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Robo-AO & Transients Mansi M Kasliwal On behalf of the Palomar Transient Factory May 20, 2010

Robo -AO & Transients

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Robo -AO & Transients. Mansi M Kasliwal On behalf of the Palomar Transient Factory May 20, 2010. Palomar 48-inch. Palomar 60-inch. Palomar Transient Factory. Discovery Machine + Classification Engine. Tidal Disruption Flare or Supernova or AGN?. PTF09fac. Ofek et al. 2007. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Robo-AO & Transients

Mansi M KasliwalOn behalf of the Palomar Transient Factory

May 20, 2010

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Palomar Transient Factory

Robo-AO Meeting May 20, 2010

Palomar 60-inchPalomar 48-inch

Discovery Machine + Classification Engine

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Tidal Disruption Flare or Supernova or AGN?

Robo-AO Meeting May 20, 2010

Ofek et al. 2007

PTF09fac

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Supernova Environment

Robo-AO Meeting May 20, 2010

PTF09fsr

Kasliwal et al. 2010

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Minute-scale Galactic transients?

Robo-AO Meeting May 20, 2010

Kasliwal et al. 2008

Stefanescu et al. 2009

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Progenitor Identification

Robo-AO Meeting May 20, 2010

Smith et al. 2009