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Astrophysics > High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Title: An Online Framework for Fitting Fast Transient Lightcurves

Abstract: The identification of extragalactic fast optical transients (eFOTs) as potential multi-messenger sources is one of the main challenges in time-domain astronomy. However, recent developments have allowed for probes of rapidly-evolving transients. With the increasing number of alert streams from optical time-domain surveys, the next paradigm is building technologies to rapidly identify the most interesting transients for follow-up. One effort to make this possible is the fitting of objects to a variety of eFOT lightcurve models such as kilonovae and $\gamma$-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. In this work, we describe a new framework designed to efficiently fit transients to light curve models and flag them for further follow-up. We describe the pipeline's workflow and a handful of performance metrics, including the nominal sampling time for each model. We highlight as examples ZTF20abwysqy, the shortest long gamma ray burst discovered to date, and ZTF21abotose, a core-collapse supernova initially identified as a potential kilonova candidate.
Comments: Accepted to MNRAS, 11 pages, 9 figures
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.17515 [astro-ph.HE]
  (or arXiv:2404.17515v1 [astro-ph.HE] for this version)

Submission history

From: Tyler Barna [view email]
[v1] Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:34:29 GMT (1722kb,D)

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