RAPIDLY EVOLVING AND LUMINOUS TRANSIENTS FROM PAN-STARRS1
M. R. DroutHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;R. ChornockHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;A. M. SoderbergHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;Nathan SandersHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;R. McKinnonDepartment of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8121, USAA. RestSpace Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USAR. J. FoleyAstronomy Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1002 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USAD. MilisavljevicHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;R. MarguttiHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;E. BergerHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;M. CalkinsHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;Wen‐fai FongHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;Suvi GezariDepartment of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421, USAM. E. HuberInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAE. KankareFinnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), University of Turku, Vislntie 20, FI-21500 Piikki, FinlandR. KirshnerHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;C. LeiblerDepartment of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USAR. LunnanHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;S. MattilaFinnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), University of Turku, Vislntie 20, FI-21500 Piikki, FinlandG. H. MarionDepartment of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USAGautham NarayanNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USAAdam G. RiessDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USAK. C. RothGemini Observatory, 670 North Aohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720, USAD. ScolnicDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USAStephen SmarttAstrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UKJ. TonryInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAW. S. BurgettInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAK. C. ChambersInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAK. W. HodappInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USARobert JedickeInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAN. KaiserInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAE. A. MagnierInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAN. MetcalfeDepartment of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UKJames P. MorganInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAP. A. PriceDepartment of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USAC. WatersInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
2014en
ABI
Abstract
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 small due, at least in part, to the challenges of detecting short timescale transients with traditional survey cadences.
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