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The GECKOS Survey: identifying kinematic sub-structures in edge-on galaxies

(2024)

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A Fraser-McKelvie, J van de Sande, Da Gadotti, E Emsellem, T Brown, Db Fisher, M Martig, Martin Bureau, O Gerhard, Aj Battisti, J Bland-Hawthorn, B Catinella, F Combes, L Cortese, Sm Croom, Ta Davis, J Falcón-Barroso, F Fragkoudi, Kc Freeman, Mr Hayden, R McDermid, B Mazzilli Ciraulo, Jt Mendel, F Pinna, Adriano Poci, Th Rutherford, C de Sá-Freitas, La Silva-Lima, Lm Valenzuela, G van de Ven, Z Wang, Ab Watts
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The BlackGEM Telescope Array. I. Overview

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 136:11 (2024)

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PJ Groot, S Bloemen, PM Vreeswijk, JCJ van Roestel, PG Jonker, G Nelemans, M Klein-Wolt, R Lepoole, DLA Pieterse, M Rodenhuis, W Boland, M Haverkorn, C Aerts, R Bakker, H Balster, M Bekema, E Dijkstra, P Dolron, E Elswijk, A van Elteren, A Engels, M Fokker, M de Haan, F Hahn, R ter Horst, D Lesman, J Kragt, J Morren, H Nillissen, W Pessemier, G Raskin, A de Rijke, LHA Scheers, M Schuil, ST Timmer, L Antunes Amaral, E Arancibia-Rojas, I Arcavi, N Blagorodnova, S Biswas, RP Breton, H Dawson, P Dayal, S De Wet, C Duffy, S Faris, M Fausnaugh, A Gal-Yam, S Geier, A Horesh, C Johnston, G Katusiime, C Kelley, A Kosakowski, T Kupfer, G Leloudas, A Levan, D Modiano, O Mogawana, J Munday, J Paice, F Patat, I Pelisoli, G Ramsay, PT Ranaivomanana, R Ruiz-Carmona, V Schaffenroth, S Scaringi, F Stoppa, R Street, H Tranin, M Uzundag, S Valenti, M Veresvarska, M Vuc̆ković, HCI Wichern, RAMJ Wijers, RAD Wijnands, E Zimmerman

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The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect Local Universe transients and short timescale variability in stars and binaries, as well as a six-filter all-sky survey down to ∼22nd mag. The BlackGEM Phase-I array consists of three optical wide-field unit telescopes. Each unit uses an f/5.5 modified Dall-Kirkham (Harmer-Wynne) design with a triplet corrector lens, and a 65 cm primary mirror, coupled with a 110Mpix CCD detector, that provides an instantaneous field-of-view of 2.7 square degrees, sampled at 0.″564 pixel−1. The total field-of-view for the array is 8.2 square degrees. Each telescope is equipped with a six-slot filter wheel containing an optimised Sloan set (BG-u, BG-g, BG-r, BG-i, BG-z) and a wider-band 440-720 nm (BG-q) filter. Each unit telescope is independent from the others. Cloud-based data processing is done in real time, and includes a transient-detection routine as well as a full-source optimal-photometry module. BlackGEM has been installed at the ESO La Silla observatory as of 2019 October. After a prolonged COVID-19 hiatus, science operations started on 2023 April 1 and will run for five years. Aside from its core scientific program, BlackGEM will give rise to a multitude of additional science cases in multi-colour time-domain astronomy, to the benefit of a variety of topics in astrophysics, such as infant supernovae, luminous red novae, asteroseismology of post-main-sequence objects, (ultracompact) binary stars, and the relation between gravitational wave counterparts and other classes of transients.
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The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Light Curves and 5 Yr Data Release

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 975:1 (2024) 5

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BO Sánchez, D Brout, M Vincenzi, M Sako, K Herner, R Kessler, TM Davis, D Scolnic, M Acevedo, J Lee, A Möller, H Qu, L Kelsey, P Wiseman, P Armstrong, B Rose, R Camilleri, R Chen, L Galbany, E Kovacs, C Lidman, B Popovic, M Smith, P Shah, M Sullivan, M Toy, TMC Abbott, M Aguena, S Allam, O Alves, J Annis, J Asorey, S Avila, D Bacon, D Brooks, DL Burke, A Carnero Rosell, D Carollo, J Carretero, LN da Costa, FJ Castander, S Desai, HT Diehl, J Duarte, S Everett, I Ferrero, B Flaugher, J Frieman, J García-Bellido, M Gatti, E Gaztanaga, G Giannini, K Glazebrook, S González-Gaitán, RA Gruendl, G Gutierrez, SR Hinton, DL Hollowood, K Honscheid, DJ James, K Kuehn, O Lahav, S Lee, GF Lewis, H Lin, JL Marshall, J Mena-Fernández, R Miquel, J Myles, RC Nichol, RLC Ogando, A Palmese, MES Pereira, A Pieres, AA Plazas Malagón, A Porredon, AK Romer, E Sanchez, D Sanchez Cid, I Sevilla-Noarbe, E Suchyta, MEC Swanson, G Tarle, BE Tucker, DL Tucker, V Vikram, AR Walker, N Weaverdyck
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The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Cosmological Analysis and Systematic Uncertainties

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 975:1 (2024) 86

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M Vincenzi, D Brout, P Armstrong, B Popovic, G Taylor, M Acevedo, R Camilleri, R Chen, TM Davis, J Lee, C Lidman, SR Hinton, L Kelsey, R Kessler, A Möller, H Qu, M Sako, B Sanchez, D Scolnic, M Smith, M Sullivan, P Wiseman, J Asorey, BA Bassett, D Carollo, A Carr, RJ Foley, C Frohmaier, L Galbany, K Glazebrook, O Graur, E Kovacs, K Kuehn, U Malik, RC Nichol, B Rose, BE Tucker, M Toy, DL Tucker, F Yuan, TMC Abbott, M Aguena, O Alves, SS Allam, F Andrade-Oliveira, J Annis, D Bacon, K Bechtol, GM Bernstein, D Brooks, DL Burke, A Carnero Rosell, J Carretero, FJ Castander, C Conselice, LN da Costa, MES Pereira, S Desai, HT Diehl, P Doel, I Ferrero, B Flaugher, D Friedel, J Frieman, J García-Bellido, M Gatti, G Giannini, D Gruen, RA Gruendl, DL Hollowood, K Honscheid, D Huterer, DJ James, N Kuropatkin, O Lahav, S Lee, H Lin, JL Marshall, J Mena-Fernández, F Menanteau, R Miquel, A Palmese, A Pieres, AA Plazas Malagón, A Porredon, AK Romer, A Roodman, E Sanchez, D Sanchez Cid, M Schubnell, I Sevilla-Noarbe, E Suchyta, MEC Swanson, G Tarle, C To, AR Walker, N Weaverdyck, M Yamamoto
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Two waves of massive stars running away from the young cluster R136

Nature Springer Science and Business Media LLC 634:8035 (2024) 809-812

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Mitchel Stoop, Alex de Koter, Lex Kaper, Sarah Brands, Simon Portegies Zwart, Hugues Sana, Fiorenzo Stoppa, Mark Gieles, Laurent Mahy, Tomer Shenar, Difeng Guo, Gijs Nelemans, Steven Rieder
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