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Dong S, Shappee BJ, Prieto JL, Jha SW, Stanek KZ, Holoien TWS, Kochanek CS, Thompson TA, Morrell N, Thompson IB, Basu U, Beacom JF, Bersier D, Brimacombe J, Brown JS, Bufano F, Chen P, Conseil E, Danilet AB, Falco E, Grupe D, Kiyota S, Masi G, Nicholls B, Olivares E. F, Pignata G, Pojmanski G, Simonian GV, Szczygiel DM, Woźniak PR. ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova. Science 2016; 351:257-60. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aac9613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Subo Dong
- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Road 5, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100871, China
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- Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
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- Núcleo de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejército 441, Santiago, Chile
- Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University, 191 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University, 191 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University, 191 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University, 191 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Observatories, Casilla 601, La Serena, Chile
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- Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University, 191 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 191 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
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- Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via S.Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Road 5, Hai Dian District, 100871, P. R. China
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- Association Francaise des Observateurs d’Etoiles Variables (AFOEV), Observatoire de Strasbourg 11, rue de l’Université, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Morehead State University, 235 Martindale Drive, Morehead, KY 40351, USA
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- Variable Star Observers League in Japan (VSOLJ), 7-1 Kitahatsutomi, Kamagaya, Chiba 273-0126, Japan
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- The Virtual Telescope Project, Via Madonna de Loco 47, 03023 Ceccano, Italy
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- Mt Vernon Observatory, 6 Mt Vernon pl, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Av. Republica 252, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Av. Republica 252, Santiago, Chile
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- Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop B244, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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Edelson R, Gelbord JM, Horne K, McHardy IM, Peterson BM, Arévalo P, Breeveld AA, Rosa GD, Evans PA, Goad MR, Kriss GA, Brandt WN, Gehrels N, Grupe D, Kennea JA, Kochanek CS, Nousek JA, Papadakis I, Siegel M, Starkey D, Uttley P, Vaughan S, Young S, Barth AJ, Bentz MC, Brewer BJ, Crenshaw DM, Dalla Bontà E, Cáceres ADL, Denney KD, Dietrich M, Ely J, Fausnaugh MM, Grier CJ, Hall PB, Kaastra J, Kelly BC, Korista KT, Lira P, Mathur S, Netzer H, Pancoast A, Pei L, Pogge RW, Schimoia JS, Treu T, Vestergaard M, Villforth C, Yan H, Zu Y. SPACE TELESCOPE AND OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING PROJECT. II.SWIFTANDHSTREVERBERATION MAPPING OF THE ACCRETION DISK OF NGC 5548. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/806/1/129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rosa GD, Peterson BM, Ely J, Kriss GA, Crenshaw DM, Horne K, Korista KT, Netzer H, Pogge RW, Arévalo P, Barth AJ, Bentz MC, Brandt WN, Breeveld AA, Brewer BJ, Dalla Bontà E, Lorenzo-Cáceres AD, Denney KD, Dietrich M, Edelson R, Evans PA, Fausnaugh MM, Gehrels N, Gelbord JM, Goad MR, Grier CJ, Grupe D, Hall PB, Kaastra J, Kelly BC, Kennea JA, Kochanek CS, Lira P, Mathur S, McHardy IM, Nousek JA, Pancoast A, Papadakis I, Pei L, Schimoia JS, Siegel M, Starkey D, Treu T, Uttley P, Vaughan S, Vestergaard M, Villforth C, Yan H, Young S, Zu Y. SPACE TELESCOPE AND OPTICAL REVERBERATION MAPPING PROJECT. I. ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF THE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 5548 WITH THE COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH ONHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/806/1/128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Barthelmy SD, Chincarini G, Burrows DN, Gehrels N, Covino S, Moretti A, Romano P, O'Brien PT, Sarazin CL, Kouveliotou C, Goad M, Vaughan S, Tagliaferri G, Zhang B, Antonelli LA, Campana S, Cummings JR, D'Avanzo P, Davies MB, Giommi P, Grupe D, Kaneko Y, Kennea JA, King A, Kobayashi S, Melandri A, Meszaros P, Nousek JA, Patel S, Sakamoto T, Wijers RAMJ. An origin for short gamma-ray bursts unassociated with current star formation. Nature 2005; 438:994-6. [PMID: 16355219 DOI: 10.1038/nature04392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 262] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Two short (< 2 s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have recently been localized and fading afterglow counterparts detected. The combination of these two results left unclear the nature of the host galaxies of the bursts, because one was a star-forming dwarf, while the other was probably an elliptical galaxy. Here we report the X-ray localization of a short burst (GRB 050724) with unusual gamma-ray and X-ray properties. The X-ray afterglow lies off the centre of an elliptical galaxy at a redshift of z = 0.258 (ref. 5), coincident with the position determined by ground-based optical and radio observations. The low level of star formation typical for elliptical galaxies makes it unlikely that the burst originated in a supernova explosion. A supernova origin was also ruled out for GRB 050709 (refs 3, 31), even though that burst took place in a galaxy with current star formation. The isotropic energy for the short bursts is 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than that for the long bursts. Our results therefore suggest that an alternative source of bursts--the coalescence of binary systems of neutron stars or a neutron star-black hole pair--are the progenitors of short bursts.
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- S D Barthelmy
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
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Gehrels N, Sarazin CL, O'Brien PT, Zhang B, Barbier L, Barthelmy SD, Blustin A, Burrows DN, Cannizzo J, Cummings JR, Goad M, Holland ST, Hurkett CP, Kennea JA, Levan A, Markwardt CB, Mason KO, Meszaros P, Page M, Palmer DM, Rol E, Sakamoto T, Willingale R, Angelini L, Beardmore A, Boyd PT, Breeveld A, Campana S, Chester MM, Chincarini G, Cominsky LR, Cusumano G, de Pasquale M, Fenimore EE, Giommi P, Gronwall C, Grupe D, Hill JE, Hinshaw D, Hjorth J, Hullinger D, Hurley KC, Klose S, Kobayashi S, Kouveliotou C, Krimm HA, Mangano V, Marshall FE, McGowan K, Moretti A, Mushotzky RF, Nakazawa K, Norris JP, Nousek JA, Osborne JP, Page K, Parsons AM, Patel S, Perri M, Poole T, Romano P, Roming PWA, Rosen S, Sato G, Schady P, Smale AP, Sollerman J, Starling R, Still M, Suzuki M, Tagliaferri G, Takahashi T, Tashiro M, Tueller J, Wells AA, White NE, Wijers RAMJ. A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225. Nature 2005; 437:851-4. [PMID: 16208363 DOI: 10.1038/nature04142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 471] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 08/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two classes: long (> 2 s), soft-spectrum bursts and short, hard events. Most progress has been made on understanding the long GRBs, which are typically observed at high redshift (z approximately 1) and found in subluminous star-forming host galaxies. They are likely to be produced in core-collapse explosions of massive stars. In contrast, no short GRB had been accurately (< 10'') and rapidly (minutes) located. Here we report the detection of the X-ray afterglow from--and the localization of--the short burst GRB 050509B. Its position on the sky is near a luminous, non-star-forming elliptical galaxy at a redshift of 0.225, which is the location one would expect if the origin of this GRB is through the merger of neutron-star or black-hole binaries. The X-ray afterglow was weak and faded below the detection limit within a few hours; no optical afterglow was detected to stringent limits, explaining the past difficulty in localizing short GRBs.
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- N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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