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

We present the discovery and characterization of PTF10iya, a short-lived (Δt≈ 10d, with an optical decay rate of ∼0.3magd -1), luminous (mag) transient source found by the Palomar Transient Factory. The ultraviolet/optical spectral energy distribution is reasonably well fitted by a blackbody with T≈...

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Main Authors:	Cenko, S, Bloom, J, Kulkarni, SR, Strubbe, L, Miller, A, Butler, N, Quimby, R, Gal-Yam, A, Ofek, E, Quataert, E, Bildsten, L, Poznanski, D, Perley, D, Morgan, A, Filippenko, A, Frail, D, Arcavi, I, Ben-Ami, S, Cucchiara, A, Fassnacht, C, Green, Y, Hook, I, Howell, D, Lagattuta, D, Law, N
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2012

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

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