R. R. Laher

TL;DR: The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) as mentioned in this paper is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky.

TL;DR: In this article, the sky localization of the first observed compact binary merger is presented, where the authors describe the low-latency analysis of the LIGO data and present a sky localization map.

TL;DR: Observations of a mass-loss event detected 40 days before the explosion of the type IIn supernova SN 2010mc are reported, finding that the outburst luminosity and velocity are consistent with the predictions of the wave-driven pulsation model, and disfavour alternative suggestions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the discovery of the supernova iPTF 13dqy = SN 2013fs a mere 3'h after the explosion of a red supergiant.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a statistical search for periodic variability in a sample of 35 383 spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the photometric data base of the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF).