iPTF Survey for Cool Transients

We performed a wide-area (2000 deg²) g and I band experiment as part of a two month extension to the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory. We discovered 36 extragalactic transients including iPTF17lf, a highly reddened local SN Ia, iPTF17bkj, a new member of the rare class of transitional Ibn/IIn...

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Published in:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2018-03, Vol.130 (985), p.1-15
Main Authors: Adams, S. M., Blagorodnova, N., Kasliwal, M. M., Amanullah, R., Barlow, T., Bue, B., Bulla, M., Cao, Y., Cenko, S. B., Cook, D. O., Ferretti, R., Fox, O. D., Fremling, C., Gezari, S., Goobar, A., Ho, A. Y. Q., Hung, T., Karamehmetoglu, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Kupfer, T., Laher, R. R., Masci, F. J., Miller, A. A., Neill, J. D., Nugent, P. E., Sollerman, J., Taddia, F., Walters, R.
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Language:English
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Polls & surveys
Stars and Stellar Evolution
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Summary:We performed a wide-area (2000 deg²) g and I band experiment as part of a two month extension to the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory. We discovered 36 extragalactic transients including iPTF17lf, a highly reddened local SN Ia, iPTF17bkj, a new member of the rare class of transitional Ibn/IIn supernovae, and iPTF17be, a candidate luminous blue variable outburst. We do not detect any luminous red novae and place an upper limit on their rate. We show that adding a slow-cadence I band component to upcoming surveys such as the Zwicky Transient Facility will improve the photometric selection of cool and dusty transients.
ISSN:0004-6280
1538-3873