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    • Constraints on an optical afterglow and on supernova light following the short burst GRB 050813 

      Ferrero, P.; Sanchez, S.F.; Kann, D.A.; Klose, S.; Greiner, J.; Gorosabel, J.; Hartmann, D.H.; Henden, A.A.; Moller, P.; Palazzi, E.; Rau, A.; Stecklum, B.; Castro-Tirado, C.; Fynbo, J.; Hjorth, J.; Jakobsson, P.; Kouveliotou, C.; Masetti, N.; Pian, E.; Tanvir, N.; Wijers, R.A.M.J. (2007)
    • The Emergence of the Infrared transient VVV-WIT-06 

      Minniti, Dante; Saito, Roberto K.; Forster, F.; Pignata, G.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Lucas, Philip; Beamin, J.C.; Borissova, Jura; Catelan, Marcio; Gonzalez, Oscar A.; Hempel, Maren; Hsiao, E; Kurtev, Radostin; Majaess, Daniel; Masetti, N.; Morrell, N.I.; Phillips, M.M.; Pullen, J. B.; Rejkuba, M.; Smith, L.C.; Surot, F.; Valenti, Elena; Zoccali, Manuela (2017-11-03)
      We report the discovery of an enigmatic large-amplitude (ΔKs> 10.5 mag) transient event in near-IR data obtained by the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey. The object (designated VVV-WIT-06) is located ...
    • The GRB 060218/SN 2006aj event in the context of other gamma-ray burst supernovae 

      Ferrero, P.; Kann, D.A.; Zeh, A.; Klose, S.; Pian, E.; Palazzi, E.; Masetti, N.; Hartmann, D.H.; Sollerman, J.; Deng, J.; Filippenko, A.; Greiner, J.; Hughes, M.A.; Mazzali, P.; Li, W.; Rol, E.; Smith, R.J.; Tanvir, N. (2006)
    • GRB afterglows: illuminating the star-forming universe 

      Vreeswijk, P.M.; Moller, P.; Ledoux, C.; Ellison, C.; Masetti, N.; Fynbo, J.; Jakobsson, P.; Hjorth, J. (2004)
    • The line-of-sight towards GRB 030429 at z =2.66: Probing the matter at stellar, galactic and intergalactic scales 

      Jakobsson, P.; Hjorth, J.; Fynbo, J.; Weidinger, M.; Gorosabel, J.; Ledoux, C.; Watson, D.; Bjornsson, G.; Gudmundsson, E.H.; Wijers, R.A.M.J.; Moller, P.; Pedersen, K.; Sollerman, J.; Henden, A.A.; Jensen, B.L.; Gilmore, A.; Levan, A.; Castro Ceron, J.M.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Fruchter, A.S.; Kouveliotou, C.; Masetti, N.; Tanvir, N. (2004-12)
    • Low-resolution VLT spectroscopy of GRBs 991216, 011211 and 021211 

      Vreeswijk, P.M.; Smette, A.; Fruchter, S.; Palazzi, E.; Rol, E.; Wijers, R.A.M.J.; Kouveliotou, C.; Kaper, L.; Pian, E.; Masetti, N.; Frontera, F.; Hjorth, J.; Gorosabel, J.; Piro, L.; Fynbo, J.; Jakobsson, P.; Watson, D.; O'Brien, P.T.; Ledoux, C. (2006)
    • On the Afterglow of the X-ray Flash of 2003 July 23: Photometric evdence for an Off-Axis Gamma-Ray burst with an Associated Supernova 

      Fynbo, J.; Sollerman, J.; Hjorth, J.; Grundahl, F.; Gorosabel, J.; Weidinger, M.; Moller, P.; Jensen, B.L.; Vreeswijk, P.M.; Fransson, C.; Ramirez-Ruiz, E.; Jakobsson, P.; Jorgensen, S.F.; Vinter, C.; Andersen, M.I.; Castro Ceron, J.M.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Fruchter, A.S.; Greiner, J.; Kouveliotou, C.; Levan, A.; Klose, S.; Masetti, N.; Pedersen, K.; Palazzi, E.; Pian, E.; Rhoads, J.E.; Rol, E.; Sekiguchi, T.; Tanvir, N.; Tristram, P.J.; Postigo, A.; Wijers, R.A.M.J.; van den Heuvel, E.P.J. (2004-07)
    • Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB 060526 : A detailed study of the afterglow and host of a high-redshift gamma-ray burst 

      Thoene, C.C.; Kann, D.A.; Johannesson, G.; Selj, J.; Jaunsen, A.O.; Fynbo, J.; Baliyan, K.S.; Bartolini, C.; Bikmaev, I.F.; Bloom, J.S.; Burenin, R.A.; Cobb, B.E.; Covino, S.; Curran, P.A.; Dahle, H.; French, J.; Ganesh, S.; Greco, G.; Guarnieri, A.; Hanlon, L.; Hjorth, J.; Ibrahimov, M.; Israel, G.L.; Jakobsson, Pall; Jensen, B.L.; Jorgensen, U.G.; Khamitov, I.M.; Malesani, D.; Masetti, N.; Naranen, J.; Pakstiene, E.; Pavlinsky, M.N.; Perley, D.A.; Piccioni, A.; Pizzichini, G.; Pozanenko, A.; Nanni, D.; Rumyantsev, V.; Sharapov, D.; Starr, D.; Sunyaev, R.A.; Terra, F.; Vreeswijk, P.M.; Wilson, C. (2010)
      Aims : With this paper we want to investigate the highly variable afterglow light curve and environment of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 060526 at z = 3.221. Methods : We present one of the largest photometric datasets ever obtained ...
    • A very energetic supernova associated with the -ray burst of 29 March 2003 

      Hjorth, J.; Sollerman, J.; Moller, P.; Fynbo, J.; Woosley, S.E.; Kouveliotou, C.; Tanvir, N.; Greiner, J.; Andersen, M.I.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Castro Ceron, J.M.; Fruchter, A.S.; Gorosabel, J.; Jakobsson, P.; Kaper, L.; Klose, S.; Masetti, N.; Pedersen, H.; Pedersen, K.; Pian, E.; Palazzi, E.; Rhoads, J.E.; Rol, E.; van den Heuvel, E.P.J.; Vreeswijk, P.M.; Watson, D.; Wijers, R.A.M.J. (2003)
    • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) : The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way 

      Minniti, D.; Lucas, P.W.; Emerson, J.P.; Saito, R.K.; Hempel, M.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Ahumada, A.V.; Alonso, M.V.; Alonso-Garcia, J.; Arias, J.I.; Bandyopadhyay, R.M.; Barba, R.; Barbuy, B.; Bedin, L.R.; Bica, E.; Borissova, J.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Catelan, M.; Claria, J. J.; Cross, N.; de Grijs, R.; Dekany, I.; Drew, J.E.; Farina, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernandez Lajus, E.; Gamen, R.C.; Geisler, D.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Gunthardt, G.; Gurovich, S.; Hambly, N.C.; Irwin, M.J.; Ivanov, V.D.; Jordan, A.; Kerins, E.; Kinemuchi, K.; Kurtev, R.; Lopez-Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, T.; Masetti, N.; Merlo, D.; Messineo, M.; Mirabel, I.F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Padilla, N.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M.C.; Pignata, G.; Rejkuba, M.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Sale, S. E.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schroder, A.C.; Smith, M.; Sodre Jr, L.; Soto, M.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, Mark; Toledo, I.; Zoccali, M.; Pietrzynski, G. (2010)
      We describe the public ESO near-IR variability survey (VVV) scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 h of observations with the ...
    • VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea 

      Saito, R.K.; Hempel, M.; Minniti, D.; Lucas, P.W.; Rejkuba, M.; Toledo, I.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Alonso-García, J.; Irwin, M.J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Hodgkin, S.T.; Lewis, J.R.; Cross, N.; Ivanov, V.D.; Kerins, E.; Emerson, J.P.; Soto, M.; Amôres, E.B.; Gurovich, S.; Dékány, I.; Angeloni, R.; Beamin, J.C.; Catelan, M.; Padilla, N.; Zoccali, M.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Mauro, F.; Geisler, D.; Folkes, S.L.; Sale, S.E.; Borissova, J.; Kurtev, R.; Ahumada, A.V.; Alonso, M.V.; Adamson, A.; Arias, J.I.; Bandyopadhyay, R.M.; Barbá, R.H.; Barbuy, B.; Baume, G. L.; Bedin, L.R.; Bellini, A.; Benjamin, R.; Bica, E.; Bonatto, C.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Chenè, A.N.; Clariá, J.J.; Clarke, J.R.A.; Contreras, C.; Corvillón, A.; de Grijs, R.; Dias, B.; Drew, J.E.; Fariña, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernández-Lajús, E.; Gamen, R.C.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; González-Fernández, C.; Grand, R. J. J.; Gunthardt, G.; Hambly, N.C.; Hanson, M. M.; Helminiak, K.G.; Hoare, M.G.; Huckvale, L.; Jordán, A.; Kinemuchi, K.; Longmore, A.; López-Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, T.; Majaess, D.; Martín, E.L.; Masetti, N.; Mennickent, R.E.; Mirabel, I.F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Motta, V.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M.C.; Parker, Q.; Peñaloza, F.; Pietrzyski, G.; Pignata, G.; Popescu, B.; Read, M. A.; Rojas, A.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Ruiz, M.T.; Saviane, I.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schröder, A. C.; Sharma, S.; Smith, M.D.; Sodré, L.; Stead, J.; Stephens, A. W.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, Mark; Valenti, E.; Vanzi, L.; Walton, N.A.; Weidmann, W.; Zijlstra, A. (2012)
      Context. The ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) started in 2010. VVV targets 562 sq. deg in the Galactic bulge and an adjacent plane region and is expected to run for about five years. Aims. We ...
    • VVV-WIT-01: highly obscured classical nova or protostellar collision? 

      Lucas, P. W.; Minniti, D.; Kamble, A.; Kaplan, D. L.; Cross, N.; Dekany, I.; Ivanov, V. D.; Kurtev, R.; Saito, R. K.; Smith, L. C.; Catelan, M.; Masetti, N.; Toledo, I.; Hempel, M.; Thompson, M. A.; Peña, C. Contreras; Forbrich, J.; Krause, M.; Dale, J.; Borissova, J.; Emerson, J.P. (2020-03)
      A search of the first Data Release of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey discovered the exceptionally red transient VVV-WIT-01 (H-Ks=5.2). It peaked before March 2010, then faded by ~9.5 mag over the following ...