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Richard Dekany
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 342
Citations - 15394
Richard Dekany is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adaptive optics & Telescope. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 315 publications receiving 12709 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Dekany include Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results
Nicholas M. Law,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Richard Dekany,Eran O. Ofek,Robert M. Quimby,Peter Nugent,Jason Surace,C. Grillmair,Joshua S. Bloom,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Lars Bildsten,Timothy M. Brown,S. Bradley Cenko,David R. Ciardi,Ernest Croner,S. George Djorgovski,Julian C. van Eyken,Alexei V. Filippenko,Derek B. Fox,Avishay Gal-Yam,David Hale,Nouhad Hamam,George Helou,John Henning,D. Andrew Howell,D. Andrew Howell,Janet Jacobsen,Russ R. Laher,S. Mattingly,D. McKenna,A. Pickles,Dovi Poznanski,Dovi Poznanski,Gustavo Rahmer,Arne Rau,Wayne Rosing,Michael M. Shara,Roger M. H. Smith,Dan L. Starr,Dan L. Starr,Mark Sullivan,Viswa Velur,Richard Walters,Jeff Zolkower +43 more
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.
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The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results
Nicholas M. Law,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Richard Dekany,Eran O. Ofek,R. M. Quimby,Peter Nugent,Jason Surace,C. Grillmair,Joshua S. Bloom,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Lars Bildsten,Timothy M. Brown,S. B. Cenko,David R. Ciardi,Ernest Croner,S. G. Djorgovski,J. C. van Eyken,Alexei V. Filippenko,D. B. Fox,Avishay Gal-Yam,David Hale,Nouhad Hamam,George Helou,John Henning,D. A. Howell,Janet Jacobsen,R. R. Laher,S. Mattingly,D. McKenna,A. Pickles,Dovi Poznanski,Gustavo Rahmer,A. Rau,Wayne Rosing,Michael M. Shara,Roger M. H. Smith,D. Starr,Mark Sullivan,V. Velur,R. Walters,J. Zolkower +40 more
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.
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The zwicky transient facility: System overview, performance, and first results
Eric C. Bellm,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Matthew J. Graham,Richard Dekany,Roger M. H. Smith,Reed Riddle,Frank J. Masci,George Helou,Thomas A. Prince,Scott M. Adams,Cristina Barbarino,Tom A. Barlow,James Bauer,Ron Beck,Justin Belicki,Rahul Biswas,Nadejda Blagorodnova,Dennis Bodewits,Bryce Bolin,V. Brinnel,Tim Brooke,Brian D. Bue,Mattia Bulla,Rick Burruss,S. Bradley Cenko,S. Bradley Cenko,Chan-Kao Chang,Andrew J. Connolly,Michael W. Coughlin,John Cromer,Virginia Cunningham,Kaushik De,Alex Delacroix,Vandana Desai,Dmitry A. Duev,Gwendolyn Eadie,Tony L. Farnham,Michael Feeney,Ulrich Feindt,David Flynn,Anna Franckowiak,Sara Frederick,Christoffer Fremling,Avishay Gal-Yam,Suvi Gezari,Matteo Giomi,Daniel A. Goldstein,V. Zach Golkhou,Ariel Goobar,Steven Groom,Eugean Hacopians,David Hale,John Henning,Anna Y. Q. Ho,David Hover,Justin Howell,Tiara Hung,Daniela Huppenkothen,David Imel,Wing-Huen Ip,Wing-Huen Ip,Željko Ivezić,Edward Jackson,Lynne Jones,Mario Juric,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Shai Kaspi,Stephen Kaye,Michael S. P. Kelley,Marek Kowalski,Emily Kramer,Thomas Kupfer,Thomas Kupfer,Walter Landry,Russ R. Laher,Chien De Lee,Hsing Wen Lin,Hsing Wen Lin,Zhong-Yi Lin,Ragnhild Lunnan,Ashish Mahabal,Peter H. Mao,Adam A. Miller,Adam A. Miller,Serge Monkewitz,Patrick J. Murphy,Chow-Choong Ngeow,Jakob Nordin,Peter Nugent,Peter Nugent,Eran O. Ofek,Maria T. Patterson,Bryan E. Penprase,Michael Porter,L. Rauch,Umaa Rebbapragada,Daniel J. Reiley,Mickael Rigault,Hector P. Rodriguez,Jan van Roestel,Ben Rusholme,J. V. Santen,Steve Schulze,David L. Shupe,Leo Singer,Leo Singer,Maayane T. Soumagnac,Robert Stein,Jason Surace,Jesper Sollerman,Paula Szkody,Francesco Taddia,Scott Terek,Angela Van Sistine,Sjoert van Velzen,W. Thomas Vestrand,Richard Walters,Charlotte Ward,Quanzhi Ye,Po-Chieh Yu,Lin Yan,Jeffry Zolkower +121 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) as mentioned in this paper is a new optical time-domain survey that uses the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt telescope, which provides a 47 deg^2 field of view and 8 s readout time, yielding more than an order of magnitude improvement in survey speed relative to its predecessor survey.
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Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions
R. M. Quimby,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Avishay Gal-Yam,Iair Arcavi,Mark Sullivan,Peter Nugent,R. C. Thomas,D. A. Howell,D. A. Howell,Ehud Nakar,Lars Bildsten,Lars Bildsten,Christopher A. Theissen,Nicholas M. Law,Nicholas M. Law,Richard Dekany,Gustavo Rahmer,David Hale,Roger Smith,Eran O. Ofek,Jeffry Zolkower,Viswa Velur,Robert J. Walters,John Henning,K. Bui,D. McKenna,Dovi Poznanski,Dovi Poznanski,S. B. Cenko,David Levitan +30 more
TL;DR: Observations of a class of luminous supernovae whose properties cannot be explained by any of the following processes: radioactive decay of freshly synthesized elements, explosion shock in the envelope of a supergiant star, and interaction between the debris and slowly moving, hydrogen-rich circumstellar material.
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives
Matthew J. Graham,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Eric C. Bellm,Scott M. Adams,Cristina Barbarino,Nadejda Blagorodnova,Dennis Bodewits,Bryce Bolin,Patrick Brady,S. Bradley Cenko,Chan-Kao Chang,Michael W. Coughlin,Kaushik De,Gwendolyn Eadie,Tony L. Farnham,Ulrich Feindt,Anna Franckowiak,Christoffer Fremling,Avishay Gal-Yam,Suvi Gezari,Sourav Ghosh,Daniel A. Goldstein,V. Zach Golkhou,Ariel Goobar,Anna Y. Q. Ho,Daniela Huppenkothen,Zeljko Ivezic,R. Lynne Jones,Mario Juric,David L. Kaplan,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Michael S. P. Kelley,Thomas Kupfer,Chien-De Lee,Hsing Wen Lin,Ragnhild Lunnan,Ashish Mahabal,Adam A. Miller,Chow-Choong Ngeow,Peter Nugent,Eran O. Ofek,Thomas A. Prince,L. Rauch,Jan van Roestel,Steve Schulze,Leo Singer,Jesper Sollerman,Francesco Taddia,Lin Yan,Quanzhi Ye,Po-Chieh Yu,Igor Andreoni,Tom A. Barlow,James M. Bauer,Ron Beck,Justin Belicki,Rahul Biswas,V. Brinnel,Tim Brooke,Brian D. Bue,Mattia Bulla,Kevin B. Burdge,Rick Burruss,Andrew J. Connolly,John Cromer,Virginia Cunningham,Richard Dekany,Alex Delacroix,Vandana Desai,Dmitry A. Duev,Eugean Hacopians,David Hale,George Helou,John Henning,David Hover,Lynne A. Hillenbrand,Justin Howell,Tiara Hung,David Imel,Wing-Huen Ip,Edward Jackson,Shai Kaspi,Stephen Kaye,Marek Kowalski,Emily Kramer,Michael A. Kuhn,Walter Landry,Russ R. Laher,Peter H. Mao,Frank J. Masci,Serge Monkewitz,Patrick J. Murphy,J. Nordin,Maria T. Patterson,Bryan E. Penprase,Michael Porter,Umaa Rebbapragada,Daniel J. Reiley,Reed Riddle,Mickael Rigault,Hector P. Rodriguez,Ben Rusholme,J. V. Santen,David L. Shupe,Roger M. H. Smith,Maayane T. Soumagnac,Robert Stein,Jason Surace,Paula Szkody,Scott Terek,Angela Van Sistine,Sjoert van Velzen,W. Thomas Vestrand,Richard Walters,Charlotte Ward,Chaoran Zhang,Jeffry Zolkower +116 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) as discussed by the authors is a new time domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg$^2$ field of view and 8 second readout time.