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Recent Publications
Target-of-opportunity Observations of Gravitational-wave Events with Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Andreoni, I., Margutti, R., Salafia, O. S., Parazin, B., Villar, V. A., Coughlin, M. W., Yoachim, P., Mortensen, K., Brethauer, D., Smartt, S. J., Kasliwal, M. M., Alexander, K. D., Anand, S., Berger, E., Bernardini, M. G., Bianco, F. B., Blanchard, P. K., Bloom, J. S., Brocato, E., Bulla, M., & 35 others , 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 260, 1, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A fast-rising tidal disruption event from a candidate intermediate-mass black hole
Angus, C. R., Baldassare, V. F., Mockler, B., Foley, R. J., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Raimundo, S. I., French, K. D., Auchettl, K., Pfister, H., Gall, C., Hjorth, J., Drout, M. R., Alexander, K. D., Dimitriadis, G., Hung, T., Jones, D. O., Rest, A., Siebert, M. R., Taggart, K., Terreran, G., & 19 others , Dec 2022, In: Nature Astronomy. 6, 12, p. 1452-1463 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Searching for Anomalies in the ZTF Catalog of Periodic Variable Stars
Chan, H. S., Villar, V. A., Cheung, S. H., Ho, S., O'Grady, A. J. G., Drout, M. R. & Renzo, M., Jun 1 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 932, 2, 118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Extragalactic Millimeter Transients in the Era of Next-generation CMB Surveys
Eftekhari, T., Berger, E., Metzger, B. D., Laskar, T., Villar, V. A., Alexander, K. D., Holder, G. P., Vieira, J. D., Whitehorn, N. & Williams, P. K. G., Aug 1 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 935, 1, 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence for X-Ray Emission in Excess to the Jet-afterglow Decay 3.5 yr after the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW 170817: A New Emission Component
Hajela, A., Margutti, R., Bright, J. S., Alexander, K. D., Metzger, B. D., Nedora, V., Kathirgamaraju, A., Margalit, B., Radice, D., Guidorzi, C., Berger, E., MacFadyen, A., Giannios, D., Chornock, R., Heywood, I., Sironi, L., Gottlieb, O., Coppejans, D., Laskar, T., Cendes, Y., & 17 others , Mar 1 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 927, 1, L17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photometrically Classified Superluminous Supernovae from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey: A Case Study for Science with Machine-learning-based Classification
Hsu, B., Hosseinzadeh, G., Villar, V. A. & Berger, E., Sep 1 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 937, 1, 13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Circumstellar Environments of Double-peaked, Calcium-strong Transients 2021gno and 2021inl
Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Venkatraman, P., Margutti, R., Khatami, D., Terreran, G., Foley, R. J., Angulo, R., Angus, C. R., Auchettl, K., Blanchard, P. K., Bobrick, A., Bright, J. S., Brout, D., Chambers, K. C., Couch, C. D., Coulter, D. A., Clever, K., Davis, K. W., De Boer, T. J. L., Demarchi, L., & 27 others , Jun 1 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 932, 1, 58.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
“Super-kilonovae” from Massive Collapsars as Signatures of Black Hole Birth in the Pair-instability Mass Gap
Siegel, D. M., Agarwal, A., Barnes, J., Metzger, B. D., Renzo, M. & Villar, V. A., Dec 1 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 941, 1, 100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Late-time Galaxy-targeted Search for the Radio Counterpart of GW190814
Alexander, K. D., Schroeder, G., Paterson, K., Fong, W., Cowperthwaite, P., Gomez, S., Margalit, B., Margutti, R., Berger, E., Blanchard, P., Chornock, R., Eftekhari, T., Laskar, T., Metzger, B. D., Nicholl, M., Villar, V. A. & Williams, P. K. G., Dec 10 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal. 923, 1, 66.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
SN2017jgh: A high-cadence complete shock cooling light curve of a SN IIb with the Kepler telescope
Armstrong, P., Tucker, B. E., Rest, A., Ridden-Harper, R., Zenati, Y., Piro, A. L., Hinton, S., Lidman, C., Margheim, S., Narayan, G., Shaya, E., Garnavich, P., Kasen, D., Villar, V., Zenteno, A., Arcavi, I., Drout, M., Foley, R. J., Wheeler, J., Anais, J., & 52 others , Nov 1 2021, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507, 3, p. 3125-3138 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Late-time radio and millimeter observations of superluminous supernovae and long gamma-ray bursts: Implications for central engines, fast radio bursts, and obscured star formation
Eftekhari, T., Margalit, B., Omand, C. M. B., Berger, E., Blanchard, P. K., Demorest, P., Metzger, B. D., Murase, K., Nicholl, M., Villar, V. A., Williams, P. K. G., Alexander, K. D., Chatterjee, S., Coppejans, D. L., Cordes, J. M., Gomez, S., Hosseinzadeh, G., Hsu, B., Kashiyama, K., Margutti, R., & 1 others , May 1 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal. 912, 1, 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Luminous and Double-peaked Type Ic Supernova 2019stc: Evidence for Multiple Energy Sources
Gomez, S., Berger, E., Hosseinzadeh, G., Blanchard, P. K., Nicholl, M. & Villar, V. A., Jun 1 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal. 913, 2, 143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Detection and parameter estimation of gravitational waves from binary neutron-star mergers in real LIGO data using deep learning
Krastev, P. G., Gill, K., Villar, V. A. & Berger, E., Apr 10 2021, In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 815, 136161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Deep-learning Approach for Live Anomaly Detection of Extragalactic Transients
Villar, V. A., Cranmer, M., Berger, E., Contardo, G., Ho, S., Hosseinzadeh, G. & Lin, J. Y. Y., Aug 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 255, 2, 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
SN 2018agk: A Prototypical Type Ia Supernova with a Smooth Power-law Rise in Kepler (K2)
Wang, Q., Rest, A., Zenati, Y., Ridden-Harper, R., Dimitriadis, G., Narayan, G., Villar, V. A., Magee, M. R., Foley, R. J., Shaya, E. J., Garnavich, P., Wang, L., Hu, L., Bódi, A., Armstrong, P., Auchettl, K., Barclay, T., Barentsen, G., Bognár, Z., Brimacombe, J., & 56 others , Dec 20 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal. 923, 2, 167.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review