Ofer Yaron

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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Feb 2024

SN 2022oqm–A Ca-rich Explosion of a Compact Progenitor Embedded in C/O Circumstellar Material

Ido Irani, Ping Chen, Jonathan Morag … Joshua S. Bloom … +26 moreShow fewer
Ido Irani, Ping Chen, Jonathan Morag, Steve Schulze, Avishay Gal-Yam, Nora L. Strotjohann, Ofer Yaron, Erez A. Zimmerman, Amir Sharon, Daniel A. Perley, J. Sollerman, Aaron Tohuvavohu, Kaustav K. Das, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Rachel Bruch, Thomas G. Brink, WeiKang Zheng, Alexei V. Filippenko, Kishore C. Patra, Sergiy S. Vasylyev, Yi Yang, Matthew J. Graham, Joshua S. Bloom, Paolo Mazzali, Josiah Purdum, Russ R. Laher, Avery Wold, Yashvi Sharma, Leander Lacroix, Michael S. Medford
DOI arXiv
Journal article Astrophysical Journal Nov 2023

Erratum: ``Spectra of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory’’ (2018, ApJ, 855, 2)

Robert M. Quimby, Annalisa De Cia, Avishay Gal-Yam … Joshua S. Bloom … +19 moreShow fewer
Robert M. Quimby, Annalisa De Cia, Avishay Gal-Yam, Giorgos Leloudas, Ragnhild Lunnan, Daniel A. Perley, Paul M. Vreeswijk, Lin Yan, Joshua S. Bloom, S. Bradley Cenko, Jeff Cooke, Richard Ellis, Alexei V. Filippenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Io K. W. Kleiser, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Thomas Matheson, Peter E. Nugent, Yen-Chen Pan, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Assaf Sternberg, Mark Sullivan, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Supp. Aug 2021

The Palomar Transient Factory Core-collapse Supernova Host-galaxy Sample. I. Host-galaxy Distribution Functions and Environment Dependence of Core-collapse Supernovae

Steve Schulze, Ofer Yaron, Jesper Sollerman … Joshua S. Bloom … +53 moreShow fewer
Steve Schulze, Ofer Yaron, Jesper Sollerman, Giorgos Leloudas, Amit Gal, Angus H. Wright, Ragnhild Lunnan, Avishay Gal-Yam, Eran O. Ofek, Daniel A. Perley, Alexei V. Filippenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, James D. Neill, Peter E. Nugent, Robert M. Quimby, Mark Sullivan, Nora Linn Strotjohann, Iair Arcavi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federica Bianco, Joshua S. Bloom, Kishalay De, Morgan Fraser, Christoffer U. Fremling, Assaf Horesh, Joel Johansson, Patrick L. Kelly, Nikola Knežević, ́ Sladjana Kneževi\, Kate Maguire, Anders Nyholm, Seméli Papadogiannakis, Tanja Petrushevska, Adam Rubin, Lin Yan, Yi Yang, Scott M. Adams, Filomena Bufano, Kelsey I. Clubb, Ryan J. Foley, Yoav Green, Jussi Harmanen, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Isobel M. Hook, Griffin Hosseinzadeh, D. Andrew Howell, Albert K. H. Kong, Rubina Kotak, Thomas Matheson, Curtis McCully, Dan Milisavljevic, Yen-Chen Pan, Dovi Poznanski, Isaac Shivvers, Sjoert van Velzen, Kars K. Verbeek
DOI arXiv
Journal article arXiv e-prints Aug 2020

The Palomar Transient Factory Core-Collapse Supernova Host-Galaxy Sample. I. Host-Galaxy Distribution Functions and Environment-Dependence of CCSNe

Steve Schulze, Ofer Yaron, Jesper Sollerman … Joshua S. Bloom … +50 moreShow fewer
Steve Schulze, Ofer Yaron, Jesper Sollerman, Giorgos Leloudas, Amit Gal, Angus H. Wright, Ragnhild Lunnan, Avishay Gal-Yam, Eran O. Ofek, Daniel A. Perley, Alexei V. Filippenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shri R. Kulkarni, Peter E. Nugent, Robert M. Quimby, Mark Sullivan, Nora Linn Strothjohann, Iair Arcavi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federica Bianco, Joshua S. Bloom, Kishalay De, Morgan Fraser, Christoffer U. Fremling, Assaf Horesh, Joel Johansson, Patrick L. Kelly, Sladjana Knezevic, Kate Maguire, Anders Nyholm, 2 Semeli Papadogiannakis, Tanja Petrushevska, Adam Rubin, Lin Yan, Yi Yang, Scott M. Adams, Filomena Bufano, Kelsey I. Clubb, Ryan J. Foley, Yoav Green, Jussi Harmanen, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Isobel M. Hook, Griffin Hosseinzadeh, D. Andrew Howell, Albert K. H. Kong, Rubina Kotak, Thomas Matheson, Curtis McCully, Dan Milisavljevic, Yen-Chen Pan, Dovi Poznanski, Isaac Shivvers, Sjoert van Velzen
Journal article Astrophysical Journal Mar 2018

Spectra of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory

Robert M. Quimby, Annalisa De Cia, Avishay Gal-Yam … Joshua S. Bloom … +19 moreShow fewer
Robert M. Quimby, Annalisa De Cia, Avishay Gal-Yam, Giorgos Leloudas, Ragnhild Lunnan, Daniel A. Perley, Paul M. Vreeswijk, Lin Yan, Joshua S. Bloom, S. Bradley Cenko, Jeff Cooke, Richard Ellis, Alexei V. Filippenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Io K. W. Kleiser, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Thomas Matheson, Peter E. Nugent, Yen-Chen Pan, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Assaf Sternberg, Mark Sullivan, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Jan 2015

Slow-speed Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Two Channels

Christopher J. White, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Peter E. Nugent … Joshua S. Bloom … +19 moreShow fewer
Christopher J. White, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Peter E. Nugent, Avishay Gal-Yam, D. Andrew Howell, Mark Sullivan, Ariel Goobar, Anthony L. Piro, Joshua S. Bloom, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Russ R. Laher, Frank Masci, Eran O. Ofek, Jason Surace, Sagi Ben-Ami, Yi Cao, S. Bradley Cenko, Isobel M. Hook, Jakob Jönsson, Thomas Matheson, Assaf Sternberg, Robert M. Quimby, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Jul 2014

Precursors Prior to Type IIn Supernova Explosions are Common: Precursor Rates, Properties, and Correlations

Eran O. Ofek, Mark Sullivan, Nir J. Shaviv … Joshua S. Bloom … +14 moreShow fewer
Eran O. Ofek, Mark Sullivan, Nir J. Shaviv, Aviram Steinbok, Iair Arcavi, Avishay Gal-Yam, David Tal, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Peter E. Nugent, Sagi Ben-Ami, Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. Bradley Cenko, Russ Laher, Jason Surace, Joshua S. Bloom, Alexei V. Filippenko, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Apr 2014

SN 2010mb: Direct Evidence for a Supernova Interacting with a Large Amount of Hydrogen-free Circumstellar Material

Sagi Ben-Ami, Avishay Gal-Yam, Paolo A. Mazzali … Joshua S. Bloom … +16 moreShow fewer
Sagi Ben-Ami, Avishay Gal-Yam, Paolo A. Mazzali, Orly Gnat, Maryam Modjaz, Itay Rabinak, Mark Sullivan, Lars Bildsten, Dovi Poznanski, Ofer Yaron, Iair Arcavi, Joshua S. Bloom, Assaf Horesh, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Peter E. Nugent, Eran O. Ofek, Daniel Perley, Robert Quimby, Dong Xu
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Journal article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Dec 2013

An early and comprehensive millimetre and centimetre wave and X-ray study of SN 2011dh: a non-equipartition blast wave expanding into a massive stellar wind

Assaf Horesh, Christopher Stockdale, Derek B. Fox … Joshua S. Bloom … +23 moreShow fewer
Assaf Horesh, Christopher Stockdale, Derek B. Fox, Dale A. Frail, John Carpenter, S. R. Kulkarni, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Iair Arcavi, Robert Quimby, S. Bradley Cenko, Peter E. Nugent, Joshua S. Bloom, Nicholas M. Law, Dovi Poznanski, Evgeny Gorbikov, David Polishook, Ofer Yaron, Stuart Ryder, Kurt W. Weiler, Franz Bauer, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Stefan Immler, Nino Panagia, Dave Pooley, Namir Kassim
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Letters Oct 2013

Discovery and Redshift of an Optical Afterglow in 71 deg$^2$: iPTF13bxl and GRB 130702A

Leo P. Singer, S. Bradley Cenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal … Joshua S. Bloom … +19 moreShow fewer
Leo P. Singer, S. Bradley Cenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Daniel A. Perley, Eran O. Ofek, Duncan A. Brown, Peter E. Nugent, S. R. Kulkarni, Alessandra Corsi, Dale A. Frail, Eric Bellm, John Mulchaey, Iair Arcavi, Tom Barlow, Joshua S. Bloom, Yi Cao, Neil Gehrels, Assaf Horesh, Frank J. Masci, Julie McEnery, Arne Rau, Jason A. Surace, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Letters Sep 2013

Discovery, Progenitor and Early Evolution of a Stripped Envelope Supernova iPTF13bvn

Yi Cao, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Iair Arcavi … Joshua S. Bloom … +25 moreShow fewer
Yi Cao, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Iair Arcavi, Assaf Horesh, Paul Hancock, Stefano Valenti, S. Bradley Cenko, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam, Evgeny Gorbikov, Eran O. Ofek, David Sand, Ofer Yaron, Melissa Graham, Jeffrey M. Silverman, J. Craig Wheeler, G. H. Marion, Emma S. Walker, Paolo Mazzali, D. Andrew Howell, K. L. Li, A. K. H. Kong, Joshua S. Bloom, Peter E. Nugent, Jason Surace, Frank Masci, John Carpenter, Nathalie Degenaar, Christopher R. Gelino
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Supp. Jul 2013

Type Ia Supernovae Strongly Interacting with Their Circumstellar Medium

Jeffrey M. Silverman, Peter E. Nugent, Avishay Gal-Yam … Joshua S. Bloom … +30 moreShow fewer
Jeffrey M. Silverman, Peter E. Nugent, Avishay Gal-Yam, Mark Sullivan, D. Andrew Howell, Alexei V. Filippenko, Iair Arcavi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Joshua S. Bloom, S. Bradley Cenko, Yi Cao, Ryan Chornock, Kelsey I. Clubb, Alison L. Coil, Ryan J. Foley, Melissa L. Graham, Christopher V. Griffith, Assaf Horesh, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Douglas C. Leonard, Weidong Li, Thomas Matheson, Adam A. Miller, Maryam Modjaz, Eran O. Ofek, Yen-Chen Pan, Daniel A. Perley, Dovi Poznanski, Robert M. Quimby, Thea N. Steele, Assaf Sternberg, Dong Xu, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Letters Dec 2012

Discovery and Early Multi-wavelength Measurements of the Energetic Type Ic Supernova PTF12gzk: A Massive-star Explosion in a Dwarf Host Galaxy

Sagi Ben-Ami, Avishay Gal-Yam, Alexei V. Filippenko … Joshua S. Bloom … +45 moreShow fewer
Sagi Ben-Ami, Avishay Gal-Yam, Alexei V. Filippenko, Paolo A. Mazzali, Maryam Modjaz, Ofer Yaron, Iair Arcavi, S. Bradley Cenko, Assaf Horesh, D. Andrew Howell, Melissa L. Graham, J. Chuck Horst, Myunshin Im, Yiseul Jeon, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Douglas C. Leonard, Daniel Perley, Elena Pian, David J. Sand, Mark Sullivan, Juliette C. Becker, David Bersier, Joshua S. Bloom, Michael Bottom, Peter J. Brown, Kelsey I. Clubb, Ben Dilday, Richard C. Dixon, Aryeh L. Fortinsky, Derek B. Fox, Luis A. Gonzalez, Avet Harutyunyan, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Weidong Li, Matthew A. Malkan, Ilan Manulis, Thomas Matheson, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Philip S. Muirhead, Peter E. Nugent, Eran O. Ofek, Robert M. Quimby, Joseph W. Richards, Nathaniel R. Ross, Kinchen J. Searcy, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Nathan Smith, Andrew Vanderburg, Emma S. Walker
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Conference paper Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts Sep 2012

SN 2010jp (PTF10aaxi): A Jet-driven Type II Supernova

Nathan Smith, S. Bradley Cenko, Nat Butler … Joshua S. Bloom … +17 moreShow fewer
Nathan Smith, S. Bradley Cenko, Nat Butler, Joshua S. Bloom, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Assaf Horesh, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Nicholas M. Law, Peter E. Nugent, Eran O. Ofek, Dovi Poznanski, Robert M. Quimby, Branimir Sesar, Sagi Ben-Ami, Iair Arcavi, Avishay Gal-Yam, David Polishook, Dong Xu, Ofer Yaron, Dale A. Frail, Mark Sullivan
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Aug 2012

Calcium-rich Gap Transients in the Remote Outskirts of Galaxies

Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam … Joshua S. Bloom … +24 moreShow fewer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam, Peter E. Nugent, Mark Sullivan, Lars Bildsten, Ofer Yaron, Hagai B. Perets, Iair Arcavi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Varun B. Bhalerao, Joshua S. Bloom, S. Bradley Cenko, Alexei V. Filippenko, Dale A. Frail, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Assaf Horesh, D. Andrew Howell, Nicholas M. Law, Douglas C. Leonard, Weidong Li, Eran O. Ofek, David Polishook, Dovi Poznanski, Robert M. Quimby, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Assaf Sternberg, Dong Xu
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Journal article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Mar 2012

PTF10iya: a short-lived, luminous flare from the nuclear region of a star-forming galaxy

S. Bradley Cenko, Joshua S. Bloom, S. R. Kulkarni … +28 moreShow fewer
S. Bradley Cenko, Joshua S. Bloom, S. R. Kulkarni, Linda E. Strubbe, Adam A. Miller, Nathaniel R. Butler, Robert M. Quimby, Avishay Gal-Yam, Eran O. Ofek, Eliot Quataert, Lars Bildsten, Dovi Poznanski, Daniel A. Perley, Adam N. Morgan, Alexei V. Filippenko, Dale A. Frail, Iair Arcavi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Antonio Cucchiara, Christopher D. Fassnacht, Yoav Green, Isobel M. Hook, D. Andrew Howell, David J. Lagattuta, Nicholas M. Law, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Peter E. Nugent, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Mark Sullivan, Shriharsh P. Tendulkar, Ofer Yaron
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Journal article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Feb 2012

SN 2010jp (PTF10aaxi): a jet in a Type II supernova

Nathan Smith, S. Bradley Cenko, Nat Butler … Joshua S. Bloom … +17 moreShow fewer
Nathan Smith, S. Bradley Cenko, Nat Butler, Joshua S. Bloom, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Assaf Horesh, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Nicholas M. Law, Peter E. Nugent, Eran O. Ofek, Dovi Poznanski, Robert M. Quimby, Branimir Sesar, Sagi Ben-Ami, Iair Arcavi, Avishay Gal-Yam, David Polishook, Dong Xu, Ofer Yaron, Dale A. Frail, Mark Sullivan
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Letters Dec 2011

SN 2011dh: Discovery of a Type IIb Supernova from a Compact Progenitor in the Nearby Galaxy M51

Iair Arcavi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Ofer Yaron … Joshua S. Bloom … +44 moreShow fewer
Iair Arcavi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Ofer Yaron, Assaf Sternberg, Itay Rabinak, Eli Waxman, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Robert M. Quimby, Eran O. Ofek, Assaf Horesh, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Alexei V. Filippenko, Jeffrey M. Silverman, S. Bradley Cenko, Weidong Li, Joshua S. Bloom, Mark Sullivan, Peter E. Nugent, Dovi Poznanski, Evgeny Gorbikov, Benjamin J. Fulton, D. Andrew Howell, David Bersier, Amedee Riou, Stephane Lamotte-Bailey, Thomas Griga, Judith G. Cohen, Stephan Hachinger, David Polishook, Dong Xu, Sagi Ben-Ami, Ilan Manulis, Emma S. Walker, Kate Maguire, Yen-Chen Pan, Thomas Matheson, Paolo A. Mazzali, Elena Pian, Derek B. Fox, Neil Gehrels, Nicholas Law, Philip James, Jonathan M. Marchant, Robert J. Smith, Chris J. Mottram, Robert M. Barnsley, Michael T. Kandrashoff, Kelsey I. Clubb
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Aug 2011

Real-time Detection and Rapid Multiwavelength Follow-up Observations of a Highly Subluminous Type II-P Supernova from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey

Avishay Gal-Yam, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Iair Arcavi … Joshua S. Bloom … +28 moreShow fewer
Avishay Gal-Yam, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Iair Arcavi, Yoav Green, Ofer Yaron, Sagi Ben-Ami, Dong Xu, Assaf Sternberg, Robert M. Quimby, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Eran O. Ofek, Richard Walters, Peter E. Nugent, Dovi Poznanski, Joshua S. Bloom, S. Bradley Cenko, Alexei V. Filippenko, Weidong Li, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Emma S. Walker, Mark Sullivan, K. Maguire, D. Andrew Howell, Paolo A. Mazzali, Dale A. Frail, David Bersier, Phil A. James, C. W. Akerlof, Fang Yuan, Nicholas Law, Derek B. Fox, Neil Gehrels
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Apr 2011

PTF 10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99

Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shri R. Kulkarni, Iair Arcavi … Joshua S. Bloom … +38 moreShow fewer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shri R. Kulkarni, Iair Arcavi, Robert M. Quimby, Eran O. Ofek, Peter Nugent, Janet Jacobsen, Avishay Gal-Yam, Yoav Green, Ofer Yaron, Derek B. Fox, Jacob L. Howell, S. Bradley Cenko, Io Kleiser, Joshua S. Bloom, Adam Miller, Weidong Li, Alexei V. Filippenko, Dan Starr, Dovi Poznanski, Nicholas M. Law, George Helou, Dale A. Frail, James D. Neill, Karl Forster, D. Christopher Martin, Shriharsh P. Tendulkar, Neil Gehrels, Jamie Kennea, Mark Sullivan, Lars Bildsten, Richard Dekany, Gustavo Rahmer, David Hale, Roger Smith, Jeff Zolkower, Viswa Velur, Richard Walters, John Henning, Kahnh Bui, Dan McKenna, Cullen Blake
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Letters Nov 2010

Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ``.Ia’’ Explosion

Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam … Joshua S. Bloom … +32 moreShow fewer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. R. Kulkarni, Avishay Gal-Yam, Ofer Yaron, Robert M. Quimby, Eran O. Ofek, Peter Nugent, Dovi Poznanski, Janet Jacobsen, Assaf Sternberg, Iair Arcavi, D. Andrew Howell, Mark Sullivan, Douglas J. Rich, Paul F. Burke, Joseph Brimacombe, Dan Milisavljevic, Robert Fesen, Lars Bildsten, Ken Shen, S. Bradley Cenko, Joshua S. Bloom, Eric Hsiao, Nicholas M. Law, Neil Gehrels, Stefan Immler, Richard Dekany, Gustavo Rahmer, David Hale, Roger Smith, Jeff Zolkower, Viswa Velur, Richard Walters, John Henning, Kahnh Bui, Dan McKenna
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