Slow-blue PanSTARRS transients

Chelsea L. MacLeod; Alastair Bruce; Andy Lawrence; Martin Ward; James Collinson; Martin Elvis; Suvi Gezari; Steven Smartt; Ken Smith; Darryl Wright; Morgan Fraser

Slow-blue PanSTARRS transients

Chelsea L. MacLeod, Alastair Bruce, Andy Lawrence, Martin Ward, James Collinson, Martin Elvis, Suvi Gezari, Steven Smartt, Ken Smith, Darryl Wright, Morgan Fraser

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Photometric and spectroscopic monitoring of 50 blue, nuclear "transients" in PanSTARRS-1 has revealed different types of extremely variable AGN. The majority show a gradual brightening by ~2 mag from the SDSS observation a decade ago and may represent a new class of AGN microlensed by foreground galaxies. Spectra from the William Herschel Telescope identify these as z~1 AGN with atypical spectroscopic properties. We present an analysis of their photometric and spectroscopic variability in an effort to constrain the detailed structure of the source AGN.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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AU - Ward, Martin

AU - Collinson, James

AU - Elvis, Martin

AU - Gezari, Suvi

AU - Smartt, Steven

AU - Smith, Ken

AU - Wright, Darryl

AU - Fraser, Morgan

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Slow-blue PanSTARRS transients

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