Search Results - "Tucker, Michael A"
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Simultaneous Multiwavelength Flare Observations of EV Lacertae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2021)“…We present the first results of our ongoing project conducting simultaneous multiwavelength observations of flares on nearby active M dwarfs. We acquired data…”
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The Changing-look Blazar B2 1420+32
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2021)“…Abstract Blazars are active galactic nuclei with their relativistic jets pointing toward the observer, comprising two major subclasses, flat-spectrum radio…”
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Serendipitous Nebular-phase JWST Imaging of SN Ia SN 2021aefx: Testing the Confinement of 56Co Decay Energy
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-02-2023)“…We present new 0.3–21 μm photometry of SN 2021aefx in the spiral galaxy NGC 1566 at +357 days after B-band maximum, including the first detection of any Type…”
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ASASSN-14ko is a Periodic Nuclear Transient in ESO 253-G003
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2021)“…Abstract We present the discovery that ASASSN-14ko is a periodically flaring active galactic nucleus at the center of the galaxy ESO 253-G003. At the time of…”
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Late-onset Circumstellar Medium Interactions are Rare: An Unbiased GALEX View of Type Ia Supernovae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2022)“…Abstract Using ultraviolet (UV) light curves, we constrain the circumstellar environments of 1080 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) within z < 0.5 from archival…”
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COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS). I. A High-gravity T4 Benchmark around an Old White Dwarf and a Re-examination of the Surface-gravity Dependence of the L/T Transition
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2020)“…We present the first discovery from the COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS) program, a large-scale survey for wide-orbit planetary and substellar…”
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The Rise and Fall of ASASSN-18pg: Following a TDE from Early to Late Times
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2020)“…We present nearly 500 days of observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-18pg, spanning from 54 days before peak light to 441 days after peak…”
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The Rapid X-Ray and UV Evolution of ASASSN-14ko
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2022)“…Abstract ASASSN-14ko is a recently discovered periodically flaring transient at the center of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) ESO 253−G003 with a slowly…”
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Stellar flares are far-ultraviolet luminous
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (05-08-2024)“…ABSTRACT We identify 182 flares on 158 stars within 100 pc of the Sun in both the near-ultraviolet (NUV; $1750\!-\!2750$ Å) and far-ultraviolet (FUV;…”
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A hidden population of massive white dwarfs: two spotted K + WD binaries
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2024)“…ABSTRACT The identification and characterization of massive (≳ 0.8 M⊙) white dwarfs is challenging in part due to their low luminosity. Here, we present two…”
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The Curious Case of ASASSN-20hx: A Slowly Evolving, UV- and X-Ray-Luminous, Ambiguous Nuclear Transient
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2022)“…Abstract We present observations of ASASSN-20hx, a nearby ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) discovered in NGC 6297 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for…”
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SCAT uncovers ATLAS’s first tidal disruption event ATLAS18mlw: a faint and fast TDE in a quiescent Balmer strong Galaxy
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2023)“…ABSTRACT We present the discovery that ATLAS18mlw was a tidal disruption event (TDE) in the galaxy WISEA J073544.83+663717.3, at a luminosity distance of 334…”
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Investigating the Nature of the Luminous Ambiguous Nuclear Transient ASASSN-17jz
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2022)“…Abstract We present observations of the extremely luminous but ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) ASASSN-17jz, spanning roughly 1200 days of the object’s…”
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COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS). III. A Very Red L6 Benchmark Brown Dwarf around a Young M5 Dwarf
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2022)“…Abstract We present the third discovery from the COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS) program, the COCONUTS-3 system, composed of the young M5…”
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Echo Location: Distances to Galactic Supernovae From ASAS-SN Light Echoes and 3D Dust Maps
Published in The open journal of astrophysics (29-10-2024)“…Light echoes occur when light from a luminous transient is scattered by dust back into our line of sight with a time delay due to the extra propagation…”
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White dwarf variability with gPhoton: pulsators
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-04-2018)“…Abstract We present results from a search for short time-scale white dwarf variability using gPhoton, a time-tagged data base of GALEX photon events and…”
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Late-onset Circumstellar Medium Interactions are Rare: An Unbiased GALEX View of Type Ia Supernovae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2022)“…Using ultraviolet (UV) light curves, we constrain the circumstellar environments of 1080 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) within z < 0.5 from archival Galaxy…”
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Hawaií Supernova Flows: A peculiar velocity survey using over a Thousand Supernovae in the near-infrared
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (07-11-2024)“…Abstract We introduce the Hawai‘i Supernova Flows project and present summary statistics of the first 1,217 astronomical transients observed, 668 of which are…”
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The Golden Era of Transient Astronomy
Published 01-01-2022“…Astronomy has seen a massive increase in the discovery and classification of astrophysical transients, which are fleeting celestial events such as supernovae,…”
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The Curious Case of ASASSN-20hx: A Slowly Evolving, UV- and X-Ray-Luminous, Ambiguous Nuclear Transient
Published in The Astrophysical journal (28-04-2022)“…We present observations of ASASSN-20hx, a nearby ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) discovered in NGC 6297 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae…”
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