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A Precursor Plateau and Pre-Maximum [O II] Emission in the Superluminous SN2019szu: A Pulsational Pair-Instability Candidate

(2023)

Authors:

Aysha Aamer, Matt Nicholl, Anders Jerkstrand, Sebastian Gomez, Samantha R Oates, Stephen J Smartt, Shubham Srivastav, Giorgos Leloudas, Joseph P Anderson, Edo Berger, Thomas de Boer, Kenneth Chambers, Ting-Wan Chen, Lluís Galbany, Hua Gao, Benjamin P Gompertz, Maider González-Bañuelos, Mariusz Gromadzki, Claudia P Gutiérrez, Cosimo Inserra, Thomas B Lowe, Eugene A Magnier, Paolo A Mazzali, Thomas Moore, Tomás E Müller-Bravo, Miika Pursiainen, Armin Rest, Steve Schulze, Ken W Smith, Jacco H Terwel, Richard Wainscoat, David R Young
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AT2022aedm and a new class of luminous, fast-cooling transients in elliptical galaxies

(2023)

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M Nicholl, S Srivastav, MD Fulton, S Gomez, ME Huber, SR Oates, P Ramsden, L Rhodes, SJ Smartt, KW Smith, A Aamer, JP Anderson, FE Bauer, E Berger, T de Boer, KC Chambers, P Charalampopoulos, T-W Chen, RP Fender, M Fraser, H Gao, DA Green, L Galbany, BP Gompertz, M Gromadzki, CP Gutiérrez, DA Howell, C Inserra, PG Jonker, M Kopsacheili, TB Lowe, EA Magnier, C McCully, SL McGee, T Moore, TE Müller-Bravo, M Newsome, E Padilla Gonzalez, C Pellegrino, T Pessi, M Pursiainen, A Rest, EJ Ridley, BJ Shappee, X Sheng, GP Smith, G Terreran, MA Tucker, J Vinkó, RJ Wainscoat, P Wiseman, DR Young
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JWST detection of heavy neutron capture elements in a compact object merger

(2023)

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A Levan, BP Gompertz, OS Salafia, M Bulla, E Burns, K Hotokezaka, L Izzo, GP Lamb, DB Malesani, SR Oates, ME Ravasio, A Rouco Escorial, B Schneider, N Sarin, S Schulze, NR Tanvir, K Ackley, G Anderson, GB Brammer, L Christensen, VS Dhillon, PA Evans, M Fausnaugh, W-F Fong, AS Fruchter, C Fryer, JPU Fynbo, N Gaspari, KE Heintz, J Hjorth, JA Kennea, MR Kennedy, T Laskar, G Leloudas, I Mandel, A Martin-Carrillo, BD Metzger, M Nicholl, A Nugent, JT Palmerio, G Pugliese, J Rastinejad, L Rhodes, A Rossi, SJ Smartt, HF Stevance, A Tohuvavohu, A van der Horst, SD Vergani, D Watson, T Barclay, K Bhirombhakdi, E Breedt, AA Breeveld, AJ Brown, S Campana, AA Chrimes, P D'Avanzo, V D'Elia, M De Pasquale, MJ Dyer, DK Galloway, JA Garbutt, MJ Green, DH Hartmann, P Jakobsson, P Kerry, D Langeroodi, JK Leung, SP Littlefair, J Munday, P O'Brien, SG Parsons, I Pelisoli, A Saccardi, DI Sahman, R Salvaterra, B Sbarufatti, D Steeghs, G Tagliaferri, CC Thöne, A de Ugarte Postigo, DA Kann
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Consistency tests for comparing astrophysical models and observations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 524:1 (2023) 1061-1074

Authors:

Fiorenzo Stoppa, Eric Cator, Gijs Nelemans

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ABSTRACT In astronomy, there is an opportunity to enhance the practice of validating models through statistical techniques, specifically to account for measurement error uncertainties. While models are commonly used to describe observations, there are instances where there is a lack of agreement between the two. This can occur when models are derived from incomplete theories, when a better-fitting model is not available or when measurement uncertainties are not correctly considered. However, with the application of specific tests that assess the consistency between observations and astrophysical models in a model-independent way, it is possible to address this issue. The consistency tests (ConTESTs) developed in this paper use a combination of non-parametric methods and distance measures to obtain a test statistic that evaluates the closeness of the astrophysical model to the observations. To draw conclusions on the consistency hypothesis, a simulation-based methodology is performed. In particular, we built two tests for density models and two for regression models to be used depending on the case at hand and the power of the test needed. We used ConTEST to examine synthetic examples in order to determine the effectiveness of the tests and provide guidance on using them while building a model. We also applied ConTEST to various astronomy cases, identifying which models were consistent and, if not, identifying the probable causes of rejection.
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Possible contribution of X-ray binary jets to the Galactic cosmic ray and neutrino flux

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 524:1 (2023) 1326-1342

Authors:

D Kantzas, S Markoff, AJ Cooper, D Gaggero, M Petropoulou, P De La Torre Luque
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