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List of works by Russ R. Laher

2900 square degree search for the optical counterpart of short gamma-ray burst GRB 180523B with the Zwicky Transient Facility

scientific article published in January 2019

A Six-year Image-subtraction Light Curve of SN 2010jl

scholarly article

A continuum of H- to He-rich tidal disruption candidates with a preference for E+A galaxies

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

A dense 0.1-solar-mass star in a 51-minute-orbital-period eclipsing binary

scholarly article published in 2022

A hot and fast ultra-stripped supernova that likely formed a compact neutron star binary

scientific article published in Science

A hot and fast ultra-stripped supernova that likely formed a compact neutron star binary

scientific article published in January 2018

A statistical analysis of circumstellar material in Type Ia supernovae

scholarly article

A tidal disruption event coincident with a high-energy neutrino

scientific article

An Optical Search for New Outbursting Low Mass X-Ray Binaries

scholarly article

Analysis of broad-lined Type Ic supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory

scientific article

Characterizing Sparse Asteroid Light Curves with Gaussian Processes

scientific article published on 21 December 2021

Color Me Intrigued: The Discovery of iPTF 16fnm, an SN 2002cx–like Object

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Confined dense circumstellar material surrounding a regular type II supernova

article published in 2017

Early Observations of the Type Ia Supernova iPTF 16abc: A Case of Interaction with Nearby, Unbound Material and/or Strong Ejecta Mixing

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star

scientific article

Faintest of Them All: ZTF 21aaoryiz/SN 2021fcg-Discovery of an Extremely Low Luminosity Type Iax Supernova

scientific article published in November 2021

Flash spectroscopy: emission lines from the ionized circumstellar material around <10-day-old Type II supernovae

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Interaction-powered supernovae: rise-time versus peak-luminosity correlation and the shock-breakout velocity

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3

Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914

journal article from 'The Astrophysical Journal Letters' published in 2016

Long-rising Type II supernovae from Palomar Transient Factory and Caltech Core-Collapse Project

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

On the early-time excess emission in hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

PTF13efv—AN OUTBURST 500 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SNHUNT 275 EXPLOSION AND ITS RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Panic at the ISCO: Time-varying Double-peaked Broad Lines from Evolving Accretion Disks Are Common among Optically Variable AGNs

scholarly article

Precursors prior to type IIn supernova explosions are common: precursor rates, properties, and correlations

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

R-band light-curve properties of Type Ia supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory

article by Seméli Papadogiannakis et al published 6 December 2018 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Radio observations of a sample of broad-line type IC supernovae discovered by PTF/IPTF: a search for relativistic explosions

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

SN 2000cx and SN 2013bh: extremely rare, nearly twin Type Ia supernovae

scientific article

SN2019dge: A Helium-rich Ultra-stripped Envelope Supernova

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Search for precursor eruptions among type IIb supernovae

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Seventeen Tidal Disruption Events from the First Half of ZTF Survey Observations: Entering a New Era of Population Studies

scientific article

Sifting for Sapphires: Systematic Selection of Tidal Disruption Events in iPTF

scholarly article

Slow-speed supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: two channels

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Supernova 2009av

Supernova 2009av

scientific article

Supernova discovery from the Palomar transient factory

article published in 2009

Supplement: "Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914" (2016, ApJL, 826, L13)

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

The First Tidal Disruption Flare in ZTF: From Photometric Selection to Multi-wavelength Characterization

scholarly article

The PTF Orion project: a possible planet transiting a T-Tauri star

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Palomar Transient Factory Orion project: eclipsing binaries and young stellar objects

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The Palomar Transient Factory photometric catalog 1.0

scholarly article

The SDSS-IV Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: overview and early data

scientific article (publication date: 4 February 2016)

The SDSS-IV extended baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey: quasar target selection

article

The Spectacular Ultraviolet Flash from the Peculiar Type Ia Supernova 2019yvq

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

The Zwicky Transient Facility Bright Transient Survey. I. Spectroscopic Classification and the Redshift Completeness of Local Galaxy Catalogs

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

scientific article

The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

article published in 2018

The hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova iPTF 13ajg and its host galaxy in absorption and emission

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The late-time light curve of the Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe

scientific article published in January 2017

The luminous and rapidly evolving SN 2018bcc

scientific article

Type Ibn Supernovae Show Photometric Homogeneity and Spectral Diversity at Maximum Light

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

ZTF Early Observations of Type Ia Supernovae. II. First Light, the Initial Rise, and Time to Reach Maximum Brightness

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

ZTF20aajnksq (AT 2020blt): A Fast Optical Transient at z ≈ 2.9 with No Detected Gamma-Ray Burst Counterpart

iPTF Archival Search for Fast Optical Transients

scholarly article

iPTF Survey for Cool Transients