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Dr Klaas Wiersema

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Panning for gold, but finding helium: Discovery of the ultra-stripped supernova SN 2019wxt from gravitational-wave follow-up observations

    Agudo, I., Amati, L., An, T., Bauer, F. E., Benetti, S., Bernardini, M. G., Beswick, R., Bhirombhakdi, K., De Boer, T., Branchesi, M., Brennan, S. J., Brocato, E., Caballero-García, M. D., Cappellaro, E., Castro Rodríguez, N., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chambers, K. C., Chassande-Mottin, E., Chaty, S., Chen, T-W., & 84 othersColeiro, A., Covino, S., Da'ammando, F., Da'avanzo, P., Da'elia, V., Fiore, A., Flörs, A., Fraser, M., Frey, S., Frohmaier, C., Fulton, M., Galbany, L., Gall, C., Gao, H., García-Rojas, J., Ghirlanda, G., Giarratana, S., Gillanders, J. H., Giroletti, M., Gompertz, B. P., Gromadzki, M., Heintz, K. E., Hjorth, J., Hu, Y-D., Huber, M. E., Inkenhaag, A., Izzo, L., Jin, Z. P., Jonker, P. G., Kann, D. A., Kool, E. C., Kotak, R., Leloudas, G., Levan, A. J., Lin, C-C., Lyman, J. D., Magnier, E. A., Maguire, K., Mandel, I., Marcote, B., Mata Sánchez, D., Mattila, S., Melandri, A., Michaåà  Owski, M. J., Moldon, J., Nicholl, M., Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A., Oates, S. R., Onori, F., Orienti, M., Paladino, R., Paragi, Z., Perez-Torres, M., Pian, E., Pignata, G., Piranomonte, S., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Ragosta, F., Rau, A., Ronchini, S., Rossi, A., Sánchez-Ramírez, R., Salafia, O. S., Schulze, S., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Sollerman, J., Srivastav, S., Starling, R. L. C., Steeghs, D., Stevance, H. F., Tanvir, N. R., Testa, V., Torres, M. A. P., Valeev, A., Vergani, S. D., Vescovi, D., Wainscost, R., Watson, D., Wiersema, K., Wyrzykowski, L., Yang, J., Yang, S. & Young, D. R., 1/07/2023, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 675, A201.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Searching for ejected supernova companions in the era of precise proper motion and radial velocity measurements

    Chrimes, A. A., Levan, A. J., Eldridge, J. J., Fraser, M., Gaspari, N., Groot, P. J., Lyman, J. D., Nelemans, G., Stanway, E. R. & Wiersema, K., 30/06/2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522, 2, p. 2029-2046 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The most luminous, merger-free AGNs show only marginal correlation with bar presence

    Garland, I., Fahey, M., Simmons, B., Smethurst, R. J., Lintott, C., Shanahan, J., Silcock, M., Smith, J., Keel, W., Coil, A., Tobias, G., Kruk, S., Masters, K. L., O'Ryan, D., Thorne, M. & Wiersema, K., 30/06/2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522, 1, p. 211-225 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A flash of polarized optical light points to an aspherical ‘cow’

    Maund, J. R., Höflich, P. A., Steele, I. A., Yang, Y., Wiersema, K., Kobayashi, S., Jordana-Mitjans, N., Mundell, C., Gomboc, A., Guidorzi, C. & Smith, R. J., 31/05/2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521, 3, p. 3323-3332 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    GRB 160410A: the first Chemical Study of the Interstellar Medium of a Short GRB

    Fernández, J. F. A., Thöne, C. C., Kann, D. A., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Selsing, J., Schady, P., Yates, R. M., Greiner, J., Oates, S. R., Malesani, D. B., Xu, D., Klotz, A., Campana, S., Rossi, A., Perley, D. A., Blažek, M., D’Avanzo, P., Giunta, A., Hartmann, D., Heintz, K. E., & 10 othersJakobsson, P., IV, C. C. K., Kouveliotou, C., Melandri, A., Pugliese, G., Salvaterra, R., Starling, R. L. C., Tanvir, N. R., Vergani, S. D. & Wiersema, K., 31/03/2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520, 1, p. 613-636 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    The First JWST Spectrum of a GRB Afterglow: No Bright Supernova in Observations of the Brightest GRB of all Time, GRB 221009A

    Levan, A. J., Lamb, G. P., Schneider, B., Hjorth, J., Zafar, T., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Sargent, B., Mullally, S. E., Izzo, L., D’Avanzo, P., Burns, E., Fernández, J. F. A., Barclay, T., Bernardini, M. G., Bhirombhakdi, K., Bremer, M., Brivio, R., Campana, S., Chrimes, A. A., D’Elia, V., & 40 othersValle, M. D., De Pasquale, M., Ferro, M., Fong, W., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gaspari, N., Gompertz, B. P., Hartmann, D. H., Hedges, C. L., Heintz, K. E., Hotokezaka, K., Jakobsson, P., Kann, D. A., Kennea, J. A., Laskar, T., Le Floc’h, E., Malesani, D. B., Melandri, A., Metzger, B. D., Oates, S. R., Pian, E., Piranomonte, S., Pugliese, G., Racusin, J. L., Rastinejad, J. C., Ravasio, M. E., Rossi, A., Saccardi, A., Salvaterra, R., Sbarufatti, B., Starling, R. L. C., Tanvir, N. R., Thöne, C. C., van der Horst, A. J., Vergani, S. D., Watson, D., Wiersema, K., Wijers, R. A. M. J. & Xu, D., 28/03/2023, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    LE2Pol: The Leicester dual-beam imaging polarimeter

    Wiersema, K., Starling, R. L. C., Campagnolo, J. C. N., Thanki, D. & McErlean, R., 28/02/2023, In: RAS Techniques and Instruments. 2, 1, p. 106-113 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2022
  10. Published

    Simultaneous radio and optical polarimetry of GRB 191221B afterglow

    Urata, Y., Toma, K., Covino, S., Wiersema, K., Huang, K., Shimoda, J., Kuwata, A., Nagao, S., Asada, K., Nagai, H., Takahashi, S., Chung, C-E., Petitpas, G., Yamaoka, K., Izzo, L., Fynbo, J., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Arabsalmani, M. & Tashiro, M., 8/12/2022, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, p. 80-87 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Short timescale imaging polarimetry of geostationary satellite Thor-6: the nature of micro-glints

    Wiersema, K., Chote, P., Marchant, J., Covino, S., Maund, J., Agathanggelou, A., Feline, W., George, S., Privett, G., Simmons, B. & Steele, I., 15/11/2022, In: Advances in Space Research. 70, 10, p. 3003-3015 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Forthcoming

    Optical Polarimetry of the May 2022 Lunar Eclipse

    Steele, I., Wiersema, K., McCall, C., Newsam, A. & Shrestha, M., 27/09/2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    A blast from the infant Universe: The very high- z GRB 210905A

    Rossi, A., Frederiks, D. D., Kann, D. A., De Pasquale, M., Pian, E., Lamb, G., D'Avanzo, P., Izzo, L., Levan, A. J., Malesani, D. B., Melandri, A., Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A., Schulze, S., Strausbaugh, R., Tanvir, N. R., Amati, L., Campana, S., Cucchiara, A., Ghirlanda, G., Della Valle, M., & 35 othersKlose, S., Salvaterra, R., Starling, R. L. C., Stratta, G., Tsvetkova, A. E., Vergani, S. D., D'Aì, A., Burgarella, D., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Postigo, A. D. U., Fausey, H., Fynbo, J. P. U., Frontera, F., Guidorzi, C., Heintz, K. E., Masetti, N., Maiorano, E., Mundell, C. G., Oates, S. R., Page, M. J., Palazzi, E., Palmerio, J., Pugliese, G., Rau, A., Saccardi, A., Sbarufatti, B., Svinkin, D. S., Tagliaferri, G., Van Der Horst, A. J., Watson, D. J., Ulanov, M. V., Wiersema, K., Xu, D. & Zhang, J., 21/09/2022, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 665, 18 p., A125.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Where are the magnetar binary companions? Candidates from a comparison with binary population synthesis predictions

    Chrimes, A. A., Levan, A. J., Fruchter, A. S., Groot, P. J., Jonker, P. G., Kouveliotou, C., Lyman, J. D., Stanway, E. R., Tanvir, N. R. & Wiersema, K., 31/07/2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 513, 3, p. 3550-3563 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    New candidates for magnetar counterparts from a deep search with the Hubble Space Telescope

    Chrimes, A. A., Levan, A. J., Fruchter, A. S., Groot, P. J., Kouveliotou, C., Lyman, J. D., Tanvir, N. R. & Wiersema, K., 30/06/2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512, 4, p. 6093-6103 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. E-pub ahead of print

    Towards an understanding of long gamma-ray burst environments through circumstellar medium population synthesis predictions

    Chrimes, A. A., Gompertz, B. P., Kann, D. A., van Marle, A. J., Eldridge, J. J., Groot, P. J., Laskar, T., Levan, A. J., Nicholl, M., Stanway, E. R. & Wiersema, K., 29/06/2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The Fast Radio Burst-emitting Magnetar SGR 1935+2154—Proper Motion and Variability from Long-term Hubble Space Telescope Monitoring

    Lyman, J. D., Levan, A. J., Wiersema, K., Kouveliotou, C., Chrimes, A. A. & Fruchter, A. S., 17/02/2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 926, 2, 11 p., 121.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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