars in the Magellanic Clouds from ASAS-SN: Implications for Thorne–Żytkow Objects and Super-asymptotic Giant Branch Stars by O’Grady, Anna J. G., Drout, Maria R., Shappee, B. J., Bauer, Evan B., Fuller, Jim, Kochanek, C. S., Jayasinghe, T., Gaensler, B. M., Stanek, K. Z., Holoien, Thomas W.-S., Prieto, J. L., Thompson, Todd A.

“…Abstract Stars with unusual properties can provide a wealth of information about rare stages of stellar evolution and exotic physics. However, determining the…”
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