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    • Design and Operation of the ATLAS Transient Science Server 
      Smith, K.W.; Smartt, S. J.; Young, D. R.; Tonry, J. L.; Denneau, L.; Flewelling, H.; Heinze, A. N.; Weiland, H. J.; Stalder, B.; Rest, A.; Stubbs, C. W.; Anderson, J. P.; Chen, T. -W; Clark, P.; Do, A.; Forster Burón, Francisco; Fulton, M.; Gillanders, J.; McBrien, O. R.; O'Neill, D.; Srivastav, S.; Wright, D. E. (IOP, 2020)
      The Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) system consists of two 0.5 m Schmidt telescopes with cameras covering 29 square degrees at plate scale of 1.86 arcsec per pixel. Working in tandem, the telescopes ...
    • Investigating the properties of stripped-envelope supernovae; what are the implications for their progenitors? 
      Prentice, S. J.; Ashall, C.; James, P. A.; Short, L.; Mazzali, P. A.; Bersier, D.; Crowther, P. A.; Barbarino, C.; Chen, T.-W.; Copperwheat, C. M.; Darnley, M. J.; Denneau, L.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Fraser, M.; Galbany, Lluis; Gal-Yam, A.; Harmanen, J.; Howell, D. A.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Inserra , C.; Kankare, E.; Karamehmetoglu, E.; Lamb , G. P.; Limongi, M.; Maguire , K.; McCully , C.; Olivares, F.; Piascik, A. S.; Pignata, G.; Reichart, D. E.; Rest, A.; Reynolds , T.; Rodríguez , O.; Saario, J. L. O.; Schulze, S.; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, K. W.; Sollerman, J.; Stalder, B.; Sullivan, M.; Taddia, F.; Valenti, S.; Vergani, S. D.; Williams, S. C.; Young, D. R. (Oxford University Press, 2019)
      We present observations and analysis of 18 stripped-envelope supernovae observed during 2013-2018. This sample consists of five H/He-rich SNe, sixH-poor/He-rich SNe, three narrow lined SNe Ic, and four broad lined SNe Ic. ...
    • LSQ13fn: A type II-Plateau supernova with a possibly low metallicity progenitor that breaks the standardised ... 
      Polshaw, J.; Kotak, R.; Dessart, L.; Fraser, M.; Gal Yam, Avishay; Inserra, C.; Sim, S. A.; Smartt, S. J.; Sollerman, J.; Baltay, C.; Rabinowitz, D.; Benetti, S.; Botticella, M. T.; Campbell, H.; Chen, T. W.; Galbany, Lluis; McKinnon, R.; Nicholl, M.; Smith, K. W.; Sullivan, M.; Takáts, K.; Valenti, S.; Young, D. R. (ESO, 2016)
      We present optical imaging and spectroscopy of supernova (SN) LSQ13fn, a type II supernova with several hitherto-unseen properties. Although it initially showed strong symmetric spectral emission features attributable to ...
    • Optical and near-infrared observations of the nearby SN Ia 2017cbv 
      Wang, Lingzhi; Contreras, Carlos; Hu, Maokai; Hamuy, Mario A.; Hsiao, Eric Y.; Sand, David J.; Anderson, Joseph P.; Ashall, Chris; Burns, Christopher R.; Chen, Juncheng; Diamond, Tiara R.; Davis, Scott; Forster, Francisco; Galbany, Lluis; González Gaitán, Santiago; Gromadzki, Mariusz; Hoeflich, Peter; Li, Wenxiong; Marion, G. H.; Morrell, Nidia; Pignata, Giuliano; Prieto, José L.; Phillips, Mark M.; Shahbandeh, Melissa; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Valenti, Stefano; Wang, Lifan; Wang, Xiaofeng; Young, D. R.; Yu, Lixin; Zhang, Jujia (IOP Publishing, 2020)
      Supernova (SN) 2017cbv in NGC 5643 is one of a handful of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) reported to have excess blue emission at early times. This paper presents extensive BVRIYJHK(s)-band light curves of SN 2017cbv, covering ...
    • PESSTO: survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey ... 
      Smartt, S. J.; Valenti, S.; Fraser, M.; Inserra, C.; Young, D. R.; Sullivan, M.; Pastorello, A.; Benetti, S.; Gal-Yam, A.; Knapic, C.; Molinaro, M.; Smareglia, R.; Smith, K.W.; Taubenberger, S.; Yaron, O.; Anderson, J. P.; Ashall, C.; Balland, C.; Baltay, C.; Barbarino, C.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Baumont, S.; Bersier, D.; Blagorodnova, N.; Bongard, S.; Botticella, M.-T.; Bufano, F.; Bulla, M.; Cappellaro, E.; Campbell, H.; Cellier Holzem, F.; Chen, T. W.; Childress, M. J.; Clocchiatti, A.; Contreras, C.; Dall’Ora, M.; Danziger, J.; De Jaeger, Thomas; De Cia, A.; Della Valle, M.; Dennefeld, M.; Elias Rosa, N.; Elman, N.; Feindt, U.; Fleury, M.; Gall, E.; González Gaitán, Santiago; Galbany, Lluis; Morales Garoffolo, A.; Greggio, L.; Guillou, L. L.; Hachinger, S.; Hadjiyska, E.; Hage, P. E.; Hillebrandt, W.; Hodgkin, S.; Hsiao, E. Y.; James, P. A.; Jerkstrand, A.; Kangas, T.; Kankare, E.; Kotak, R.; Kromer, M.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Leloudas, G.; Lundqvist, P.; Lyman, J. D.; Hook, I. M.; Maguire, K.; Manulis, I.; Margheim, S.; Mattila, S.; Maund, J. R.; Mazzali, P.; McCrum, M.; McKinnon, R.; Moreno Raya, M. E.; Nicholl, M.; Nugent, P. E.; Pain, R.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Phillips, M. M.; Polshaw, J.; Pumo, M. L.; Rabinowitz, D.; Reilly, E.; Romero Cañizales, C.; Scalzo, R.; Schmidt, B.; Schulze, Steve; Sim, S. A.; Sollerman, J.; Taddia, F.; Tartaglia, L.; Terreran, G.; Tomasella, L.; Turatto, M.; Walker, E.; Walton, N. A.; Wyrzykowski, L.; Yuan, F.; Zampieri, L. (EDP Sciences, 2015)
      Context. The Public European Southern Observatory Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects (PESSTO) began as a public spectroscopic survey in April 2012. PESSTO classifies transients from publicly available sources and ...
    • SN 2015bn: a detailed multi-wavelength view of a nearbysuperluminous supernova 
      Nicholl, M.; Berger, E.; Smartt, S. J.; Margutti, R.; Kamble, A.; Alexander, K. D.; Chen, T. W.; Inserra, C.; Arcavi, I.; Blanchard, P. K.; Cartier Ugarte, Regis; Chambers, K. C.; Childress, M. J.; Chornock, R.; Cowperthwaite, P. S.; Drout, M.; Flewelling, H. A.; Fraser, M.; Gal Yam, Avishay; Galbany, Lluis; Harmanen, J.; Holohien, T- W. -S; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Howell, D. A.; Huber, M. E.; Jerkstrand, A.; Kankare, E.; Kochanek, C. S. C. S.; Lin, Z. -Y.; Lunnan, R.; Magnier, E. A.; Maguire, K.; McCully, C.; McDonald, M.; Metzger, B. D.; Milisavljevic, D.; Mitra, A.; Reynolds, T.; Saario, J.; Shappee, B. J.; Smith, K. W.; Valenti, S.; Villar, V. A.; Waters, C.; Young, D. R. (IOP Publishing, 2016)
      We present observations of SN 2015bn (=PS15ae = CSS141223-113342+004332 = MLS150211-113342+004333), a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift z = 0.1136. As well as being one of the closest SLSNe I yet discovered, ...
    • SN 2016gsd: an unusually luminous and linear type II supernova with high velocities 
      Reynolds, T. M.; Fraser, M.; Mattila, S.; Ergon, M.; Lundqvist, P.; Dessart, L.; Dong, Subo; Elias Rosa, N.; Galbany, L.; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Kangas, T.; Kankare, E.; Kotak, R.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Pastorello, A.; Rodríguez, O.; Smartt, S. J.; Stritzinger, M.; Tomasella, L.; Chen, Ping; Harmanen, J.; Hozzeinzadeh, G.; Howell, D. Andrew; Inserra, C.; Nicholl, M.; Nielsen, M.; Smith, K.; Somero, A.; Tronsgaard, R.; Young, D. R. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      We present observations of the unusually luminous Type II supernova (SN) 2016gsd. With a peak absolute magnitude of V = -19.95 +/- 0.08, this object is one of the brightest Type II SNe, and lies in the gap of magnitudes ...
    • A statistical analysis of circumstellar material in Type Ia supernovae 
      Maguire, K.; Sullivan, M.; Patat, F.; Gal-Yam, A.; Hook, I. M.; Dhawan, S.; Howell, D. A.; Mazzali, P.; Nugent, P. E.; Pan, Y. C.; Podsiadlowski, P.; Simon, J. D.; Sternberg, A.; Valenti, S.; Baltay, C.; Bersier, D.; Blagorodnova, N.; Chen, T. W.; Ellman, N.; Feindt, U.; Förster, Francisco; Fraser, M.; González Gaitán, Santiago; Graham, M. L.; Gutiérrez, C.; Hachinger, S.; Hadjiyska, E.; Inserra, C.; Knapic, C.; Laher, R. R.; Leloudas, G.; Margheim, S.; McKinnon, R.; Molinaro, M.; Morrell, N.; Ofek, E. O.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rest, A.; Sand, D.; Smareglia, R.; Smartt, S. J.; Taddia, F.; Walker, E. S.; Walton, N. A.; Young, D. R. (Oxford University Press, Royal Astronomical Society, 2013)
      A key tracer of the elusive progenitor systems of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is the detection of narrow blueshifted time-varying Na I D absorption lines, interpreted as evidence of circumstellar material surrounding the ...
    • The lowest-metallicity type II supernova from the highest-mass red supergiant progenitor 
      Anderson, P.; Dessart, L.; Gutierrez, C.; Kruhler, T.; Galbany, Lluis; Jerkstrand, A.; Smartt, S.; Contreras, C.; Morrell, N.; Phillips, M.; Stritzinger, M.; Hsiao, E.; González Gaitán, Santiago; Agliozzo, C.; Castellon, Sergio; Chambers, K.; Chen, T.; Flewelling, H.; González, C.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Huber, M.; Fraser, M.; Inserra, C.; Kankare, E.; Mattila, S.; Magnier, E.; Maguire, K.; Lowe, T.; Sollerman, J.; Sullivan, M.; Young, D.; Valenti, S. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-07)
      Red supergiants have been confirmed as the progenitor stars of the majority of hydrogen-rich type II supernovae(1). However, while such stars are observed with masses > 25 M-circle dot (ref. (2)), detections of > 18 M-circle ...
    • The type Iax supernova, SN 2015H A white dwarf deflagration candidate 
      Magee, M. R.; Kotak, R.; Sim, S. A.; Kromer, M.; Rabinowitz, D.; Smartt, S. J.; Baltay, C.; Campbell, H. C.; Chen, T. W.; Fink, M.; Gal Yam, Avishay; Galbany, Lluis; Hillebrandt, W.; Inserra, C.; Kankare, E.; Le Guillou, L.; Lyman, J. D.; Maguire, K.; Pakmor, R.; Ropke, F. K.; Ruiter, A. J.; Seitenzahl, I. R.; Sullivan, M.; Valenti, S.; Young, D. R. (EDP Sciences, 2016)
      We present results based on observations of SN 2015H which belongs to the small group of objects similar to SN 2002cx, otherwise known as type Iax supernovae. The availability of deep pre-explosion imaging allowed us to ...