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Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

Abstract:: The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a wide-field experiment designed to investigate the optical transient and variable sky on time scales from minutes to years. PTF uses the CFH12k mosaic camera, with a field of view of 7.9 deg^2 and a plate scale of 1 asec/pixel, mounted on the the Palomar Observatory 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope. The PTF operation strategy is devised to probe the existing gaps in the transient phase space and to search for theoretically predicted, but not yet detected...
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Rau, A., Kulkarni, S. R., Law, N., Bloom, J., Ciardi, D., Djorgovski, G., Fox, D., Gal-Yam, A., Grillmair, C., Kasliwal, M., Nugent, P., Ofek, E., Quimby, R., Reach, W., Shara, M., Bildsten, L., Cenko, S., Drake, A., Filippenko, A., … Sullivan, M. (2009). Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory. Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac., 121(886), 1334–1351.

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Rau, A., et al. “Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory.” Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac., vol. 121, no. 886, 2009, pp. 1334–51.

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Rau, A, SR Kulkarni, N Law, J Bloom, D Ciardi, G Djorgovski, D Fox, et al. 2009. “Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory.” Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac. 121 (886): 1334–51.
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Journal:: Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.
Volume:: 121
Issue:: 886
Pages:: 1334-1351
Publication date:: 2009-06-29
DOI:: 10.1086/605911
EISSN:: 1538-3873
ISSN:: 0004-6280

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Keywords:: astro-ph.CO

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Pubs id:: pubs:25418
UUID:: uuid:6a562678-d2b5-40d9-9c69-1ee365879d6c
Local pid:: pubs:25418
Source identifiers:: 25418
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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Copyright date:: 2009
Notes:: 15 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PASP

Licence:: Terms and Conditions of Use for Oxford University Research Archive

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