A kilonova following a long-duration gamma-ray burst at 350 Mpc

JC Rastinejad, BP Gompertz, AJ Levan, W Fong… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided into two populations,; long GRBs that derive from the
core collapse of massive stars (for example, ref.) and short GRBs that form in the merger of …

H0LiCOW–IX. Cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+ 4332 and a new measurement of the Hubble constant

S Birrer, T Treu, CE Rusu, V Bonvin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a blind time-delay strong lensing (TDSL) cosmographic analysis of the doubly
imaged quasar SDSS 1206+ 4332. We combine the relative time delay between the quasar …

How to constrain your M dwarf. II. The mass–luminosity–metallicity relation from 0.075 to 0.70 solar masses

AW Mann, T Dupuy, AL Kraus, E Gaidos… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The mass–luminosity relation for late-type stars has long been a critical tool for estimating
stellar masses. However, there is growing need for both a higher-precision relation and a …

[HTML][HTML] Twin high-resolution, high-speed imagers for the Gemini telescopes: instrument description and science verification results

NJ Scott, SB Howell, CL Gnilka… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Two new imaging instruments,'Alopeke and Zorro, were designed, built, and commissioned
at the Gemini-North and Gemini-South telescopes in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Here we …

H0LiCOW – I. H0 Lenses in COSMOGRAIL's Wellspring: program overview

SH Suyu, V Bonvin, F Courbin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Strong gravitational lens systems with time delays between the multiple images allow
measurements of time-delay distances, which are primarily sensitive to the Hubble constant …

Fundamental parameters and spectral energy distributions of young and field age objects with masses spanning the stellar to planetary regime

JC Filippazzo, EL Rice, J Faherty, KL Cruz… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We combine optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared spectra and photometry to construct
expanded spectral energy distributions for 145 field age (> 500 Myr) and 53 young (lower …

Spectra and Hubble Space Telescope light curves of six type Ia supernovae at 0.511< z< 1.12 and the Union2 compilation

R Amanullah, C Lidman, D Rubin… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on work to increase the number of well-measured Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at
high redshifts. Light curves, including high signal-to-noise Hubble Space Telescope data …

SPHERE: the exoplanet imager for the Very Large Telescope

JL Beuzit, A Vigan, D Mouillet, K Dohlen… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Observations of circumstellar environments that look for the direct signal of exoplanets and
the scattered light from disks have significant instrumental implications. In the past 15 years …

Neglected clouds in T and Y dwarf atmospheres

CV Morley, JJ Fortney, MS Marley… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
As brown dwarfs cool, a variety of species condense in their atmospheres, forming clouds.
Iron and silicate clouds shape the emergent spectra of L dwarfs, but these clouds dissipate …

Searching the entirety of Kepler data. II. Occurrence rate estimates for FGK stars

M Kunimoto, JM Matthews - The Astronomical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present exoplanet occurrence rates estimated with approximate Bayesian computation
for planets with radii between 0.5 and 16 R⊕ and orbital periods between 0.78 and 400 …