Outputs (142)

Detection of Time Lags between Quasar Continuum Emission Bands Based On Pan-STARRS Light Curves (2017)
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Jiang, Y., Green, P., Greene, J., Morganson, E., Shen, Y., Pancoast, A., …Waters, C. (2017). Detection of Time Lags between Quasar Continuum Emission Bands Based On Pan-STARRS Light Curves. Astrophysical Journal, 836(2), Article 186. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5b91

As photons from different bands emerge from different radial ranges in the accretion disk, the lags constrain the sizes of the accretion disks. We select 240 quasars with redshifts of z ≈ 1 or z ≈ 0.3 that are relatively emission-line free. The light... Read More about Detection of Time Lags between Quasar Continuum Emission Bands Based On Pan-STARRS Light Curves.

Identification of partially resolved binaries in Pan-STARRS 1 data (2017)
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Deacon, N., Magnier, E., Best, W., Liu, M., Dupuy, T., Chambers, K., …Waters, C. (2017). Identification of partially resolved binaries in Pan-STARRS 1 data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(3), 3499-3515. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx440

Using shape measurement techniques developed for weak lensing surveys, we have identified three new ultracool binaries in the Pan-STARRS 1 (Chambers et al.) survey. Binary companions that are not completely resolved can still alter the shapes of stel... Read More about Identification of partially resolved binaries in Pan-STARRS 1 data.

2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary (2017)
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Deacon, N., Magnier, E., Liu, M., Schlieder, J., Aller, K., Best, W., …Waters, C. (2017). 2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(1), 1126-1139. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx065

We present the discovery of a 360 au separation T3 companion to the tight (3.1 au) M4.5+M6.5 binary 2MASS J02132062+3648506. This companion was identified using Pan-STARRS 1 data and despite its relative proximity to the Sun (22.2 +6.4−4.0 −4.0+6.4 p... Read More about 2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary.

A Systematic Search for Periodically Varying Quasars in Pan-STARRS1: An Extended Baseline Test in Medium Deep Survey Field MD09 (2016)
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Liu, T., Gezari, S., Burgett, W., Chambers, K., Draper, P., Hodapp, K., …Waters, C. (2016). A Systematic Search for Periodically Varying Quasars in Pan-STARRS1: An Extended Baseline Test in Medium Deep Survey Field MD09. Astrophysical Journal, 833(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/833/1/6

We present a systematic search for periodically varying quasars and supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) candidates in the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Medium Deep Survey's MD09 field. From a color-selected sample of 670 quasars extracted from a multi-band de... Read More about A Systematic Search for Periodically Varying Quasars in Pan-STARRS1: An Extended Baseline Test in Medium Deep Survey Field MD09.

Hiding in plain sight – recovering clusters of galaxies with the strongest AGN in their cores (2016)
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Green, T., Edge, A., Ebeling, H., Burgett, W., Draper, P., Kaiser, N., …Waters, C. (2017). Hiding in plain sight – recovering clusters of galaxies with the strongest AGN in their cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(4), 4872-4885. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3059

A key challenge in understanding the feedback mechanism of active galactic nucleus (AGN) in Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) is the inherent rarity of catching an AGN during its strong outburst phase. This is exacerbated by the ambiguity of differen... Read More about Hiding in plain sight – recovering clusters of galaxies with the strongest AGN in their cores.

The Pan-STARRS1 Distant z > 5.6 Quasar Survey: More than 100 Quasars within the First Gyr of the Universe (2016)
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Bañados, E., Venemans, B., Decarli, R., Farina, E., Mazzucchelli, C., Walter, F., …Yang, Q. (2016). The Pan-STARRS1 Distant z > 5.6 Quasar Survey: More than 100 Quasars within the First Gyr of the Universe. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 227(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/227/1/11

Luminous quasars at $z\gt 5.6$ can be studied in detail with the current generation of telescopes and provide us with unique information on the first gigayear of the universe. Thus far, these studies have been statistically limited by the number of q... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Distant z > 5.6 Quasar Survey: More than 100 Quasars within the First Gyr of the Universe.

PS1-14bj: A Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova With a Long Rise and Slow Decay (2016)
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Lunnan, R., Chornock, R., Berger, E., Milisavljevic, D., Jones, D., Rest, A., …Waters, C. (2016). PS1-14bj: A Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova With a Long Rise and Slow Decay. Astrophysical Journal, 831(2), Article 144. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/831/2/144

We present photometry and spectroscopy of PS1-14bj, a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift z = 0.5215 discovered in the last months of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. PS1-14bj stands out because of its extremely slow evolution... Read More about PS1-14bj: A Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova With a Long Rise and Slow Decay.

A Synoptic Map of Halo Substructures from the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey (2016)
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Bernard, E., Ferguson, A., Schlafly, E., Martin, N., Rix, H., Bell, E., …Waters, C. (2016). A Synoptic Map of Halo Substructures from the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(2), 1759-1768. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2134

We present a panoramic map of the entire Milky Way halo north of δ∼−30∘δ∼−30∘ (∼30 000 deg2), constructed by applying the matched-filter technique to the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey data set. Using single-epoch photometry reaching to g ∼22, we are sensitiv... Read More about A Synoptic Map of Halo Substructures from the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey.

Slow-blue nuclear hypervariables in PanSTARRS-1 (2016)
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Lawrence, A., Bruce, A., MacLeod, C., Gezari, S., Elvis, M., Ward, M., …Soderberg, A. (2016). Slow-blue nuclear hypervariables in PanSTARRS-1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(1), 296-331. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1963

We discuss 76 large amplitude transients (Δm > 1.5) occurring in the nuclei of galaxies, nearly all with no previously known active galactic nucleus (AGN). They have been discovered as part of the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) 3π survey, by comparison with Sloan... Read More about Slow-blue nuclear hypervariables in PanSTARRS-1.

Mapping the Monoceros Ring in 3D with Pan-STARRS1 (2016)
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Morganson, E., Conn, B., Rix, H., Bell, E., Burgett, W., Chambers, K., …Waters, C. (2016). Mapping the Monoceros Ring in 3D with Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 825(2), Article 140. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/825/2/140

Using the Pan-STARRS1 survey, we derive limiting magnitude, spatial completeness, and density maps that we use to probe the three-dimensional structure and estimate the stellar mass of the so-called Monoceros Ring. The Monoceros Ring is an enormous a... Read More about Mapping the Monoceros Ring in 3D with Pan-STARRS1.