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W. Thomas Vestrand
astro-phastro-ph.HEastro-ph.COastro-ph.IMphysics.optics
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results
with Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Matthew J. Graham, Richard Dekany +111
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49 papers in the corpus · 1989–2024Ground-based Cislunar Space Surveillance Demonstrations at Los Alamos National Laboratory2412.03339v1 · Yancey Sechrest, Marion Vance, Christian Ward et al.2024 · 0 citationsarXiv
Properties of the Prompt Optical Counterpart Arising from the Cooling of Electrons in Gamma-Ray Bursts2209.11847v1 · A.D. Panaitescu, W.T. Vestrand2022 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Synchrotron Low-Energy Spectrum Arising from the Cooling of Electrons in Gamma-Ray Bursts2209.10014v2 · A.D. Panaitescu, W.T. Vestrand2022 · 1 citationarXiv
Positron Annihilation in the Galaxy1903.05569v1 · Carolyn A. Kierans, John F. Beacom, Steve Boggs et al.2019 · 7 citationsarXiv
The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results1902.01932v1 · Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Matthew J. Graham et al.2019 · 2,068 citationsPublications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 131, Issue 995, pp. 018002 (2019)on Valency
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives1902.01945v1 · Matthew J. Graham, S. R. Kulkarni, Eric C. Bellm et al.2019 · 832 citationsarXiv
An external-shock model for GRB afterglow 130427A1311.5867v1 · A. Panaitescu, W.T. Vestrand, P. Wozniak2013 · 23 citationsarXiv
The bright optical flash and afterglow from the gamma-ray burst GRB 130427A.24263131 · Vestrand, W T, Wren, J A, Panaitescu, A et al.2014 · 117 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2014;343(6166):38-41
Peaks of optical and X-ray afterglow light-curves1305.0809v1 · A. Panaitescu, W.T. Vestrand, P. Wozniak2013 · 17 citationsarXiv
The possible ubiquity of energy injection in Gamma-Ray Burst afterglows1212.1486v1 · A. Panaitescu, W. T. Vestrand2012 · 8 citationsMNRAS 425, 1669 (2012)
Time-dependent excitation and ionization modelling of absorption-line variability due to GRB 0803101209.1506v1 · P. M. Vreeswijk, C. Ledoux, A. J. J. Raassen et al.2012 · 44 citationsA&A, 549, A22 (2013)
Practical data mining and machine learning for optics applications: introduction to the feature issue.21833094 · Abdulla, Ghaleb, Awwal, Abdul, Borne, Kirk et al.2012 · 1 citationApplied optics. 2011;50(22):PDM1-2
SDWFS-MT-1: A Self-Obscured Luminous Supernova at z~0.21006.4162v2 · Szymon Kozlowski, C. S. Kochanek, D. Stern et al.2010 · 31 citationsarXiv
GRB 081008: from burst to afterglow and the transition phase in between1002.0581v1 · F. Yuan (U. Mich), P. Schady (MSSL-UCL), J. L. Racusin (PSU) et al.2010 · 31 citationsarXiv
Evidence for Supernova-Synthesised Dust from the Rising Afterglow of GRB 071025 at z~50912.2999v2 · Daniel A. Perley, J. S. Bloom, C. R. Klein et al.2009 · 79 citationsarXiv
Looking Into the Fireball: ROTSE-III and Swift Observations of Early GRB Afterglows0904.0261v1 · E. S. Rykoff (UCSB), F. Aharonian, C. W. Akerlof (UMich) et al.2009 · 110 citationsAstrophys.J.702:489-505,2009
Gamma-Ray Burst at the extreme: "the naked-eye burst" GRB 080319B0810.2481v1 · P.R. Wozniak, W.T. Vestrand, A.D. Panaitescu et al.2008 · 54 citationsAstrophys.J.691:495-502,2009
Taxonomy of GRB optical light-curves: identification of a salient class of early afterglows0803.1872v1 · A. Panaitescu, W.T. Vestrand2008 · 110 citationsMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 387 (2008) 497-504
The Dark Side of ROTSE-III Prompt GRB Observations0707.3132v1 · S. A. Yost, F. Aharonian, C. W. Akerlof et al.2007 · 39 citationsarXiv
Detection of GRB 060927 at z = 5.47: Implications for the Use of Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of the End of the Dark Ages0706.1257v2 · A. E. Ruiz-Velasco, H. Swan, E. Troja et al.2007 · 64 citationsAstrophys.J. 669 (2007) 1-9
The Troublesome Broadband Evolution of GRB 061126: Does a Grey Burst Imply Grey Dust?astro-ph/0703538v2 · D. A. Perley, J. S. Bloom, N. R. Butler et al.2007 · 120 citationsarXiv
Exploring Broadband GRB Behavior During gamma-ray Emissionastro-ph/0611414v1 · S.A. Yost, H.F. Swan, E.S. Rykoff et al.2006 · 61 citationsAstrophys.J.657:925-941,2007
Energy input and response from prompt and early optical afterglow emission in gamma-ray bursts.16838015 · Vestrand, W T, Wren, J A, Wozniak, P R et al.2006 · 130 citationsNature. 2006;442(7099):172-5
Probing the Pulsar Wind Nebula of PSR B0355+54astro-ph/0605087v1 · Katherine E. McGowan, W. Tom Vestrand, Jamie A. Kennea et al.2006 · 27 citationsAstrophys.J.647:1300-1308,2006
Mapping stellar kinematics across the Galactic bar: HST measurements of proper motions in 35 fieldsastro-ph/0604550v1 · S. Kozlowski, P. R. Wozniak, S. Mao et al.2006 · 44 citationsMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.370:435-443,2006
RAPTOR observations of delayed explosive activity in the high-redshift gamma-ray burst GRB 060206astro-ph/0602403v1 · P. R. Wozniak, W. T. Vestrand, J. A. Wren et al.2006 · 51 citationsAstrophys.J. 642 (2006) L99-L102
The Anomalous Early Afterglow of GRB 050801astro-ph/0601350v1 · E. S. Rykoff, V. Mangano, S. A. Yost et al.2006 · 58 citationsAstrophys.J.638:L5-L8,2006
Early-Time Observations of the GRB 050319 Optical Transientastro-ph/0511421v1 · R. M. Quimby, E. S. Rykoff, S. A. Yost et al.2005 · 46 citationsAstrophys.J.640:402-406,2006
Optical Lightcurve & Cooling Break of GRB 050502Aastro-ph/0509594v1 · S. A. Yost, K. Alatalo, E. S. Rykoff et al.2005 · 22 citationsAstrophys.J.636:959-966,2006
Prompt Optical Detection of GRB 050401 with ROTSE-IIIaastro-ph/0508495v1 · E. S. Rykoff, S. A. Yost, H. A. Krimm et al.2005 · 61 citationsAstrophys.J.631:L121-L124,2005
Evidence for surface cooling emission in the XMM-Newton spectrum of the X-ray pulsar PSR B2334+61astro-ph/0508439v3 · Katherine E. McGowan, Silvia Zane, Mark Cropper et al.2005 · 40 citationsAstrophys.J.639:377-381,2006
CASTER - a concept for a Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of new scintillator technologiesastro-ph/0508313v1 · Mark L. McConnell, Peter F. Bloser, Gary Case et al.2005 · 6 citationsarXiv
A Search for Untriggered GRB Afterglows with ROTSE-IIIastro-ph/0506442v1 · E. S. Rykoff, F. Aharonian, C. W. Akerlof et al.2005 · 52 citationsAstrophys.J.631:1032-1038,2005
A link between prompt optical and prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts.15889084 · Vestrand, W T, Wozniak, P R, Wren, J A et al.2005 · 203 citationsNature. 2005;435(7039):178-80
TALON - The Telescope Alert Operation Network System: Intelligent Linking of Distributed Autonomous Robotic Telescopesastro-ph/0409654v1 · R.R. White, J. Wren, H. Davis et al.2004 · 9 citationsSPIE 2004, vol 5496, pp. 302-312
Limits on I-band microvariability of the Galactic Bulge Mirasastro-ph/0404147v1 · P. R. Wozniak, K. E. McGowan, W. T. Vestrand2004 · 9 citationsAstrophys.J. 610 (2004) 1038-1044
Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS): Public data releaseastro-ph/0401217v1 · P. R. Wozniak, W. T. Vestrand, C. W. Akerlof et al.2004 · 535 citationsAstron.J.127:2436-2449,2004
The Early Optical Afterglow of GRB 030418 and Progenitor Mass Lossastro-ph/0310501v1 · E. S. Rykoff, D. A. Smith, P. A. Price et al.2003 · 56 citationsAstrophys.J. 601 (2004) 1013-1018
XMM-Newton Observations of PSR B1706-44astro-ph/0309445v1 · Katherine E. McGowan, Silvia Zane, Mark Cropper et al.2003 · 58 citationsAstrophys.J.600:343-350,2004
ROTSE-III Observations of the Early Afterglow From GRB 030329astro-ph/0309177v1 · D. A. Smith, E. S. Rykoff, C. W. Akerlof et al.2003 · 14 citationsAstrophys.J.596:L151-L154,2003
Detection of Pulsed X-ray Emission from XMM-Newton Observations of PSR J0538+2817astro-ph/0303380v2 · Katherine E. McGowan, Jamie A. Kennea, Silvia Zane et al.2003 · 32 citationsAstrophys.J. 591 (2003) 380-387
The ROTSE-III Robotic Telescope Systemastro-ph/0210238v1 · C. W. Akerlof, M. C. B. Ashley, D. E. Casperson et al.2002 · 201 citationsarXiv
A Distributed Control System for Rapid Astronomical Transient Detectionastro-ph/0209477v1 · J. Wren, K. Borozdin, S. Brumby et al.2002 · 4 citationsarXiv
The RAPTOR Experiment: A System for Monitoring the Optical Sky in Real Timeastro-ph/0209300v1 · W.T. Vestrand, K. Borozdin, S. Brumby et al.2002 · 56 citationsarXiv
High Resolution Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of M87 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers on XMM-Newtonastro-ph/0206249v1 · I. Sakelliou, J.R. Peterson, T. Tamura et al.2002 · 79 citationsarXiv
An XMM-Newton study of the sub-structure in M87's haloastro-ph/0011357v1 · E. Belsole, J.L. Sauvageot, H. Bohringer et al.2000 · 70 citationsAstron.Astrophys.365:L188-L194,2001
XMM- Newton Observation of the Coma Galaxy Cluster: The temperature structure in the central regionastro-ph/0011086v1 · M. Arnaud, N. Aghanim, R. Gastaud et al.2000 · 139 citationsarXiv
Man-made transients observed by the gamma-ray spectrometer on the solar maximum mission satellite.17807609 · Rieger, E, Kanbach, G, Reppin, C et al.2010 · 16 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 1989;244(4903):441-4
Experimental limits on the radiative decay of SN 1987A neutrinos.10040252 · Chupp, Vestrand, Reppin2019 · 77 citationsPhysical review letters. 1989;62(5):505-508
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