Browsing by Author "Drout, Maria Rebecca"

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    • Cosmological Constraints from Measurements of Type Ia Supernovae Discovered during the First 1.5 yr of the Pan-STARRS1 Survey 

      Rest, Armin Wolfgang; Scolnic, D.; Foley, R. J.; Huber, M. E.; Chornock, R.; Narayan, Gautham Siddharth; Tonry, J. L.; Berger, Edo; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Stubbs, Christopher William; Riess, A.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Smartt, S. J.; Schlafly, E.; Rodney, S.; Botticella, M. T.; Brout, D.; Challis, P.; Czekala, Ian Philip; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Hudson, M. J.; Kotak, R.; Leibler, C.; Lunnan, Ragnhild; Marion, G. H.; McCrum, M.; Milisavljevic, D.; Pastorello, A.; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Smith, K.; Stafford, E.; Thilker, D.; Valenti, S.; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Zheng, Z.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Denneau, L.; Draper, P. W.; Flewelling, H.; Hodapp, K. W.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R.-P.; Magnier, E. A.; Metcalfe, N.; Price, P. A.; Sweeney, W.; Wainscoat, R.; Waters, C. (IOP Publishing, 2014)
      We present griz P1 light curves of 146 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia; 0.03 < z < 0.65) discovered during the first 1.5 yr of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. The Pan-STARRS1 natural photometric ...

    • GRB 130606A as a Probe of the Intergalactic Medium and the Interstellar Medium in a Star-forming Galaxy in the First Gyr After the Big Bang 

      Chornock, Ryan; Berger, Edo; Fox, Derek B.; Lunnan, Ragnhild; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Fong, Wen-fai; Laskar, Tanmoy; Roth, Katherine C. (IOP Publishing, 2013)
      We present high signal-to-noise ratio Gemini and MMT spectroscopy of the optical afterglow of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130606A at redshift z=5.913, discovered by Swift. This is the first high-redshift GRB afterglow to ...

    • Metamorphosis of Sn 2014c: Delayed Interaction Between a Hydrogen Poor Core-Collapse Supernova and a Nearby Circumstellar Shell 

      Milisavljevic, Danny; Margutti, R; Kamble, Atish; Patnaude, Daniel James; Raymond, John Charles; Eldridge, J. J.; Fong, W.; Bietenholz, M.; Challis, Peter M.; Chornock, R; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Fransson, C.; Fesen, R. A.; Grindlay, Jonathan E.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Lunnan, R; Mackey, J.; Miller, George Franklin; Parrent, Jerod T.; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Zauderer, B (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      We present optical observations of supernova SN 2014C, which underwent an unprecedented slow metamorphosis from H-poor type Ib to H-rich type IIn over the course of one year. The observed spectroscopic evolution is consistent ...

    • Peculiar Transients as Probes of Stellar Evolution and Mass Loss 

      Drout, Maria R. (2016-05-18)
      Multi-wavelength observations of supernovae (SN) not only probe the explosion mechanism, but also carry information about the configuration of the star at the moment of collapse and the mass-loss history of the progenitor ...

    • PS1-10afx at z = 1.388: Pan-STARRS1 Discovery of a New Type of Superluminous Supernova 

      Chornock, Ryan T.; Berger, Edo; Rest, A.; Milisavljevic, Danny; Lunnan, Ragnhild; Foley, R. J.; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Smartt, S. J.; Burgasser, A. J.; Challis, Peter M.; Chomiuk, L.; Czekala, Ian Philip; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Fong, Wen-fai; Huber, M. E.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Leibler, C.; McLeod, Brian A.; Marion, G. H.; Narayan, Gautham Siddharth; Riess, A. G.; Roth, K. C.; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Scolnic, D.; Smith, K.; Stubbs, Christopher William; Tonry, J. L.; Valenti, S.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Hodapp, K. W.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R.-P.; Magnier, E. A.; Price, P. A. (American Astronomical Society, 2013)
      We present the Pan-STARRS1 discovery of PS1-10afx, a unique hydrogen-deficient superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift z = 1.388. The light curve peaked at z P1 = 21.7 mag, making PS1-10afx comparable to the most luminous ...

    • Ps1-10bzj: A Fast, Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernova in a Metal Poor Host Galaxy 

      Lunnan, R; Chornock, R; Berger, Edo; Milisavljevic, Danny; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Challis, P. M.; Czekala, I.; Foley, R. J.; Fong, W.; Huber, M. E.; Kirshner, R. P.; Leibler, C.; Marion, G. H.; McCrum, M.; Narayan, G.; Rest, A.; Roth, K. C.; Scolnic, D.; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, K.; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Stubbs, Christopher William; Tonry, J. L.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Kudritzki, R.-P.; Magnier, E. A.; Price, P. A. (IOP Publishing, 2013)
      We present observations and analysis of PS1-10bzj, a superluminous supernova (SLSN) discovered in the Pan-STARRS Medium Deep Survey at a redshift z = 0.650. Spectroscopically, PS1-10bzj is similar to the hydrogen-poor SLSNe ...

    • Ps1-12sk Is a Peculiar Supernova From a He-Rich Progenitor System in a Brightest Cluster Galaxy Environment 

      Sanders, Nathan Edward; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Foley, R. J.; Chornock, R; Milisavljevic, Danny; Margutti, R; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Moe, M; Berger, Edo; Brown, W. R.; Lunnan, R.; Smartt, S. J.; Fraser, M.; Kotak, R.; Magill, L.; Smith, K. W.; Wright, D.; Huang, K.; Urata, Y.; Mulchaey, J. S.; Rest, A.; Sand, D. J.; Chomiuk, L.; Friedman, A. S.; Kirshner, R. P.; Marion, G. H.; Tonry, J. L.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Hodapp, K. W.; Kudritzki, R. P.; Price, P. A. (IOP Publishing, 2013)
      We report on our discovery and observations of the Pan-STARRS1 supernova (SN) PS1-12sk, a transient with properties that indicate atypical star formation in its host galaxy cluster or pose a challenge to popular progenitor ...

    • Rapidly evolving and luminous transients from Pan-STARRS1 

      Drout, Maria Rebecca; Chornock, R; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Sanders, Nathan Edward; McKinnon, R.; Rest, Armin Wolfgang; Foley, R. J.; Milisavljevic, Danny; Margutti, R; Berger, Edo; Calkins, Michael Lee; Fong, W; Gezari, S.; Huber, M. E.; Kankare, E.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Leibler, C.; Lunnan, R; Mattila, S.; Marion, G. H.; Narayan, Gautham Siddharth; Riess, A. G.; Roth, K. C.; Scolnic, D.; Smartt, S. J.; Tonry, J. L.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Hodapp, K. W.; Jedicke, R.; Kaiser, N.; Magnier, E. A.; Metcalfe, N.; Morgan, J. S.; Price, P. A.; Waters, C. (IOP Publishing, 2014)
      In the past decade, several rapidly evolving transients have been discovered whose timescales and luminosities are not easily explained by traditional supernovae (SNe) models. The sample size of these objects has remained ...

    • Sn 2012au: A Golden Link Between Superluminous Supernovae and Their Lower-Luminosity Counterparts 

      Milisavljevic, Danny; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Margutti, Raffaella; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Marion, G. Howie; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Hsiao, Eric Y.; Lunnan, Ragnhild; Chornock, Ryan; Fesen, Robert A.; Parrent, Jerod T.; Levesque, Emily M.; Berger, Edo; Foley, Ryan J.; Challis, Pete; Kirshner, Robert P.; Dittmann, Jason Adam; Bieryla, Allyson; Kamble, Atish; Chakraborti, Sayan; De Rosa, Gisella; Fausnaugh, Michael; Hainline, Kevin N.; Chen, Chien-Ting; Hickox, Ryan C.; Morrell, Nidia; Phillips, Mark M.; Stritzinger, Maximilian (IOP Publishing, 2013)
      We present optical and near-infrared observations of SN 2012au, a slow-evolving supernova (SN) with properties that suggest a link between subsets of energetic and H-poor SNe and superluminous SNe. SN 2012au exhibited ...

    • A Spectroscopic Study of Type Ibc Supernova Host Galaxies From Untargeted Surveys 

      Sanders, Nathan Edward; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Levesque, E. M.; Foley, R. J.; Chornock, R; Milisavljevic, Danny; Margutti, R; Berger, Edo; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Czekala, Ian Philip; Dittmann, Jason Adam (IOP Publishing, 2012)
      We present the first spectroscopic study of the host environments of Type Ibc supernovae (SN Ibc) discovered exclusively by untargeted SN searches. Past studies of SN Ibc host environments have been biased towards high-mass, ...

    • The superluminous supernova PS1-11ap: bridging the gap between low and high redshift 

      McCrum, M.; Smartt, S. J.; Kotak, R.; Rest, A.; Jerkstrand, A.; Inserra, C.; Rodney, S. A.; Chen, T.- W.; Howell, D. A.; Huber, M. E.; Pastorello, A.; Tonry, J. L.; Bresolin, F.; Kudritzki, R.- P.; Chornock, R.; Berger, Edo; Smith, K.; Botticella, M. T.; Foley, R. J.; Fraser, M.; Milisavljevic, Danny; Nicholl, M.; Riess, A. G.; Stubbs, Christopher William; Valenti, S.; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Wright, D.; Young, D. R.; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Czekala, Ian Philip; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Draper, P.; Flewelling, H.; Hodapp, K. W.; Kaiser, N.; Magnier, E. A.; Metcalfe, N.; Price, P. A.; Sweeney, W.; Wainscoat, R. J. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013)
      We present optical photometric and spectroscopic coverage of the superluminous supernova (SLSN) PS1-11ap, discovered with the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey at z = 0.524. This intrinsically blue transient rose slowly to ...

    • Toward Characterization of the Type IIP Supernova Progenitor Population: A Statistical Sample of Light Curves from Pan-STARRS1 

      Sanders, Nathan Edward; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Gezari, S.; Betancourt, M.; Chornock, R; Berger, Edo; Foley, R. J.; Challis, Peter M.; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Kirshner, Robert P.; Lunnan, R; Marion, G. H.; Margutti, R; McKinnon, R.; Milisavljevic, Danny; Narayan, G.; Rest, A.; Kankare, E.; Mattila, S.; Smartt, S. J.; Huber, M. E.; Burgett, W. S.; Draper, P.W.; Hodapp, K. W.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R. P.; Magnier, E. A.; Metcalfe, N.; Morgan, J. S.; Price, P. A.; Tonry, J. L.; Wainscoat, R. J.; Waters, C. (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      In recent years, wide-field sky surveys providing deep multiband imaging have presented a new path for indirectly characterizing the progenitor populations of core-collapse supernovae (SNe): systematic light-curve studies. ...

    • The Ultraviolet-Bright, Slowly Declining Transient PS1-11af as a Partial Tidal Disruption Event. 

      Chornock, R.; Berger, Edo; Gezari, S.; Zauderer, Bevin Ashley; Rest, A.; Chomiuk, L.; Kamble, Atish; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Czekala, Ian Philip; Dittmann, Jason Adam; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Foley, R. J.; Fong, W; Huber, M. E.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Lawrence, A.; Lunnan, Ragnhild; Marion, G. H.; Narayan, Gautham Siddharth; Riess, A. G.; Roth, K. C.; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Scolnic, D.; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, K.; Stubbs, Christopher William; Tonry, J. L.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Flewelling, H.; Hodapp, K. W.; Kaiser, N.; Magnier, E. A.; Martin, D. C.; Neill, J. D.; Price, P. A.; Wainscoat, R. (IOP Publishing, 2013)
      We present the Pan-STARRS1 discovery of the long-lived and blue transient PS1-11af, which was also detected by Galaxy Evolution Explorer with coordinated observations in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) band. PS1-11af is associated ...

    • Zooming in on the progenitors of superluminous supernovae with the HST 

      Lunnan, R; Chornock, R; Berger, Edo; Rest, A.; Fong, W; Scolnic, D.; Jones, D. O.; Soderberg, Alicia M.; Challis, Peter M.; Drout, Maria Rebecca; Foley, R. J.; Huber, M. E.; Kirshner, Robert P.; Leibler, C.; Marion, G. H.; McCrum, M.; Milisavljevic, Danny; Narayan, Gautham Siddharth; Sanders, Nathan Edward; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, K. W.; Tonry, J. L.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Flewelling, H.; Kudritzki, R.-P.; Wainscoat, R. J.; Waters, C. (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) rest-frame ultraviolet imaging of the host galaxies of 16 hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe), including 11 events from the Pan-STARRS Medium Deep Survey. Taking advantage ...