Palomar Transient Factory

(“Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory”)

https://www.ptf.caltech.edu/iptf

combined from CaltechAUTHORS

• Green, Paul J.; Pulgarin-Duque, Lina; et al. (2022) The Time Domain Spectroscopic Survey: Changing-look Quasar Candidates from Multi-epoch Spectroscopy in SDSS-IV; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 933; No. 2; Art. No. 180; 10.3847/1538-4357/ac743f
• Kupfer, Thomas; Bauer, Evan B.; et al. (2022) Discovery of a Double-detonation Thermonuclear Supernova Progenitor; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 925; No. 2; Art. No. L12; 10.3847/2041-8213/ac48f1
• Johansson, J.; Cenko, S. B.; et al. (2021) Near-infrared Supernova Ia Distances: Host Galaxy Extinction and Mass-step Corrections Revisited; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 923; No. 2; Art. No. 237; 10.3847/1538-4357/ac2f9e
• Schulze, Steve; Yaron, Ofer; et al. (2021) The Palomar Transient Factory Core-collapse Supernova Host-galaxy Sample. I. Host-galaxy Distribution Functions and Environment Dependence of Core-collapse Supernovae; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; Vol. 255; No. 2; Art. No. 29; 10.3847/1538-4365/abff5e
• Barbarino, C.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2021) Type Ic supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 651; Art. No. A81; 10.1051/0004-6361/202038890
• Johansson, J.; Goobar, A.; et al. (2021) Spectroscopy of the first resolved strongly lensed Type Ia supernova iPTF16geu; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 502; No. 1; 510-520; 10.1093/mnras/staa3829
• Yang, Fan; Long, Richard J.; et al. (2020) A Catalog of Short Period Spectroscopic and Eclipsing Binaries Identified from the LAMOST and PTF Surveys; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; Vol. 249; No. 2; Art. No. 31; 10.3847/1538-4365/ab9b77
• Nyholm, A.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2020) Type IIn supernova light-curve properties measured from an untargeted survey sample; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 637; Art. No. A73; 10.1051/0004-6361/201936097
• Soraisam, Monika D.; Bildsten, Lars; et al. (2020) Variability of massive stars in M31 from the Palomar Transient Factory; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 893; No. 1; Art. No. 11; 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7b7b
• Frohmaier, C.; Sullivan, M.; et al. (2019) The volumetric rate of normal type Ia supernovae in the local Universe discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 486; No. 2; 2308-2320; 10.1093/mnras/stz807
• Ofek, E. O.; Zackay, B.; et al. (2019) A Six-year Image-subtraction Light Curve of SN 2010jl; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 131; No. 999; Art. No. 054204; 10.1088/1538-3873/ab0a19
• Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Miller, Adam A.; et al. (2019) PTF14jg: The Remarkable Outburst and Post-burst Evolution of a Previously Anonymous Galactic Star; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 874; No. 1; Art. No. 82; 10.3847/1538-4357/ab06c8
• Blagorodnova, N.; Cenko, S. B.; et al. (2019) The Broad Absorption Line Tidal Disruption Event iPTF15af: Optical and Ultraviolet Evolution; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 873; No. 1; Art. No. 92; 10.3847/1538-4357/ab04b0
• Papadogiannakis, S.; Goobar, A.; et al. (2019) R-band light-curve properties of Type Ia supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 483; No. 4; 5045-5076; 10.1093/mnras/sty3301
• Shrestha, Shashank; Poudel, Manoj; et al. (2019) PDSPTF: Polystore Database System for Scalability and Access to PTF Time-Domain Astronomy Data Archives; ISBN 9783030141769; Heterogeneous Data Management, Polystores, and Analytics for Healthcare - VLDB 2018 Workshops, Poly and DMAH, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 31, 2018, Revised Selected Papers; Springer: Cham, Switzerland; 78-92; 10.1007/978-3-030-14177-6_7
• Taddia, F.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2019) Analysis of broad-lined Type Ic supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 621; Art. No. A71; 10.1051/0004-6361/201834429
• Sollerman, J.; Taddia, F.; et al. (2019) Late-time observations of the extraordinary Type II supernova iPTF14hls; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 621; Art. No. A30; 10.1051/0004-6361/201833689
• Taddia, F.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2019) The luminous late-time emission of the type-Ic supernova iPTF15dtg – evidence for powering from a magnetar?; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 621; Art. No. A64; 10.1051/0004-6361/201833688
• Lunnan, R.; Fransson, C.; et al. (2018) A UV resonance line echo from a shell around a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova; Nature Astronomy; Vol. 2; No. 11; 887-895; 10.1038/s41550-018-0568-z
• Dhawan, S.; Bulla, M.; et al. (2018) iPTF16abc and the population of Type Ia supernovae: comparing the photospheric, transitional, and nebular phases; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 480; No. 2; 1445-1456; 10.1093/mnras/sty1908
• Laher, Russ R.; Masci, Frank J.; et al. (2018) Processing Images from the Zwicky Transient Facility; ISBN 9780648399605; Robotic Telescope, Student Research and Education Proceedings; 329-336; 10.32374/rtsre.2017.031
• De, K.; Kasliwal, M. M.; et al. (2018) A hot and fast ultra-stripped supernova that likely formed a compact neutron star binary; Science; Vol. 362; No. 6411; 201-206; 10.1126/science.aas8693
• De, Kishalay; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; et al. (2018) iPTF 16hgs: A Double-peaked Ca-rich Gap Transient in a Metal-poor, Star-forming Dwarf Galaxy; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 866; No. 1; Art. No. 72; 10.3847/1538-4357/aadf8e
• Hung, T.; Gezari, S.; et al. (2018) Sifting for Sapphires: Systematic Selection of Tidal Disruption Events in iPTF; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; Vol. 238; No. 2; Art. No. 15; PMCID PMC6544052; 10.3847/1538-4365/aad8b1
• De Cia, Annalisa; Yan, Lin; et al. (2018) Light Curves of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 860; No. 2; Art. No. 100; 10.3847/1538-4357/aab9b6
• Soraisam, Monika D.; Bildsten, Lars; et al. (2018) Variability of Red Supergiants in M31 from the Palomar Transient Factory; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 859; No. 1; Art. No. 73; 10.3847/1538-4357/aabc59
• van Roestel, J.; Kupfer, T.; et al. (2018) Discovery of 36 eclipsing EL CVn binaries found by the Palomar Transient Factory; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 475; No. 2; 2560-2590; 10.1093/mnras/stx3291
• Quimby, Robert M.; De Cia, Annalisa; et al. (2018) Spectra of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 855; No. 1; Art. No. 2; 10.3847/1538-4357/aaac2f
• Ho, Anna Y. Q.; Kulkarni, S. R.; et al. (2018) iPTF Archival Search for Fast Optical Transients; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 854; No. 1; Art. No. L13; 10.3847/2041-8213/aaaa62
• Adams, S. M.; Blagorodnova, N.; et al. (2018) iPTF Survey for Cool Transients; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 130; No. 985; Art. No. 034202; 10.1088/1538-3873/aaa356
• Yu, Po-Chieh; Yu, Chang-Hsien; et al. (2018) Searching for Be Stars in the Open Clusters with PTF/iPTF. I. Cluster Sample and Be Star Candidates; Astronomical Journal; Vol. 155; No. 2; Art. No. 91; 10.3847/1538-3881/aaa45b
• Miller, A. A.; Cao, Y.; et al. (2018) Early Observations of the Type Ia Supernova iPTF 16abc: A Case of Interaction with Nearby, Unbound Material and/or Strong Ejecta Mixing; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 852; No. 2; Art. No. 100; 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa01f
• Taddia, F.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2018) PTF11mnb: First analog of supernova 2005bf. Long-rising, double-peaked supernova Ic from a massive progenitor; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Vol. 609; Art. No. A106; 10.1051/0004-6361/201629874
• Whitesides, L.; Lunnan, R.; et al. (2017) iPTF 16asu: A Luminous, Rapidly Evolving, and High-velocity Supernova; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 851; No. 2; Art. No. 107; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa99de
• Aartsen, M. G. and Bellm, E. (2017) Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 607; Art. No. A115; 10.1051/0004-6361/201730620
• Bar, Ira; Vreeswijk, Paul; et al. (2017) A Spectroscopic Search for White Dwarf Companions to 101 Nearby M Dwarfs; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 850; No. 1; Art. No. 34; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa91d4
• Cohen, Judith G.; Sesar, Branimir; et al. (2017) The Outer Halo of the Milky Way as Probed by RR Lyr Variables from the Palomar Transient Facility; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 849; No. 2; Art. No. 150; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9120
• Dahm, S. E. and Hillenbrand, L. A. (2017) Interpretation of a Variable Reflection Nebula Associated with HBC 340 and HBC 341 in NGC 1333; Astronomical Journal; Vol. 154; No. 5; Art. No. 177; 10.3847/1538-3881/aa89eb
• Cook, David O.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; et al. (2017) Census of the Local Universe (CLU) Narrow-Band Survey I: Galaxy Catalogs from Preliminary Fields; 10.48550/arXiv.1710.05016
• Miller, A. A.; Kasliwal, M. M.; et al. (2017) Color Me Intrigued: the Discovery of iPTF 16fnm, a Supernova 2002cx-like Object; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 848; No. 1; Art. No. 59; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8c7e
• Yang, Michael Ting-Chang; Chou, Yi; et al. (2017) Long-term Periodicities of Cataclysmic Variables with Synoptic Surveys; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 129; No. 979; Art. No. 094202; 10.1088/1538-3873/aa7a99
• Nyholm, A.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2017) The bumpy light curve of Type IIn supernova iPTF13z over 3 years; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 605; Art. No. A6; 10.1051/0004-6361/201629906
• Blagorodnova, N.; Kulkarni, S. R.; et al. (2017) iPTF16fnl: A Faint and Fast Tidal Disruption Event in an E+A Galaxy; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 844; No. 1; Art. No. 46; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7579
• van Roestel, J.; Groot, P. J.; et al. (2017) PTF1 J085713+331843, a new post-common-envelope binary in the orbital period gap of cataclysmic variables; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 468; No. 3; 3109-3122; 10.1093/mnras/stx625
• Hung, T.; Gezari, S.; et al. (2017) Revisiting Optical Tidal Disruption Events with iPTF16axa; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 842; No. 1; Art. No. 29; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7337
• Chang, Chan-Kao; Lin, Hsing-Wen; et al. (2017) Confirmation of Large Super-fast Rotator (144977) 2005 EC_(127); Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 840; No. 2; Art. No. L22; 10.3847/2041-8213/aa6ff5
• Yan, Lin; Quimby, R.; et al. (2017) Far-ultraviolet to Near-infrared Spectroscopy of a Nearby Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova Gaia16apd; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 840; No. 1; Art. No. 57; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6b02
• Yaron, O.; Perley, D. A.; et al. (2017) Confined dense circumstellar material surrounding a regular type II supernova; Nature Physics; Vol. 13; No. 5; 510-517; 10.1038/nphys4025
• Goobar, A.; Amanullah, R.; et al. (2017) iPTF16geu: A multiply imaged, gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova; Science; Vol. 356; No. 6335; 291-295; 10.1126/science.aal2729
• Pian, E.; Tomasella, L.; et al. (2017) Optical photometry and spectroscopy of the low-luminosity, broad-lined Ic supernova iPTF15dld; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 466; No. 2; 1848-1856; 10.1093/mnras/stw3247
• Villarroel, Beatriz; Nyholm, Anders; et al. (2017) AGN Luminosity and Stellar Age: Two Missing Ingredients for AGN Unification as Seen with iPTF Supernovae; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 837; No. 2; Art. No. 110; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d5a
• Soraisam, Monika D.; Gilfanov, Marat; et al. (2017) A novel method for transient detection in high-cadence optical surveys Its application for a systematic search for novae in M31; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Vol. 599; Art. No. A48; 10.1051/0004-6361/201629368
• Marsh, F. M.; Prince, T. A.; et al. (2017) Characterization of 9380 contact binaries from the CRTS Variable Sources Catalogue; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 465; No. 4; 4678-4689; 10.1093/mnras/stw2110
• Waszczak, Adam; Prince, Thomas A.; et al. (2017) Small Near-Earth Asteroids in the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: a Real-Time Streak-detection System; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 129; No. 973; Art. No. 034402; 10.1088/1538-3873/129/973/034402
• Bellm, Eric and Kulkarni, Shrinivas (2017) The unblinking eye on the sky; Nature Astronomy; Vol. 1; No. 3; Art. No. 0071; 10.1038/s41550-017-0071
• Zackay, Barak and Ofek, Eran O. (2017) How to COAAD Images. I. Optimal Source Detection and Photometry of Point Sources Using Ensembles of Images; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 836; No. 2; Art. No. 187; 10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/187
• Zackay, Barak and Ofek, Eran O. (2017) How to COAAD Images. II. A Coaddition Image that is Optimal for Any Purpose in the Background-dominated Noise Limit; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 836; No. 2; Art. No. 188; 10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/188
• Hosseinzadeh, Griffin; Cao, Yi; et al. (2017) Type Ibn Supernovae Show Photometric Homogeneity and Spectral Diversity at Maximum Light; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 836; No. 2; Art. No. 158; 10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/158
• Tartaglia, L.; Fraser, M.; et al. (2017) Progenitor and Early Evolution of the Type IIb SN 2016gkg; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 836; No. 1; Art. No. L12; 10.3847/2041-8213/aa5c7f
• Lunnan, R.; Kasliwal, M. M.; et al. (2017) Two New Calcium-rich Gap Transients in Group and Cluster Environments; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 836; No. 1; Art. No. 60; 10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/60
• Kupfer, Thomas; van Roestel, Jan; et al. (2017) PTF1 J082340.04+081936.5: A Hot Subdwarf B Star with a Low-mass White Dwarf Companion in an 87-minute Orbit; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 835; No. 2; Art. No. 131; 10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/131
• Gezari, S.; Hung, T.; et al. (2017) iPTF Discovery of the Rapid “Turn-on” of a Luminous Quasar; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 835; No. 2; Art. No. 144; 10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/144
• Miller, A. A.; Kulkarni, M. K.; et al. (2017) Preparing for Advanced LIGO: A Star–Galaxy Separation Catalog for the Palomar Transient Factory; Astronomical Journal; Vol. 153; No. 2; Art. No. 73; 10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/73
• Jerkstrand, A.; Smartt, S. J.; et al. (2017) Long-duration superluminous supernovae at late times; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 835; No. 1; Art. No. 13; 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/13
• Vreeswijk, Paul M.; Perley, Daniel A.; et al. (2017) On the Early-time Excess Emission in Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 835; No. 1; Art. No. 58; 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/58
• Blagorodnova, N.; Kotak, R.; et al. (2017) Common Envelope Ejection for a Luminous Red Nova in M101; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 834; No. 2; Art. No. 107; 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/107
• Masci, Frank J.; Laher, Russ R.; et al. (2017) The IPAC Image Subtraction and Discovery Pipeline for the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 129; No. 971; Art. No. 014002; 10.1088/1538-3873/129/971/014002
• Charisi, M.; Bartos, I.; et al. (2016) A population of short-period variable quasars from PTF as supermassive black hole binary candidates; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 463; No. 2; 2145-2171; 10.1093/mnras/stw1838
• Chang, Chan-Kao; Lin, Hsing-Wen; et al. (2016) Large Super-Fast Rotator Hunting Using the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; Vol. 227; No. 2; Art. No. 20; 10.3847/0067-0049/227/2/20
• Ngeow, Chow-Choong; Yu, Po-Chieh; et al. (2016) The Palomar Transient Factory and RR Lyrae: The Metallicity–Light Curve Relation Based on ab-type RR Lyrae in the Kepler Field; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; Vol. 227; No. 2; Art. No. 30; 10.3847/1538-4365/227/2/30
• Cao, Yi; Kulkarni, S. R.; et al. (2016) SN2002es-like Supernovae from Different Viewing Angles; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 832; No. 1; Art. No. 86; 10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/86
• Cao, Yi; Nugent, Peter E.; et al. (2016) Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory: Realtime Image Subtraction Pipeline; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 128; No. 969; Art. No. 114502; 10.1088/1538-3873/128/969/114502
• Lau, Ryan M.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; et al. (2016) Rising from the Ashes: Mid-infrared Re-brightening of the Impostor SN 2010da in NGC 300; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 830; No. 2; Art. No. 142; 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/142
• Perley, D. A.; Quimby, R. M.; et al. (2016) Host-Galaxy Properties of 32 Low-Redshift Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 830; No. 1; Art. No. 13; 10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/13
• Johns-Krull, Christopher M.; Prato, Lisa; et al. (2016) Hα Variability in PTFO8-8695 and the Possible Direct Detection of Emission from a 2 Million Year Old Evaporating Hot Jupiter; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 830; No. 1; Art. No. 15; 10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/15
• Zackay, Barak; Ofek, Eran O.; et al. (2016) Proper image subtraction—optimal transient detection, photometry, and hypothesis testing; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 830; No. 1; Art. No. 27; 10.3847/0004-637x/830/1/27
• Corsi, A.; Gal-Yam, A.; et al. (2016) Radio observations of a sample of broad-lined type Ic supernovae discovered by PTF/iPTF: A search for relativistic explosions; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 830; No. 1; Art. No. 42; 10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/42
• Palliyaguru, N. T.; Corsi, A.; et al. (2016) Radio Follow-up of Gravitational-wave Triggers during Advanced LIGO O1; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 829; No. 2; Art. No. L28; 10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L28
• Kao, Wil; Kaplan, David L.; et al. (2016) Photometric variability of candidate white dwarf binary systems from Palomar Transient Factory archival data; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 461; No. 3; 2747-2761; 10.1093/mnras/stw1434
• Singer, Leo P.; Chen, Hsin-Yu; et al. (2016) Going the Distance: Mapping Host Galaxies of LIGO and Virgo Sources in Three Dimensions Using Local Cosmography and Targeted Follow-up; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 829; No. 1; Art. No. L15; 10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L15
• Yuan, Fang; Jerkstrand, A.; et al. (2016) 450 d of Type II SN 2013ej in optical and near-infrared; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 461; No. 2; 2003-2018; 10.1093/mnras/stw1419
• Rubin, Adam and Gal-Yam, Avishay (2016) Unsupervised clustering of Type II supernova light curves; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 828; No. 2; Art. No. 111; 10.3847/0004-637x/828/2/111
• Rubin, Adam and Gal-Yam, Avishay (2016) Unsupervised clustering of Type II supernova light curves; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 828; No. 2; Art. No. 111; 10.3847/0004-637x/828/2/111
• Fremling, C.; Sollerman, J.; et al. (2016) PTF12os and iPTF13bvn. Two stripped-envelope supernovae from low-mass progenitors in NGC 5806; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 593; Art. No. A68; 10.1051/0004-6361/201628275
• Singer, Leo P.; Chen, Hsin-Yu; et al. (2016) Supplement: “Going the Distance: Mapping Host Galaxies of LIGO and Virgo Sources in Three Dimensions Using Local Cosmography and Targeted Follow-up” (2016, ApJL, 829, L15); Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; Vol. 226; No. 1; Art. No. 10; 10.3847/0067-0049/226/1/10
• Gezari, S.; Blagorodnova, N.; et al. (2016) iPTF16fnl: Likely Tidal Disruption Event at 65 Mpc
• Dekany, Richard; Smith, Roger M.; et al. (2016) The Zwicky Transient Facility Camera; ISBN 9781510601956; Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 99085M; 10.1117/12.2234558
• Liu, Yuan (2016) Finding binary active galactic nuclei candidates by the centroid shift in imaging surveys. II. Testing the method with SDSS J233635.75-010733.7; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 592; Art. No. L4; 10.1051/0004-6361/201628430
• Ferretti, R.; Amanullah, R.; et al. (2016) Time-varying sodium absorption in the Type Ia supernova 2013gh; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 592; Art. No. A40; 10.1051/0004-6361/201628351
• Taddia, F.; Fremling, C.; et al. (2016) iPTF15dtg: a double-peaked Type Ic supernova from a massive progenitor; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol. 592; Art .No. A89; 10.1051/0004-6361/201628703
• Abbott, B. P.; Abbott, R.; et al. (2016) Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 826; No. 1; Art. No. L13; 10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13
• Kaplan, David L.; Kupfer, Thomas; et al. (2016) PSR J1024–0719: A Millisecond Pulsar in an Unusual Long-period Orbit; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 826; No. 1; Art. No. 86; 10.3847/0004-637X/826/1/86
• Folatelli, Gastón; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; et al. (2016) Disappearance of the Progenitor of Supernova iPTF13bvn; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 825; No. 2; Art. No. L22; 10.3847/2041-8205/825/2/L22
• Gopalan, Giri; Plavchan, Peter; et al. (2016) Application of the Trend Filtering Algorithm for Photometric Time Series Data; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Vol. 128; No. 966; Art. No. 084504; 10.1088/1538-3873/128/966/084504
• Kasliwal, M. M.; Cao, Y.; et al. (2016) iPTF Search for an Optical Counterpart to Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 824; No. 2; Art. No. L24; 10.3847/2041-8205/824/2/L24
• Ofek, E. O.; Cenko, S. B.; et al. (2016) PTF 13efv - An outburst 500 days prior to the SNHunt 275 explosion and its radiative efficiency; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 824; No. 1; Art. No. 6; 10.3847/0004-637X/824/1/6
• Cao, Yi; Johansson, J.; et al. (2016) Absence of Fast-moving Iron in an Intermediate Type Ia Supernova between Normal and Super-Chandrasekhar; Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 823; No. 2; Art. No. 147; 10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/147
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