Robert M. Quimby

Variable Sodium Absorption in a Low-extinction Type Ia Supernova (2009)

Simon, Joshua D., Gal-Yam, Avishay, Gnat, Orly, Quimby, Robert M., Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Silverman, Jeffrey M., ...

Recent observations have revealed that some Type Ia supernovae exhibit narrow, time-variable Na I D absorption features. The origin of the absorbing material is controversial, but it may suggest the...

Variable Sodium Absorption in a Low-Extinction Type Ia Supernova (2009)

Simon, Joshua D., Gal-Yam, Avishay, Gnat, Orly, Quimby, Robert M., Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Silverman, Jeffrey M., ...

Recent observations have revealed that some Type Ia supernovae exhibit narrow, time-variable Na I D absorption features. The origin of the absorbing material is controversial, but it may suggest the...

Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory (2009)

Rau, Arne, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Law, Nicholas M., Bloom, Joshua S., Ciardi, David, Djorgovski, George S., ...

The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a wide-field experiment designed to investigate the optical transient and variable sky on time scales from minutes to years. PTF uses the CFH12k mosaic camera,...

Constraints on Circumstellar Material Around the Type Ia Supernova 2007af (2007)

Simon, Joshua D., Gal-Yam, Avishay, Penprase, Bryan E., Li, Weidong, Quimby, Robert M., Silverman, Jeffrey M., ...

Patat et al. recently inferred the existence of circumstellar material around a normal Type Ia supernova (SN) for the first time, finding time-variable Na I D absorption lines in the spectrum of SN...

SN 2005ap: A Most Brilliant Explosion (2007)

Quimby, Robert M., Aldering, Greg, Wheeler, J. Craig, Höflich, Peter, Akerlof, Carl W., Rykoff, Eli S.

We present unfiltered photometric observations with ROTSE-III and optical spectroscopic follow-up with the HET and Keck of the most luminous supernova yet identified, SN 2005ap. The spectra taken...

SN 2006bp: Probing the Shock Breakout of a Type II-P Supernova (2007)

Quimby, Robert M., Wheeler, J. Craig, Höflich, Peter, Akerlof, Carl W., Brown, Peter J., Rykoff, Eli S.

HET optical spectroscopy and unfiltered ROTSE-III photometry spanning the first 11 months since explosion of the Type II-P SN 2006bp are presented. Flux limits from the days before discovery combined...