An online framework for fitting fast transient light curves

Author:

Barna Tyler1ORCID,Reed Brandon2,Andreoni Igor345,Coughlin Michael W1ORCID,Dietrich Tim67,Groom Steven L8,du Laz Theophile Jegou9,Pang Peter T H1011,Purdum Josiah N12,Rusholme Ben8ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 , USA

2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota – Duluth , Duluth, Minnesota 55812 , USA

3. Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742 , USA

4. Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , MC 661, Greenbelt, MD 20771 , USA

5. Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742 , USA

6. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Astrophysics, University Potsdam , Haus 28, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, D-14476, Potsdam , Germany

7. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) , Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam D-14476 , Germany

8. IPAC, California Institute of Technology , 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 , USA

9. Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125 , USA

10. Nikhef – National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Science Park , NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands

11. Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University , Princetonplein 1, NL-3584 CC Utrecht , the Netherlands

12. Caltech Optical Observatories, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125 , USA

Abstract

ABSTRACT The identification of extragalactic fast optical transients (eFOTs) as potential multimessenger sources is one of the main challenges in time-domain astronomy. However, recent developments have allowed for probes of rapidly evolving transients. With the increasing number of alert streams from optical time-domain surveys, the next paradigm is building technologies to rapidly identify the most interesting transients for follow-up. One effort to make this possible is the fitting of objects to a variety of eFOT light curve models such as kilonovae and γ-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. In this work, we describe a new framework designed to efficiently fit transients to light curve models and flag them for further follow-up. We describe the pipeline’s workflow and a handful of performance metrics, including the nominal sampling time for each model. We highlight as examples ZTF20abwysqy, the shortest long gamma-ray burst discovered to date, and ZTF21abotose, a core-collapse supernova initially identified as a potential kilonova candidate.

Funder

National Science Foundation

University of Minnesota

Caltech

Weizmann Institute of Science

Stockholm University

University of Maryland

Heising-Simons Foundation

ERC

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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