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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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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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SALT3: An Improved Type Ia Supernova Model for Measuring Cosmic Distances by Kenworthy, W. D., Jones, D. O., Dai, M., Kessler, R., Scolnic, D., Brout, D., Siebert, M. R., Pierel, J. D. R., Dettman, K. G., Dimitriadis, G., Foley, R. J., Jha, S. W., Pan, Y.-C., Riess, A., Rodney, S., Rojas-Bravo, C.

“…Abstract A spectral-energy distribution (SED) model for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is a critical tool for measuring precise and accurate distances across a…”
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A Spectroscopic Model of the Type Ia Supernova–Host-galaxy Mass Correlation from SALT3 by Jones, D. O., Kenworthy, W. D., Dai, M., Foley, R. J., Kessler, R., Pierel, J. D. R., Siebert, M. R.

“…Abstract The unknown cause of the correlation between Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) Hubble residuals and their host-galaxy masses (the “mass step”) may bias…”
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Discovery of an Apparent Red, High-velocity Type Ia Supernova at z = 2.9 with JWST by Pierel, J. D. R., Engesser, M., Coulter, D. A., DeCoursey, C., Siebert, M. R., Rest, A., Egami, E., Chen, W., Fox, O. D., Jones, D. O., Joshi, B. A., Moriya, T. J., Zenati, Y., Bunker, A. J., Cargile, P. A., Curti, M., Eisenstein, D. J., Gezari, S., Gomez, S., Guolo, M., Johnson, B. D., Karmen, M., Maiolino, R., Quimby, R. M., Robertson, B., Shahbandeh, M., Strolger, L. G., Sun, F., Wang, Q., Wevers, T.

“…Abstract We present the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovery of SN 2023adsy, a transient object located in a host galaxy JADES-GS+53.13485−27.82088 with…”
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Discovery of a Relativistic Stripped-envelope Type Ic-BL Supernova at z = 2.83 with JWST by Siebert, M. R., DeCoursey, C., Coulter, D. A., Engesser, M., Pierel, J. D. R., Rest, A., Egami, E., Shahbandeh, M., Chen, W., Fox, O. D., Zenati, Y., Moriya, T. J., Bunker, A. J., Cargile, P. A., Curti, M., Eisenstein, D. J., Gezari, S., Gomez, S., Guolo, M., Johnson, B. D., Joshi, B. A., Karmen, M., Maiolino, R., Quimby, R. M., Robertson, B., Strolger, L. G., Sun, F., Wang, Q., Wevers, T.

“…Abstract We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam and NIRSpec observations of a Type Ic supernova (SN Ic) and its host galaxy…”
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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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Electromagnetic evidence that SSS17a is the result of a binary neutron star merger by Kilpatrick, C. D., Foley, R. J., Kasen, D., Murguia-Berthier, A., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Coulter, D. A., Drout, M. R., Piro, A. L., Shappee, B. J., Boutsia, K., Contreras, C., Di Mille, F., Madore, B. F., Morrell, N., Pan, Y.-C., Prochaska, J. X., Rest, A., Rojas-Bravo, C., Siebert, M. R., Simon, J. D., Ulloa, N.

“…Eleven hours after the detection of gravitational wave source GW170817 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo Interferometers, an…”
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Should Type Ia Supernova Distances Be Corrected for Their Local Environments? by Jones, D. O., Riess, A. G., Scolnic, D. M., Pan, Y.-C., Johnson, E., Coulter, D. A., Dettman, K. G., Foley, M. M., Foley, R. J., Huber, M. E., Jha, S. W., Kilpatrick, C. D., Kirshner, R. P., Rest, A., Schultz, A. S. B., Siebert, M. R.

“…Recent analyses suggest that distance residuals measured from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are correlated with local host galaxy properties within a few…”
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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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The Foundation Supernova Survey: motivation, design, implementation, and first data release by Foley, Ryan J, Scolnic, Daniel, Rest, Armin, Jha, S W, Pan, Y-C, Riess, A G, Challis, P, Chambers, K C, Coulter, D A, Dettman, K G, Foley, M M, Fox, O D, Huber, M E, Jones, D O, Kilpatrick, C D, Kirshner, R P, Schultz, A S B, Siebert, M R, Flewelling, H A, Gibson, B, Magnier, E A, Miller, J A, Primak, N, Smartt, S J, Smith, K W, Wainscoat, R J, Waters, C, Willman, M

“…Abstract The Foundation Supernova Survey aims to provide a large, high-fidelity, homogeneous, and precisely calibrated low-redshift Type Ia supernova (SN Ia)…”
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A possible distance bias for type Ia supernovae with different ejecta velocities by Siebert, M R, Foley, R J, Jones, D O, Davis, K W

“…ABSTRACT After correcting for their light-curve shape and colour, Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are precise cosmological distance indicators. However, there…”
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Investigating the diversity of Type Ia supernova spectra with the open-source relational data base kaepora by Siebert, M R, Foley, R J, Jones, D O, Angulo, R, Davis, K, Duarte, A, Strasburger, E, Conlon, M, Kazmi, N, Nishimoto, R, Schubert, M, Sun, L, Tippens, R

“…Abstract We present a public, open-source relational data base (we name kaepora) containing a sample of 4975 spectra of 777 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Since…”
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The Foundation Supernova Survey: Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Supernovae from a Single Telescope by Jones, D. O., Scolnic, D. M., Foley, R. J., Rest, A., Kessler, R., Challis, P. M., Chambers, K. C., Coulter, D. A., Dettman, K. G., Foley, M. M., Huber, M. E., Jha, S. W., Johnson, E., Kilpatrick, C. D., Kirshner, R. P., Manuel, J., Narayan, G., Pan, Y.-C., Riess, A. G., Schultz, A. S. B., Siebert, M. R., Berger, E., Chornock, R., Flewelling, H., Magnier, E. A., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., Willman, M.

“…Measurements of the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, w, have been limited by uncertainty in the selection effects and photometric calibration of z <…”
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The Early Phases of Supernova 2020pni: Shock Ionization of the Nitrogen-enriched Circumstellar Material by Terreran, G., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Groh, J. H., Margutti, R., Coppejans, D. L., Dimitriadis, G., Kilpatrick, C. D., Matthews, D. J., Siebert, M. R., Angus, C. R., Brink, T. G., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Jones, D. O., Tinyanont, S., Gall, C., Pfister, H., Zenati, Y., Ansari, Z., Auchettl, K., El-Badry, K., Magnier, E. A., Zheng, W.

“…Abstract We present multiwavelength observations of the Type II SN 2020pni. Classified at ∼1.3 days after explosion, the object showed narrow (FWHM intensity…”
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Cosmological Results from the RAISIN Survey: Using Type Ia Supernovae in the Near Infrared as a Novel Path to Measure the Dark Energy Equation of State by Jones, D. O., Mandel, K. S., Kirshner, R. P., Thorp, S., Challis, P. M., Avelino, A., Brout, D., Burns, C., Foley, R. J., Pan, Y.-C., Scolnic, D. M., Siebert, M. R., Chornock, R., Freedman, W. L., Friedman, A., Frieman, J., Galbany, L., Hsiao, E., Kelsey, L., Marion, G. H., Nichol, R. C., Nugent, P. E., Phillips, M. M., Rest, A., Riess, A. G., Sako, M., Smith, M., Wiseman, P., Wood-Vasey, W. M.

“…Abstract Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are more precise standardizable candles when measured in the near-infrared (NIR) than in the optical. With this…”
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YSE-PZ: A Transient Survey Management Platform that Empowers the Human-in-the-loop by Coulter, D. A., Jones, D. O., McGill, P., Foley, R. J., Aleo, P. D., Bustamante-Rosell, M. J., Chatterjee, D., Davis, K. W., Dickinson, C., Engel, A., Gagliano, A., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Kilpatrick, C. D., Kutcka, J., Le Saux, X. K., Malanchev, K., Pan, Y.-C., Quiñonez, P. J., Rojas-Bravo, C., Siebert, M. R., Taggart, K., Tinyanont, S., Wang, Q.

“…Abstract The modern study of astrophysical transients has been transformed by an exponentially growing volume of data. Within the last decade, the transient…”
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Discovery of Highly Blueshifted Broad Balmer and Metastable Helium Absorption Lines in a Tidal Disruption Event by Hung, T., Cenko, S. B., Roth, Nathaniel, Gezari, S., Veilleux, S., Velzen, Sjoert van, Gaskell, C. Martin, Foley, Ryan J., Blagorodnova, N., Yan, Lin, Graham, M. J., Brown, J. S., Siebert, M. R., Frederick, Sara, Ward, Charlotte, Gatkine, Pradip, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Yang, Yi, Schulze, S., Dimitriadis, G., Kupfer, Thomas, Shupe, David L., Rusholme, Ben, Masci, Frank J., Riddle, Reed, Soumagnac, Maayane T., Roestel, J. van, Dekany, Richard

“…We report the discovery of nonstellar hydrogen Balmer and metastable helium absorption lines accompanying a transient, high-velocity (0.05c) broad absorption…”
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To TDE or not to TDE: the luminous transient ASASSN-18jd with TDE-like and AGN-like qualities by Neustadt, J M M, Holoien, T W-S, Kochanek, C S, Auchettl, K, Brown, J S, Shappee, B J, Pogge, R W, Dong, Subo, Stanek, K Z, Tucker, M A, Bose, S, Chen, Ping, Ricci, C, Vallely, P J, Prieto, J L, Thompson, T A, Coulter, D A, Drout, M R, Foley, R J, Kilpatrick, C D, Piro, A L, Rojas-Bravo, C, Buckley, D A H, Gromadzki, M, Dimitriadis, G, Siebert, M R, Do, A, Huber, M E, Payne, A V

“…ABSTRACT We present the discovery of ASASSN-18jd (AT 2018bcb), a luminous optical/ultraviolet(UV)/X-ray transient located in the nucleus of the galaxy…”
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Progenitor and close-in circumstellar medium of type II supernova 2020fqv from high-cadence photometry and ultra-rapid UV spectroscopy by Tinyanont, Samaporn, Ridden-Harper, R, Foley, R J, Morozova, V, Kilpatrick, C D, Dimitriadis, G, DeMarchi, L, Gagliano, A, Jacobson-Galán, W V, Messick, A, Pierel, J D R, Piro, A L, Ramirez-Ruiz, E, Siebert, M R, Chambers, K C, Clever, K E, Coulter, D A, De, K, Hankins, M, Hung, T, Jha, S W, Jimenez Angel, C E, Jones, D O, Kasliwal, M M, Lin, C-C, Marques-Chaves, R, Margutti, R, Moore, A, Pérez-Fournon, I, Poidevin, F, Rest, A, Shirley, R, Smith, C S, Strasburger, E, Swift, J J, Wainscoat, R J, Wang, Q, Zenati, Y

“…ABSTRACT We present observations of SN 2020fqv, a Virgo-cluster type II core-collapse supernova (CCSN) with a high temporal resolution light curve from the…”
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