False positives in gravitational wave campaigns: the electromagnetic perspective

Oates, S., 10/04/2025, In: Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 383, 2294, 20240120.

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Multiwavelength Observations of a Jet Launch in Real Time from the Post-changing-look Active Galaxy 1ES 1927+654

Laha, S., Meyer, E. T., Sadaula, D. R., Ghosh, R., Sengupta, D., Masterson, M., Shuvo, O. I., Guainazzi, M., Ricci, C., Begelman, M. C., Philippov, A., Mbarek, R., Hankla, A. M., Kara, E., Panessa, F., Behar, E., Zhang, H., Pacucci, F., Pal, M. & Ricci, F. & 17 others, Villani, I., Bisogni, S., La Franca, F., Bianchi, S., Bruni, G., Oates, S., Hahn, C., Nicholl, M., Cenko, S. B., Chattopadhyay, S., Becerra González, J., Acosta–Pulido, J. A., Rakshit, S., Svoboda, J., Gallo, L., Ingram, A. & Kakkad, D., 10/03/2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 981, 2, 125.

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SN 2023tsz: A helium-interaction driven supernova in a very low-mass galaxy

Warwick, B., Lyman, J., Pursiainen, M., Coppejans, D. L., Galbany, L., Jones, G. T., Killestein, T. L., Kumar, A., Oates, S. R., Ackley, K., Anderson, J. P., Aryan, A., Breton, R. P., Chen, T. W., Clark, P., Dhillon, V. S., Dyer, M. J., Gal-Yam, A., Galloway, D. K. & Gutiérrez, C. P. & 32 others, Gromadzki, M., Inserra, C., Jiménez-Ibarra, F., Kelsey, L., Kotak, R., Kravtsov, T., Kuncarayakti, H., Magee, M. R., Matilainen, K., Mattila, S., Müller-Bravo, T. E., Nicholl, M., Noysena, K., Nuttall, L. K., O’Brien, P., O’Neill, D., Pallé, E., Pessi, T., Petrushevska, T., Pignata, G., Pollacco, D., Ragosta, F., Ramsay, G., Sahu, A., Sahu, D. K., Singh, A., Sollerman, J., Stanway, E., Starling, R., Steeghs, D., Teja, R. S. & Ulaczyk, K., 28/02/2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536, 4, p. 3588-3600 13 p.

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SN 2023zaw: The Low-energy Explosion of an Ultrastripped Star

Moore, T., Gillanders, J. H., Nicholl, M., Huber, M. E., Smartt, S. J., Srivastav, S., Stevance, H. F., Chen, T.-W., Chambers, K. C., Anderson, J. P., Fulton, M. D., Oates, S. R., Angus, C., Pignata, G., Erasmus, N., Gao, H., Herman, J., Lin, C.-C., Lowe, T. & Magnier, E. A. & 9 others, Minguez, P., Ngeow, C.-C., Sheng, X., Sim, S. A., Smith, K. W., Wainscoat, R., Yang, S., Young, D. R. & Zeng, K.-J., 20/02/2025, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 980, 2, L44.

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A systematically-selected sample of luminous, long-duration, ambiguous nuclear transients

Wiseman, P., Williams, R. D., Arcavi, I., Galbany, L., Graham, M. J., Hönig, S., Newsome, M., Subrayan, B., Sullivan, M., Wang, Y., Ilić, D., Nicholl, M., Oates, S., Petrushevska, T. & Smith, K. W., 23/01/2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537, 2, p. 2024-2045 22 p.

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Panning for gold with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory: an optimal strategy for finding the counterparts to gravitational wave events

Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J., Evans, P. A., Breeveld, A. A., Cenko, S. B., Dichiara, S., Kennea, J. A., Klingler, N. J., Kuin, N. P. M., Marshall, F. E., Oates, S. R., Page, M. J., Raman, G., Ronchini, S., Siegel, M. H., Tohuvavohu, A., Campana, S., D’Elia, V., Hartmann, D. H., Osborne, J. P. & Page, K. L. & 2 others, De Pasquale, M. & Troja, E., 20/12/2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536, 3, p. 2857-2872 16 p.

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An optical gamma-ray burst catalogue with measured redshift – I. Data release of 535 gamma-ray bursts and colour evolution: Data release of 535 gamma-ray bursts and colour evolution

Dainotti, M. G., De Simone, B., Malik, R. F. M., Pasumarti, V., Levine, D., Saha, N., Gendre, B., Kido, D., Watson, A. M., Becerra, R. L., Belkin, S., Desai, S., do E S Pedreira, A. C. C., Das, U., Li, L., Oates, S. R., Cenko, S. B., Pozanenko, A., Volnova, A. & Hu, Y.-D. & 32 others, Castro-Tirado, A. J., Orange, N. B., Moriya, T. J., Fraija, N., Niino, Y., Rinaldi, E., Butler, N. R., González, J. D. J. G., Kutyrev, A. S., Lee, W. H., Prochaska, X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Richer, M., Siegel, M. H., Misra, K., Rossi, A., Lopresti, C., Quadri, U., Strabla, L., Ruocco, N., Leonini, S., Conti, M., Rosi, P., Ramirez, L. M. T., Zola, S., Jindal, I., Kumar, R., Chan, L., Fuentes, M., Lambiase, G., Kalinowski, K. K. & Jamal, W., 31/10/2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533, 4, p. 4023-4043 20 p.

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Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby tidal disruption event

Nicholl, M., Pasham, D. R., Mummery, A., Guolo, M., Gendreau, K., Dewangan, G. C., Ferrara, E. C., Remillard, R., Bonnerot, C., Chakraborty, J., Hajela, A., Dhillon, V. S., Gillan, A. F., Greenwood, J., Huber, M. E., Janiuk, A., Salvesen, G., van Velzen, S., Aamer, A. & Alexander, K. D. & 44 others, Angus, C. R., Arzoumanian, Z., Auchettl, K., Berger, E., de Boer, T., Cendes, Y., Chambers, K. C., Chen, T.-W., Chornock, R., Fulton, M. D., Gao, H., Gillanders, J. H., Gomez, S., Gompertz, B. P., Fabian, A. C., Herman, J., Ingram, A., Kara, E., Laskar, T., Lawrence, A., Lin, C.-C., Lowe, T. B., Magnier, E. A., Margutti, R., McGee, S. L., Minguez, P., Moore, T., Nathan, E., Oates, S. R., Patra, K. C., Ramsden, P., Ravi, V., Ridley, E. J., Sheng, X., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Srivastav, S., Stein, R., Stevance, H. F., Turner, S. G. D., Wainscoat, R. J., Weston, J., Wevers, T. & Young, D. R., 24/10/2024, In: Nature. 634, 8035, p. 804-808 5 p.

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Exploring the Origin of Ultralong Gamma-Ray Bursts: Lessons from GRB 221009A

Ror, A. K., Gupta, R., Aryan, A., Pandey, S. B., Oates, S. R., Castro-Tirado, A. J. & Kumar, S., 1/08/2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 971, 2, 163.

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Fires in the deep: The luminosity distribution of early-time gamma-ray-burst afterglows in light of the Gamow Explorer sensitivity requirements

Kann, D. A., White, N. E., Ghirlanda, G., Oates, S. R., Melandri, A., Jelínek, M., De Ugarte Postigo, A., Levan, A. J., Martin-Carrillo, A., Paek, G.-H., Izzo, L., Blazek, M., Thöne, C. C., Agüí Fernández, J. F., Salvaterra, R., Tanvir, N. R., Chang, T.-C., O'Brien, P., Perley, D. A. & Im, M. & 36 others, Malesani, D. B., Antonelli, A., Covino, S., Choi, C., D'Avanzo, P., D'Elia, V., Dichiara, S., Fausey, H. M., Fugazza, D., Gomboc, A., Gorski, K. M., Granot, J., Guidorzi, C., Hanlon, L., Hartmann, D. H., Hudec, R., Jun, H. D., Klose, S., Kluåniak, W., Kobayashi, S., Kouveliotou, C., Lidz, A., Marongiu, M., Martone, R., Meintjes, P., Mundell, C. G., Nalewajko, K., Park, W.-K., Szécsi, D., Stecklum, B., Steele, I. A., Štrobl, J., Sung, H.-I., Updike, A., Urata, Y. & Van Der Horst, A. J., 30/06/2024, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686, A56.

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<i>Swift</i>/UVOT discovery of <i>Swift</i> J221951−484240: a UV luminous ambiguous nuclear transient

Oates, S. R., Kuin, N. P. M., Nicholl, M., Marshall, F., Ridley, E., Boutsia, K., Breeveld, A. A., Buckley, D. A. H., Cenko, S. B., De Pasquale, M., Edwards, P. G., Gromadzki, M., Gupta, R., Laha, S., Morrell, N., Orio, M., Pandey, S. B., Page, M. J., Page, K. L. & Parsotan, T. & 40 others, Rau, A., Schady, P., Stevens, J., Brown, P. J., Evans, P. A., Gronwall, C., Kennea, J. A., Klingler, N. J., Siegel, M. H., Tohuvavohu, A., Ambrosi, E., Barthelmy, S. D., Beardmore, A. P., Bernardini, M. G., Bonnerot, C., Campana, S., Caputo, R., Ciroi, S., Cusumano, G., D’Aì, A., D’Avanzo, P., D’Elia, V., Giommi, P., Hartmann, D. H., Krimm, H. A., Malesani, D. B., Melandri, A., Nousek, J. A., O’Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Pagani, C., Palmer, D. M., Perri, M., Racusin, J. L., Sakamoto, T., Sbarufatti, B., Schlieder, J. E., Tagliaferri, G., Troja, E. & Xu, D., 31/05/2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530, 2, p. 1688-1710 23 p.

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Highly luminous supernovae associated with gamma-ray bursts: II. the luminous blue bump in the afterglow of GRB 140506A

Kann, D. A., Rossi, A., Oates, S. R., Klose, S., Blazek, M., Agüí Fernández, J. F., De Ugarte Postigo, A., Thöne, C. C. & Schulze, S., 30/04/2024, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 684, A164.

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Heavy element production in a compact object merger observed by JWST

Levan, A., Gompertz, B. P., Salafia, O. S., Bulla, M., Burns, E., Hotokezaka, K., Izzo, L., Lamb, G. P., Malesani, D. B., Oates, S. R., Ravasio, M. E., Escorial, A. R., Schneider, B., Sarin, N., Schulze, S., Tanvir, N. R., Ackley, K., Anderson, G., Brammer, G. B. & Christensen, L. & 63 others, Dhillon, V. S., Evans, P. A., Fausnaugh, M., Fong, W.-F., Fruchter, A. S., Fryer, C., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gaspari, N., Heintz, K. E., Hjorth, J., Kennea, J. A., Kennedy, M. R., Laskar, T., Leloudas, G., Mandel, I., Martin-Carrillo, A., Metzger, B. D., Nicholl, M., Nugent, A., Palmerio, J. T., Pugliese, G., Rastinejad, J., Rhodes, L., Saccardi, A., Smartt, S. J., Stevance, H. F., Tohuvavohu, A., Horst, A. V. D., Vergani, S. D., Watson, D., Barclay, T., Bhirombhakdi, K., Breedt, E., Breeveld, A. A., Brown, A. J., Campana, S., Chrimes, A. A., D’Avanzo, P., D’Elia, V., Pasquale, M. D., Dyer, M. J., Galloway, D. K., Garbutt, J. A., Hartmann, D. H., Jakobsson, P., Kerry, P., Kouveliotou, C., Langeroodi, D., Floc’h, E. L., Leung, J. K., Littlefair, S. P., Munday, J., O’Brien, P., Parsons, S. G., Pelisoli, I., Sahman, D. I., Salvaterra, R., Sbarufatti, B., Steeghs, D., Tagliaferri, G., Thöne, C. C., Postigo, A. D. U. & Kann, D. A., 22/02/2024, In: Nature. 626, p. 737-741

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Evidence for a luminosity-decay correlation in GRB GeV light curves

Hinds, K. R., Oates, S. R., Nicholl, M., Patel, J., Omodei, N., Gompertz, B., Racusin, J. L. & Ryan, G., 31/12/2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526, 3, p. 3400-3406 7 p.

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Monthly quasi-periodic eruptions from repeated stellar disruption by a massive black hole

Evans, P. A., Nixon, C. J., Campana, S., Charalampopoulos, P., Perley, D. A., Breeveld, A. A., Page, K. L., Oates, S. R., Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J., Malesani, D. B., Izzo, L., Goad, M. R., O’Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P. & Sbarufatti, B., 7/09/2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, p. 1368-1375 8 p.

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A long-duration gamma-ray burst of dynamical origin from the nucleus of an ancient galaxy

Levan, A. J., Bhirombhakdi, K., Chrimes, A., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gompertz, B. P., Hjorth, J., Malesani, D. B., Oates, S., Perley, D., Stanway, E. R., Tanvir, N. R. & de Ugarte Postigo, A., 31/08/2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, p. 976-985

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GRB 221009A: Discovery of an Exceptionally Rare Nearby and Energetic Gamma-Ray Burst

Williams, M. A., Kennea, J. A., Dichiara, S., Kobayashi, K., Iwakiri, W. B., Beardmore, A. P., Evans, P. A., Heinz, S., Lien, A., Oates, S. R., Negoro, H., Cenko, S. B., Buisson, D. J. K., Hartmann, D. H., Jaisawal, G. K., Kuin, N. P. M., Lesage, S., Page, K. L., Parsotan, T. & Pasham, D. R. & 36 others, Sbarufatti, B., Siegel, M. H., Sugita, S., Younes, G., Ambrosi, E., Arzoumanian, Z., Bernardini, M. G., Campana, S., Capalbi, M., Caputo, R., D’Aì, A., D’Avanzo, P., D’Elia, V., Pasquale, M. D., Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J., Ferrara, E., Gendreau, K. C., Gropp, J. D., Kawai, N., Klingler, N., Laha, S., Melandri, A., Mihara, T., Moss, M., O’Brien, P., Osborne, J. P., Palmer, D. M., Perri, M., Serino, M., Sonbas, E., Stamatikos, M., Starling, R., Tagliaferri, G., Tohuvavohu, A., Zane, S. & Ziaeepour, H., 28/03/2023, In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946, 1, L24.

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Swift/UVOT: 18 Years of Long GRB Discoveries and Advances

Oates, S., 22/02/2023, In: Universe. 9, 3, 113.

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The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission

Gompertz, B. P., Ravasio, M. E., Nicholl, M., Levan, A. J., Metzger, B. D., Oates, S. R., Lamb, G. P., Fong, W.-F., Malesani, D. B., Rastinejad, J. C., Tanvir, N. R., Evans, P. A., Jonker, P. G., Page, K. L. & Pe’er, A., 31/01/2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, p. 67-79 13 p.

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A kilonova following a long-duration gamma-ray burst at 350 Mpc

Rastinejad, J. C., Gompertz, B. P., Levan, A. J., Fong, W.-F., Nicholl, M., Lamb, G. P., Malesani, D. B., Nugent, A. E., Oates, S. R., Tanvir, N. R., Postigo, A. D. U., Kilpatrick, C. D., Moore, C. J., Metzger, B. D., Ravasio, M. E., Rossi, A., Schroeder, G., Jencson, J., Sand, D. J. & Smith, N. & 15 others, Fernández, J. F. A., Berger, E., Blanchard, P. K., Chornock, R., Cobb, B. E., Pasquale, M. D., Fynbo, J. P. U., Izzo, L., Kann, D. A., Laskar, T., Marini, E., Paterson, K., Escorial, A. R., Sears, H. M. & Thöne, C. C., 8/12/2022, In: Nature. 612, p. 223-227 5 p.

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A wind environment and Lorentz factors of tens explain gamma-ray bursts X-ray plateau

Dereli-Bégué, H., Pe’er, A., Ryde, F., Oates, S. R., Zhang, B. & Dainotti, M. G., 24/09/2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 5611.

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The Optical Two- and Three-dimensional Fundamental Plane Correlations for Nearly 180 Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows with Swift/UVOT, RATIR, and the Subaru Telescope

Dainotti, M. G., Young, S., Li, L., Kalinowski, K. K., Levine, D., Kann, D. A., Tran, B., Zambrano-Tapia, L., Zambrano-Tapia, A., Cenko, B., Fuentes, M., Sánchez-Vázquez, E. G., Oates, S., Fraija, N., Becerra, R. L., Watson, A. M., Butler, N. R., González, J. J., Kutyrev, A. S. & Lee, W. H. & 4 others, Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Richer, M. G. & Zola, S., 1/08/2022, In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 261, 2

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The early afterglow of GRB 190829A

Dichiara, S., Troja, E., Lipunov, V., Ricci, R., Oates, S. R., Butler, N. R., Liuzzo, E., Ryan, G., O’Connor, B., Cenko, S. B., Cosentino, R. G., Lien, A. Y., Gorbovskoy, E., Tyurina, N., Balanutsa, P., Vlasenko, D., Gorbunov, I., Podesta, R., Podesta, F. & Rebolo, R. & 2 others, Serra, M. & Buckley, D. A. H., 31/05/2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512, 2, p. 2337-2349 13 p.

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A radio, optical, UV and X-ray view of the enigmatic changing look Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES~1927+654 from its pre- to post-flare states

Laha, S., Meyer, E., Roychowdhury, A., Becerra, J. G., Acosta-Pulido, J. A., Thapa, A., Ghosh, R., Behar, E., Gallo, L. C., Kriss, G. A., Panessa, F., Bianchi, S., La Franca, F., Scepi, N., Begelman, M. C., Longinotti, A. L., Lusso, E., Oates, S., Nicholl, M. & Cenko, S. B., 18/05/2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 931, 1, 5.

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Simultaneous View of FRB 180301 with FAST and NICER during a Bursting Phase

Laha, S., Younes, G., Wadiasingh, Z., Wang, B.-J., Lee, K.-J., Klingler, N., Zhang, B., Xu, H., Zhang, C.-F., Zhu, W.-W., Ghosh, R., Lien, A., Troja, E., Cenko, S. B., Oates, S., Nicholl, M., Becerra, J. G., Meyer, E. & Parsotan, T., 17/05/2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 930, 2, 172.

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