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We present X-ray and optical observations of a new transient X-ray source in M31 first detected 23-May-2004 at R.A.=00:43:09.940 +/- 0.65'', Dec.=41:23:32.49 +/- 0.66''. The X-ray lightcurve shows two peaks separated by several months,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin F. Williams , Michael R. Garcia , Jeffrey E. McClintock , Frank A. Primini , Stephen S. Murray

Search for transient optical counterparts to high-energy IceCube neutrinos with Pan-STARRS1

In order to identify the sources of the observed diffuse high-energy neutrino flux, it is crucial to discover their electromagnetic counterparts. IceCube began releasing alerts for single high-energy ($E > 60$ TeV) neutrino detections with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-14 E. Kankare , M. Huber , S. J. Smartt , K. Chambers , K. W. Smith , O. McBrien , T. -W. Chen , H. Flewelling , T. Lowe , E. Magnier , A. Schultz , C. Waters , R. J. Wainscoat , M. Willman , D. Wright , D. Young , M. G. Aartsen , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , C. Alispach , D. Altmann , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , P. Backes , H. Bagherpour , X. Bai , A. Barbano , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , C. Bohm , M. Börner , S. Böser , O. Botner , E. Bourbeau , J. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , H. -P. Bretz , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , A. Burgman , R. S. Busse , T. Carver , C. Chen , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , K. Clark , L. Classen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , P. Dave , J. P. A. M. de André , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Dí az-Vélez , H. Dujmovic , M. Dunkman , E. Dvorak , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , K. Ghorbani , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , M. Günder , M. Gündüz , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , F. Henningsen , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , T. Hoinka , B. Hokanson-Fasig , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , B. J. P. Jones , W. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , J. Kim , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , T. Kittler , S. R. Klein , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , K. Krings , G. Krückl , N. Kulacz , S. Kunwar , N. Kurahashi , A. Kyriacou , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard , M. Leuermann , Q. R. Liu , E. Lohfink , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , J. Lünemann , W. Luszczak , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , K. Mallot , S. Mancina , I. C. Mariş , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , R. Maunu , K. Meagher , M. Medici , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , J. Micallef , G. Momenté , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , M. Moulai , R. Nagai , R. Nahnhauer , P. Nakarmi , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , A. Olivas , A. O'Murchadha , E. O'Sullivan , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , N. Park , P. Peiffer , C. Pérez de los Heros , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , A. Raissi , M. Rameez , L. Rauch , K. Rawlins , I. C. Rea , R. Reimann , B. Relethford , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , I. Safa , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schaufel , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , L. Schumacher , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , M. Silva , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , R. Stein , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , N. L. Strotjohann , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , M. Sutherland , I. Taboada , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , S. Tilav , L. Tomankova , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , R. Turcotte , C. F. Turley , B. Ty , E. Unger , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , M. Usner , J. Vandenbroucke , W. Van Driessche , D. van Eijk , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , J. van Santen , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , L. Wills , M. Wolf , J. Wood , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , G. Wrede , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , T. Yuan , J. Nordin

XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations of the very faint X-ray transient IGRJ17285-2922/XTEJ1728-295 during the 2010 outburst

We report the first broad-band (0.5-150 keV) simultaneous X-ray observations of the very faint X-ray transient IGRJ17285-2922/XTEJ1728-295 performed with XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL satellites during its last outburst, started on 2010, August…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 L. Sidoli , A. Paizis , S. Mereghetti , D. Gotz , M. Del Santo

Blasts from the Past: Supernova Shock Breakouts among X-Ray Transients in the XMM-Newton Archive

The first electromagnetic signal from a supernova (SN) is released when the shock crosses the progenitor surface. This shock breakout (SBO) emission provides constraints on progenitor and explosion properties. Observationally, SBOs appear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 Dennis Alp , Josefin Larsson

NuSTAR and Chandra observations of new X-ray transients in the central parsec of the Galaxy

We report NuSTAR and Chandra observations of two X-ray transients, SWIFT J174540.7$-$290015 (T15) and SWIFT J174540.2$-$290037 (T37), which were discovered by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory in 2016 within $r\sim1$ pc of Sgr A*. NuSTAR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Kaya Mori , Charles J. Hailey , Shifra Mandel , Yve E. Schutt , Matteo Bachetti , Anna Coerver , Frederick K. Baganoff , Hannah Dykaar , Jonathan E. Grindlay , Daryl Haggard , Keri Heuer , Jaesub Hong , Benjamin J. Hord , Chichuan Jin , Melania Nynka , Gabriele Ponti , John A. Tomsick

An unusual white dwarf star may be a surviving remnant of a subluminous Type Ia supernova

Subluminous Type Ia supernovae, such as the Type Iax class prototype SN 2002cx, are described by a variety of models such as the failed detonation and partial deflagration of an accreting carbon-oxygen white dwarf star, or the explosion of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-21 S. Vennes , P. Nemeth , A. Kawka , J. R. Thorstensen , V. Khalack , L. Ferrario , E. H. Alper

The Radio Properties of Type Ibc Supernovae

Over the past few years, long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), including the subclass of X-ray flashes (XRFs), have been revealed to be a rare variety of Type Ibc supernova (SN Ibc). While all these events result from the death of massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alicia M. Soderberg

A search for an optical counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW151226

We present a search for an electromagnetic counterpart of the gravitational wave source GW151226. Using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope we mapped out 290 square degrees in the optical i_ps filter starting 11.5hr after the LIGO information release…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 S. J. Smartt , K. C. Chambers , K. W. Smith , M. E. Huber , D. R. Young , T. -W. Chen , C. Inserra , D. E. Wright , M. Coughlin , L. Denneau , H. Flewelling , A. Heinze , A. Jerkstrand , E. A. Magnier , K. Maguire , B. Mueller , A. Rest , A. Sherstyuk , B. Stalder , A. S. B. Schultz , C. W. Stubbs , J. Tonry , C. Waters , R. Wainscoat , M. Della Valle , M. Dennefeld , G. Dimitriadis , R. E. Firth , M. Fraser , C. Frohmaier , A. Gal-Yam , J. Harmanen , E. Kankare , R. Kotak , M. Kromer , I. Mandel , J. Sollerman , B. Gibson , N. Primak , M. Willman

X-ray emission and absorption features during an energetic thermonuclear X-ray burst from IGR J17062-6143

Type-I X-ray bursts are thermonuclear explosions occurring in the surface layers of accreting neutron stars. These events are powerful probes of the physics of neutron stars and their surrounding accretion flow. We analyze a very energetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 N. Degenaar , J. M. Miller , R. Wijnands , D. Altamirano , A. C. Fabian

A very luminous magnetar-powered supernova associated with an ultra-long gamma-ray burst

A new class of ultra-long duration (>10,000 s) gamma-ray bursts has recently been suggested. They may originate in the explosion of stars with much larger radii than normal long gamma-ray bursts or in the tidal disruptions of a star. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-11 Jochen Greiner , Paolo A. Mazzali , D. Alexander Kann , Thomas Krühler , Elena Pian , Simon Prentice , Felipe Olivares E. , Andrea Rossi , Sylvio Klose , Stefan Taubenberger , Fabian Knust , Paulo M. J. Afonso , Chris Ashall , Jan Bolmer , Corentin Delvaux , Roland Diehl , Jonathan Elliott , Robert Filgas , Johan P. U. Fynbo , John F. Graham , Ana Nicuesa Guelbenzu , Shiho Kobayashi , Giorgos Leloudas , Sandra Savaglio , Patricia Schady , Sebastian Schmid , Tassilo Schweyer , Vladimir Sudilovsky , Mohit Tanga , Adria C. Updike , Hendrik van Eerten , Karla Varela

The long-lived Type IIn SN 2015da: Infrared echoes and strong interaction within an extended massive shell

In this paper we report the results of the first $\sim$four years of spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the Type IIn supernova SN 2015da (also known as PSN J13522411+3941286, or iPTF16tu). The supernova exploded in the nearby…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-04 L. Tartaglia , A. Pastorello , J. Sollerman , C. Fransson , S. Mattila , M. Fraser , F. Taddia , L. Tomasella , M. Turatto , A. Morales-Garoffolo , N. Elias-Rosa , P. Lundqvist , J. Harmanen , T. Reynolds , E. Cappellaro , C. Barbarino , A. Nyholm , E. Kool , E. Ofek , X. Gao , Z. Jin , H. Tan , D. J. Sand , F. Ciabattari , X. Wang , J. Zhang , F. Huang , W. Li , J. Mo , L. Rui , D. Xiang , T. Zhang , G. Hosseinzadeh , D. A. Howell , C. McCully , S. Valenti , S. Benetti , E. Callis , A. S. Carracedo , C. Fremling , T. Kangas , A. Rubin , A. Somero , G. Terreran

Star-Forming Regions near GRB 990123

We reduced the Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph images of the gamma-ray burst GRB 990123 that were obtained on 8-9 February 1999 and find V_0 = 25.36 +/- 0.10, which corresponds to a flux of 0.258 +/- 0.023…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Stephen Holland , Jens Hjorth

A new candidate Wolf-Rayet X-ray binary in NGC 253

We have discovered a persistent, but highly variable X-ray source in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253. The source varies at the level of a factor of about 5 in count rate on timescales of a few hours. Two long observations of the source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Thomas J. Maccarone , Bret D. Lehmer , J. C. Leyder , Vallia Antoniou , Ann Hornschemeier , Andrew Ptak , Daniel Wik , Andreas Zezas

SDSS1133: An Unusually Persistent Transient in a Nearby Dwarf Galaxy

While performing a survey to detect recoiling supermassive black holes, we have identified an unusual source having a projected offset of 800 pc from a nearby dwarf galaxy. The object, SDSS J113323.97+550415.8, exhibits broad emission lines…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Michael Koss , Laura Blecha , Richard Mushotzky , Chao Ling Hung , Sylvain Veilleux , Benny Trakhtenbrot , Kevin Schawinski , Daniel Stern , Nathan Smith , Yanxia Li , Allison Man , Alexei V. Filippenko , Jon C. Mauerhan , Kris Stanek , David Sanders

Photometry and spectroscopy of SN 2015bh in the galaxy NGC 2770

We present medium-resolution spectroscopy and multicolor photometry for the optical transient PSN J09093496+3307204 (SN 2015bh) in the galaxy NGC 2770, which has transferred into the supernova phase. The observations were carried out…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-06 V. P. Goranskij , E. A. Barsukova , A. F. Valeev , D. Yu. Tsvetkov , I. M. Volkov , V. G. Metlov , A. V. Zharova

SDWFS-MT-1: A Self-Obscured Luminous Supernova at z~0.2

We report the discovery of a six-month-long mid-infrared transient, SDWFS-MT-1 (aka SN 2007va), in the Spitzer Deep, Wide-Field Survey of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey Bootes field. The transient, located in a z=0.19 low luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Szymon Kozlowski , C. S. Kochanek , D. Stern , J. L. Prieto , K. Z. Stanek , T. A. Thompson , R. J. Assef , A. J. Drake , D. M. Szczygiel , P. R. Wozniak , P. Nugent , M. L. N. Ashby , E. Beshore , M. J. I. Brown , Arjun Dey , R. Griffith , F. Harrison , B. T. Jannuzi , S. Larson , K. Madsen , B. Pilecki , G. Pojmanski , J. Skowron , W. T. Vestrand , J. A. Wren

iPTF13bvn: The First Evidence of a Binary Progenitor for a Type Ib Supernova

The recent detection in archival HST images of an object at the the location of supernova (SN) iPTF13bvn may represent the first direct evidence of the progenitor of a Type Ib SN. The object's photometry was found to be compatible with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Melina C. Bersten , Omar G. Benvenuto , Gaston Folatelli , Ken'ichi Nomoto , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Shubham Srivastav , G. C. Anupama , Robert Quimby , Devendra K. Sahu

X-ray counterpart of gravitational waves due to binary neutron star mergers: light curves, luminosity functions, and event rate densities

Zhang (2013) proposed a type of GRB-less X-ray transient associated with double neutron star (NS-NS) mergers under the conjecture of a rapidly-spinning magnetar merger product with the line of sight off the short GRB jet. We investigate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-15 Hui Sun , Bing Zhang , He Gao

Spectroscopy of the Supernova H0pe Host Galaxy at Redshift 1.78

Supernova (SN) H0pe was discovered as a new transient in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam images of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0 taken as part of the "Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science" (PEARLS)…

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An unusual type-I X-ray burst from the neutron star X-ray binary IGR J17591-2342: a double-photospheric-radius-expansion burst?

Type-I X-ray bursts observed from neutron stars originate from intermittent unstable thermonuclear burning of accreted matter on these stars. Such bursts, particularly those reaching the Eddington luminosity and having a temporary…

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