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Kirsty Taggart

Astrophysics Research Institute

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Journal article

Kool EC, Karamehmetoglu E, Sollerman J, Schulze S, Lunnan R, Reynolds TM, Barbarino C, Bellm EC, De K, Duev DA, Fremling C, Golkhou VZ, Graham ML, Green DA, Horesh A, Kaye S, Kim Y-L, Laher RR, Masci FJ, Nordin J, Perley DA, Phinney ES, Porter M, Reiley D, Rodriguez H, Roestel JV, Rusholme B, Sharma Y, Sfaradi I, Soumagnac MT, Taggart K, Tartaglia L, Williams DRA, Yan L. 2021. SN 2020bqj: a Type Ibn supernova with a long lasting peak plateau Astronomy & Astrophysics, 652 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Tartaglia L, Sollerman J, Barbarino C, Taddia F, Mason E, Berton M, Taggart K, Bellm EC, De K, Frederick S, Fremling C, Gal-Yam A, Golkhou VZ, Graham M, Ho AYQ, Hung T, Kaye S, Kim YL, Laher RR, Masci FJ, Perley DA, Porter MD, Reiley DJ, Riddle R, Rusholme B, Soumagnac MT, Walters R. 2021. SN 2018ijp: the explosion of a stripped-envelope star within a dense H-rich shell? Astronomy and Astrophysics, 650 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Johnson H, Morrison D, Taggart C. 2021. WhaleMap: a tool to collate and display whale survey results in near real-time Journal of Open Source Software, 6 :3094-3094 DOI Publisher Url

Gagliano A, Izzo L, Kilpatrick CD, Mockler B, Jacobson-Galán WV, Terreran G, Dimitriadis G, Zenati Y, Auchettl K, Drout MR, Narayan G, Foley RJ, Margutti R, Rest A, Jones DO, Aganze C, Aleo PD, Burgasser AJ, Coulter DA, Gerasimov R, Gall C, Hjorth J, Hsu C-C, Magnier EA, Mandel KS, Piro AL, Rojas-Bravo C, Siebert MR, Stacey H, Stroh MC, Swift JJ, Taggart K, Tinyanont S. 2021. An Early-Time Optical and Ultraviolet Excess in the type-Ic SN 2020oi Author Url Publisher Url

Bruch RJ, Gal-Yam A, Schulze S, Yaron O, Yang Y, Soumagnac MT, Rigault M, Strotjohann NL, Ofek E, Sollerman J, Masci FJ, Barbarino C, Ho AYQ, Fremling C, Perley DA, Nordin J, Cenko SB, Adams S, Adreoni I, Bellm EC, Blagorodnova N, Bulla M, Burdge K, De K, Dhawan S, Drake AJ, Duev DA, Dugas A, Graham M, Graham ML, Jencson J, Karamehmetoglu E, Kasliwal M, Kim Y-L, Kulkarni S, Kupfer T, Mahabal A, Miller AA, Prince TA, Riddle R, Sharma Y, Smith R, Taddia F, Taggart K, Walters R, Yan L. 2021. A large fraction of hydrogen-rich supernova progenitors experience elevated mass loss shortly prior to explosion Astrophysical Journal, 912 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Taggart K, Perley DA. 2021. Core-collapse, superluminous, and gamma-ray burst supernova host galaxy populations at low redshift: the importance of dwarf and starbursting galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503 :3931-3952 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Stein R, Velzen SV, Kowalski M, Franckowiak A, Gezari S, Miller-Jones JCA, Frederick S, Sfaradi I, Bietenholz MF, Horesh A, Fender R, Garrappa S, Ahumada T, Andreoni I, Belicki J, Bellm EC, Bottcher M, Brinnel V, Burruss R, Cenko SB, Coughlin MW, Cunningham V, Drake A, Farrar GR, Feeney M, Foley RJ, Gal-Yam A, Golkhou VZ, Goobar A, Graham MJ, Hammerstein E, Helou G, Hung T, Kasliwal MM, Kilpatrick CD, Kong AKH, Kupfer T, Laher RR, Mahabal AA, Masci FJ, Necker J, Nordin J, Perley DA, Rigault M, Reusch S, Rodriguez H, Rojas-Bravo C, Rusholme B, Shupe DL, Singer LP, Sollerman J, Soumagnac MT, Stern D, Taggart K, van Santen J, Ward C, Woudt P, Yao Y. 2021. A tidal disruption event coincident with a high-energy neutrino NATURE ASTRONOMY, 5 :510-518 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

van Velzen S, Gezari S, Hammerstein E, Roth N, Frederick S, Ward C, Hung T, Cenko SB, Stein R, Perley DA, Taggart K, Foley RJ, Sollerman J, Blagorodnova N, Andreoni I, Bellm EC, Brinnel V, De K, Dekany R, Feeney M, Fremling C, Giomi M, Golkhou VZ, Graham MJ, Ho AYQ, Kasliwal MM, Kilpatrick CD, Kulkarni SR, Kupfer T, Laher RR, Mahabal A, Masci FJ, Miller AA, Nordin J, Riddle R, Rusholme B, Santen JV, Sharma Y, Shupe DL, Soumagnac MT. 2021. Seventeen Tidal Disruption Events from the First Half of ZTF Survey Observations: Entering a New Era of Population Studies Astrophysical Journal, 908 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Strotjohann NL, Ofek EO, Gal-Yam A, Bruch R, Schulze S, Shaviv N, Sollerman J, Filippenko AV, Yaron O, Fremling C, Nordin J, Kool EC, Perley DA, Ho AYQ, Yang Y, Yao Y, Soumagnac MT, Graham ML, Barbarino C, Tartaglia L, De K, Goldstein DA, Cook DO, Brink TG, Taggart K, Yan L, Lunnan R, Kasliwal M, Kulkarni SR, Nugent PE, Masci FJ, Rosnet P, Adams SM, Andreoni I, Bagdasaryan A, Bellm EC, Burdge K, Duev DA, Dugas A, Frederick S, Goldwasser S, Hankins M, Irani I, Karambelkar V, Kupfer T, Liang J, Neill JD, Porter M, Riddle RL, Sharma Y, Short P, Taddia F, Tzanidakis A, Roestel JV, Walters R, Zhuang Z. 2021. Bright, Months-long Stellar Outbursts Announce the Explosion of Interaction-powered Supernovae Astrophysical Journal, 907 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jones DO, Foley RJ, Narayan G, Hjorth J, Huber ME, Aleo PD, Alexander KD, Angus CR, Auchettl K, Baldassare VF, Bruun SH, Chambers KC, Chatterjee D, Coppejans DL, Coulter DA, DeMarchi L, Dimitriadis G, Drout MR, Engel A, French KD, Gagliano A, Gall C, Hung T, Izzo L, Jacobson-Galan WV, Kilpatrick CD, Korhonen H, Margutti R, Raimundo SI, Ramirez-Ruiz E, Rest A, Rojas-Bravo C, Siebert MR, Smartt SJ, Smith KW, Terreran G, Wang Q, Wojtak R, Agnello A, Ansari Z, Arendse N, Baldeschi A, Blanchard PK, Brethauer D, Bright JS, Brown JS, Boer TJLD, Dodd SA, Fairlamb JR, Grillo C, Hajela A, Hede C, Kolborg AN, Law-Smith JAP, Lin C-C, Magnier EA, Malanchev K, Matthews D, Mockler B, Muthukrishna D, Pan Y-C, Pfister H, Ramanah DK, Rest S, Sarangi A, Schroder SL, Stauffer C, Stroh MC, Taggart KL, Tinyanont S, Wainscoat RJ. 2021. The Young Supernova Experiment: Survey Goals, Overview, and Operations ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 908 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Kasliwal MM, Anand S, Ahumada T, Stein R, Carracedo AS, Andreoni I, Coughlin MW, Singer LP, Kool EC, De K, Kumar H, AlMualla M, Yao Y, Bulla M, Dobie D, Reusch S, Perley DA, Cenko SB, Bhalerao V, Kaplan DL, Sollerman J, Goobar A, Copperwheat CM, Bellm EC, Anupama GC, Corsi A, Nissanke S, Agudo I, Bagdasaryan A, Barway S, Belicki J, Bloom JS, Bolin B, Buckley DAH, Burdge KB, Burruss R, Caballero-Garcia MD, Cannella C, Castro-Tirado AJ, Cook DO, Cooke J, Cunningham V, Dahiwale A, Deshmukh K, Dichiara S, Duev DA, Dutta A, Feeney M, Franckowiak A, Frederick S, Fremling C, Gal-Yam A, Gatkine P, Ghosh S, Goldstein DA, Golkhou VZ, Graham MJ, Graham ML, Hankins MJ, Helou G, Hu Y, Ip W-H, Jaodand A, Karambelkar V, Kong AKH, Kowalski M, Khandagale M, Kulkarni SR, Kumar B, Laher RR, Li KL, Mahabal A, Masci FJ, Miller AA, Mogotsi M, Mohite S, Mooley K, Mroz P, Newman JA, Ngeow C-C, Oates SR, Patil AS, Pandey SB, Pavana M, Pian E, Riddle R, Sanchez-Ramirez R, Sharma Y, Singh A, Smith R, Soumagnac MT, Taggart K, Tan H, Tzanidakis A, Troja E, Valeev AF, Walters R, Waratkar G, Webb S, Yu P-C, Zhang B-B, Zhou R, Zolkower J. 2020. Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3 Astrophysical Journal, 905 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Perley DA, Fremling C, Sollerman J, Miller AA, Dahiwale AS, Sharma Y, Bellm EC, Biswas R, Brink TG, Bruch RJ, De K, Dekany R, Drake AJ, Duev DA, Filippenko AV, Gal-Yam A, Goobar A, Graham MJ, Graham ML, Ho AYQ, Irani I, Kasliwal MM, Kim Y-L, Kulkarni SR, Mahabal A, Masci FJ, Modak S, Neill JD, Nordin J, Riddle RL, Soumagnac MT, Strotjohann NL, Schulze S, Taggart K, Tzanidakis A, Walters RS, Yan L. 2020. The Zwicky Transient Facility Bright Transient Survey. II. A Public Statistical Sample for Exploring Supernova Demographics The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics, 904 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ho AYQ, Kulkarni SR, Perley DA, Cenko SB, Corsi A, Schulze S, Lunnan R, Sollerman J, Gal-Yam A, Anand S, Barbarino C, Bellm EC, Bruch RJ, Burns E, De K, Dekany R, Delacroix A, Duev DA, Frederiks DD, Fremling C, Goldstein DA, Golkhou VZ, Graham MJ, Hale D, Kasliwal MM, Kupfer T, Laher RR, Martikainen J, Masci FJ, Neill JD, Ridnaia A, Rusholme B, Savchenko V, Shupe DL, Soumagnac MT, Strotjohann NL, Svinkin DS, Taggart K, Tartaglia L, Yan L, Zolkower J. 2020. SN 2020bvc: A Broad-line Type Ic Supernova with a Double-peaked Optical Light Curve and a Luminous X-Ray and Radio Counterpart Astrophysical Journal, 902 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Yan L, Perley DA, Schulze S, Lunnan R, Sollerman J, De K, Chen ZH, Fremling C, Gal-Yam A, Taggart K, Chen T-W, Andreoni I, Bellm EC, Cunningham V, Dekany R, Duev DA, Fransson C, Laher RR, Hankins M, Ho AYQ, Jencson JE, Kaye S, Kulkarni SR, Kasliwal MM, Golkhou VZ, Graham M, Masci FJ, Miller AA, Neill JD, Ofek E, Porter M, Mroz P, Reiley D, Riddle R, Rigault M, Rusholme B, Shupe DL, Soumagnac MT, Smith R, Tartaglia L, Yao Y, Yaron O. 2020. Helium-rich Superluminous Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 902 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gutiérrez CP, Pastorello A, Jerkstrand A, Galbany L, Sullivan M, Anderson JP, Taubenberger S, Kuncarayakti H, González-Gaitán S, Wiseman P, Inserra C, Fraser M, Maguire K, Smartt S, Müller-Bravo TE, Arcavi I, Benetti S, Bersier D, Bose S, Bostroem KA, Burke J, Chen P, Chen T-W, Valle MD, Dong S, Gal-Yam A, Gromadzki M, Hiramatsu D, Holoien TW-S, Hosseinzadeh G, Howell DA, Kankare E, Kochanek CS, McCully C, Nicholl M, Pignata G, Prieto JL, Shappee B, Taggart K, Tomasella L, Valenti S, Young DR. 2020. SN 2017ivv: two years of evolution of a transitional Type II supernova Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499 :974-992 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Caballero-Nieves SM, Gies DR, Baines EK, Bouchez AH, Dekany RG, Goodwin SP, Rickman EL, Roberts LC, Taggart K, ten Brummelaar TA, Turner NH. 2020. A High Angular Resolution Survey of Massive Stars in Cygnus OB2: JHK Adaptive Optics Results from the Gemini Near-Infrared Imager ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 160 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Lunnan R, Yan L, Perley DA, Schulze S, Taggart K, Gal-Yam A, Fremling C, Soumagnac MT, Ofek E, Adams SM, Barbarino C, Bellm EC, De K, Fransson C, Frederick S, Golkhou VZ, Graham MJ, Hallakoun N, Ho AYQ, Kasliwal MM, Kaspi S, Kulkarni SR, Laher RR, Masci FJ, Nunez FP, Rusholme B, Quimby RM, Shupe DL, Sollerman J, Taddia F, van Roestel J, Yang Y, Yao Y. 2020. Four (Super)luminous Supernovae from the First Months of the ZTF Survey Astrophysical Journal, 901 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Soumagnac MT, Ofek EO, Liang J, Gal-yam A, Nugent P, Yang Y, Cenko SB, Sollerman J, Perley DA, Andreoni I, Barbarino C, Burdge KB, Bruch RJ, De K, Dugas A, Fremling C, Graham ML, Hankins MJ, Strotjohann NL, Moran S, Neill JD, Schulze S, Shupe DL, Sipocz BM, Taggart K, Tartaglia L, Walters R, Yan L, Yao Y, Yaron O, Bellm EC, Cannella C, Dekany R, Duev DA, Feeney M, Frederick S, Graham MJ, Laher RR, Masci FJ, Kasliwal MM, Kowalski M, Kupfer T, Miller AA, Rigault M, Ben R. 2020. Early Ultraviolet Observations of Type IIn Supernovae Constrain the Asphericity of Their Circumstellar Material Astrophysical Journal, 899 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Fremling C, Miller AA, Sharma Y, Dugas A, Perley DA, Taggart K, Sollerman J, Goobar A, Graham ML, Neill JD, Nordin J, Rigault M, Walters R, Andreoni I, Bagdasaryan A, Belicki J, Cannella C, Bellm EC, Cenko SB, De K, Dekany R, Frederick S, Golkhou VZ, Graham MJ, Helou G, Ho AYQ, Kasliwal MM, Kupfer T, Laher RR, Mahabal A, Masci FJ, Riddle R, Rusholme B, Schulze S, Shupe DL, Smith RM, van Velzen S, Yan L, Yao Y, Zhuang Z, Kulkarni SR. 2020. The Zwicky Transient Facility Bright Transient Survey. I. Spectroscopic Classification and the Redshift Completeness of Local Galaxy Catalogs Astrophysical Journal, 895 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Modjaz M, Bianco FB, Siwek M, Huang S, Perley DA, Fierroz D, Liu Y-Q, Arcavi I, Gal-Yam A, Filippenko A, Blagorodnova N, Cenko BS, Kasliwal M, Kulkarni S, Schulze S, Taggart K, Zhen W. 2020. Host Galaxies of Type Ic and Broad-lined Type Ic Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Implications for Jet Production Astrophysical Journal, 892 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Andreoni I, Goldstein DA, Kasliwal MM, Nugent PE, Zhou R, Newman JA, Bulla M, Foucart F, Hotokezaka K, Nakar E, Nissanke S, Raaijmakers G, Bloom JS, De K, Jencson JE, Ward C, Ahumada T, Anand S, Buckley DAH, Caballero-García MD, Castro-Tirado AJ, Copperwheat CM, Coughlin MW, Cenko SB, Gromadzki M, Hu YD, Karambelkar VR, Perley DA, Sharma Y, Valeev AF, Cook DO, Fremling UC, Kumar H, Taggart K, Bagdasaryan A, Cooke J, Dahiwale A, Dhawan S, Dobie D, Gatkine P, Golkhou VZ, Goobar A, Chaves AG, Hankins M, Kaplan DL, Kong AKH, Kool EC, Mohite S, Sollerman J, Tzanidakis A, Webb S, Zhang K. 2020. GROWTH on S190814bv: Deep Synoptic Limits on the Optical/Near-Infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger Astrophysical Journal, 890 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Yao Y, Miller AA, Kulkarni SR, Bulla M, Masci FJ, Goldstein DA, Goobar A, Nugent P, Dugas A, Blagorodnova N, Neill JD, Rigault M, Sollerman J, Nordin J, Bellm EC, Cenko SB, De K, Dhawan S, Feindt U, Fremling C, Gatkine P, Graham MJ, Graham ML, Ho AYQ, Hung T, Kasliwal MM, Kupfer T, Laher RR, Perley DA, Rusholme B, Shupe DL, Soumagnac MT, Taggart K, Walters R, Yan L. 2019. ZTF Early Observations of Type Ia Supernovae I: Properties of the 2018 Sample Astrophysical Journal, 886 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Coughlin MW, Ahumada T, Anand S, De K, Hankins MJ, Kasliwal MM, Singer LP, Bellm EC, Andreoni I, Cenko SB, Cooke J, Copperwheat CM, Dugas AM, Jencson JE, Perley DA, Yu P-C, Bhalerao V, Kumar H, Bloom JS, Anupama GC, Ashley MCB, Bagdasaryan A, Biswas R, Buckley DAH, Burdge KB, Cook DO, Cromer J, Cunningham V, D'aí A, Dekany RG, Delacroix A, Dichiara S, Duev DA, Dutta A, Feeney M, Frederick S, Gatkine P, Ghosh S, Goldstein DA, Golkhou VZ, Goobar A, Graham MJ, Hanayama H, Horiuchi T, Hung T, Jha SW, Kong AKH, Giomi M, Kaplan DL, Karambelkar VR, Kowalski M, Kulkarni SR, Kupfer T, Parola VL, Masci FJ, Mazzali PA, Moore AM, Mogotsi M, Neill JD, Ngeow C-C, Martínez-Palomera J, Pavana M, Ofek EO, Patil AS, Riddle R, Rigault M, Rusholme B, Serabyn E, Shupe DL, Sharma Y, Sollerman J, Soon J, Staats K, Taggart K, Tan H, Travouillon T, Troja E, Waratkar G, Yatsu Y. 2019. GROWTH on S190425z: Searching Thousands of Square Degrees to Identify an Optical or Infrared Counterpart to a Binary Neutron Star Merger with the Zwicky Transient Facility and Palomar Gattini-IR Astrophysical Journal Letters, 885 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Perley DA, Mazzali PA, Yan L, Cenko SB, Gezari S, Taggart K, Blagorodnova N, Fremling C, Mockler B, Singh A, Tominaga N, Tanaka M, Watson AM, Ahumada T, Anupama GC, Ashall C, Becerra RL, Bersier D, Bhalerao V, Bloom JS, Butler NR, Copperwheat CM, Coughlin MW, De K, Drake AJ, Duev DA, Frederick S, González JJ, Goobar A, Heida M, Ho AYQ, Horst J, Hung T, Itoh R, Jencson JE, Kasliwal MM, Kawai N, Kulkarni SR, Kumar B, Kumar H, Kutyrev AS, Khanam T, Lee WH, Maeda K, Mahabal A, Murata KL, Neill JD, Ngeow C-C, Penprase B, Pian E, Quimby R, Ramirez-Ruiz E, Richer M, Román-Zúñiga CG, Srivastava S, Socia Q, Sollerman J, Tachibana Y, Taddia F, Tinyanont K, Troja E, Ward C, Wee J. 2018. The Fast, Luminous Ultraviolet Transient AT2018cow: Extreme Supernova, or Disruption of a Star by an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484 :1031-1049 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Anderson JP, Pessi PJ, Dessart L, Inserra C, Hiramatsu D, Taggart K, Smartt SJ, Leloudas G, Chen T-W, Moeller A, Roy R, Schulze S, Perley DA, Selsing J, Prentice SJ, Gal-Yam A, Angus CR, Arcavi I, Ashall C, Bulla M, Bray C, Burke J, Callis E, Cartier R, Chang S-W, Chambers K, Clark P, Denneau L, Dennefeld M, Flewelling H, Fraser M, Galbany L, Gromadzki M, Gutierrez CP, Heinze A, Hosseinzadeh G, Howell DA, Hsiao EY, Kankare E, Kostrzewa-Rutkowska Z, Magnier E, Maguire K, Mazzali PA, McBrien O, McCully C, Morrell N, Lowe TB, Onken CA, Phillips MM, Rest A, Ridden-Harper R, Ruiter AJ, Sand DJ, Smith KW, Smith M, Stalder B, Stritzinger MD, Sullivan M, Tonry JL, Tucker BE, Valenti S, Wainscoat R, Waters CZ, Wolf C, Young D. 2018. A nearby super-luminous supernova with a long pre-maximum & "plateau" and strong C II features Astronomy and Astrophysics, 620 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

preprint

Ho AYQ, Perley DA, Gal-Yam A, Lunnan R, Sollerman J, Schulze S, Das KK, Dobie D, Yao Y, Fremling C, Adams S, Anand S, Andreoni I, Bellm EC, Bruch RJ, Burdge KB, Castro-Tirado AJ, Dahiwale A, De K, Dekany R, Drake AJ, Duev DA, Graham MJ, Helou G, Kaplan DL, Karambelkar V, Kasliwal MM, Kool EC, Kulkarni SR, Mahabal AA, Medford MS, Miller AA, Nordin J, Ofek E, Petitpas G, Riddle R, Sharma Y, Smith R, Stewart AJ, Taggart K, Tartaglia L, Tzanidakis A, Winters JM. 2021. A Search for Extragalactic Fast Blue Optical Transients in ZTF and the Rate of AT2018cow-like Transients DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Thesis/Dissertation

Taggart K. 2020. The environments and progenitors of extreme supernovae in the low-redshift Universe Perley D, James P. Public Url

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