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Benjamin Gompertz

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-0548
20202024

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  • 2024

    AT2023fhn (the Finch): a luminous fast blue optical transient at a large offset from its host galaxy

    Chrimes, A. A., Jonker, P. G., Levan, A. J., Coppejans, D. L., Gaspari, N., Gompertz, B. P., Groot, P. J., Malesani, D. B., Mummery, A., Stanway, E. R. & Wiersema, K., Jan 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 527, 1, p. L47–L53 7 p.

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  • Heavy-element production in a compact object merger observed by JWST

    Levan, A. J., 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., Rouco Escorial, A., Schneider, B., Sarin, N., Schulze, S., Tanvir, N. R., Ackley, K., Anderson, G., Brammer, G. B., Christensen, L., & 65 othersDhillon, V. S., Evans, P. A., Fausnaugh, M., Fong, W., 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., Rossi, A., Saccardi, A., Smartt, S. J., Stevance, H. F., Tohuvavohu, A., van der Horst, A., 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., De Pasquale, M., Dyer, M. J., Galloway, D. K., Garbutt, J. A., Green, M. J., Hartmann, D. H., Jakobsson, P., Kerry, P., Kouveliotou, C., Langeroodi, D., Le Floc’h, E., 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., de Ugarte Postigo, A. & Kann, D. A., 22 Feb 2024, In: Nature. 626, 8000, p. 737-741 5 p.

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  • 2023

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

    Levan, A. J., Malesani, D. B., Gompertz, B. P., Nugent, A. E., Nicholl, M., Oates, S. R., Perley, D. A., Rastinejad, J., Metzger, B. D., Schulze, S., Stanway, E. R., Inkenhaag, A., Zafar, T., Fernández, J. F. A., Chrimes, A. A., Bhirombhakdi, K., Postigo, A. D. U., Fong, W., Fruchter, A. S., Fragione, G., & 12 othersFynbo, J. P. U., Gaspari, N., Heintz, K. E., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Jonker, P. G., Lamb, G. P., Mandel, I., Mandhai, S., Ravasio, M. E., Sollerman, J. & Tanvir, N. R., 22 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Astronomy.

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  • A multimessenger model for neutron star–black hole mergers

    Gompertz, B. P., Nicholl, M., Smith, J. C., Harisankar, S., Pratten, G., Schmidt, P. & Smith, G. P., Dec 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526, 3, p. 4585-4598

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  • AT 2022aedm and a New Class of Luminous, Fast-cooling Transients in Elliptical Galaxies

    Nicholl, M., Srivastav, S., Fulton, M. D., Gomez, S., Huber, M. E., Oates, S. R., Ramsden, P., Rhodes, L., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Aamer, A., Anderson, J. P., Bauer, F. E., Berger, E., de Boer, T., Chambers, K. C., Charalampopoulos, P., Chen, T-W., Fender, R. P., Fraser, M., & 32 othersGao, H., Green, D. A., Galbany, L., Gompertz, B. P., Gromadzki, M., Gutiérrez, C. P., Howell, D. A., Inserra, C., Jonker, P. G., Kopsacheili, M., Lowe, T. B., Magnier, E. A., McCully, C., McGee, S. L., Moore, T., Müller-Bravo, T. E., Newsome, M., Gonzalez, E. P., Pellegrino, C., Pessi, T., Pursiainen, M., Rest, A., Ridley, E. J., Shappee, B. J., Sheng, X., Smith, G. P., Terreran, G., Tucker, M. A., Vinkó, J., Wainscoat, R. J., Wiseman, P. & Young, D. R., 1 Sept 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954, 1, 12 p., L28.

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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., Dec 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526, 3, p. 3400–3406 7 p.

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  • GRB 191019A: A Short Gamma-Ray Burst in Disguise from the Disk of an Active Galactic Nucleus

    Lazzati, D., Perna, R., Gompertz, B. P. & Levan, A. J., 20 Jun 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 950, 2, 6 p., L20.

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  • GRB 201015A and the nature of low-luminosity soft gamma-ray bursts

    Patel, M., Gompertz, B. P., O’Brien, P. T., Lamb, G. P., Starling, R. L. C., Evans, P. A., Amati, L., Levan, A. J., Nicholl, M., Ackley, K., Dyer, M. J., Lyman, J., Ulaczyk, K., Steeghs, D., Galloway, D. K., Dhillon, V. S., Ramsay, G., Noysena, K., Kotak, R., Breton, R. P., & 3 othersNuttall, L. K., Pallé, E. & Pollacco, D., Aug 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525, 4, p. 4923–4937 15 p.

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  • JWST detection of heavy neutron capture elements in a compact object merger

    Levan, A., Gompertz, B., Salafia, O. S., Bulla, M., Burns, E., Hotokezaka, K., Izzo, L., Lamb, G., Malesani, D., Oates, S., Ravasio, M., Escorial, A. R., Schneider, B., Sarin, N., Schulze, S., Tanvir, N., Ackley, K., Anderson, G., Brammer, G., Christensen, L., & 62 othersDhillon, V., Evans, P., Fausnaugh, M., Fong, W., Fruchter, A., Fryer, C., Fynbo, J., Gaspari, N., Heintz, K., Hjorth, J., Kennea, J., Kennedy, M., Laskar, T., Leloudas, G., Mandel, I., Martín-Carrillo, A., Metzger, B., Nicholl, M., Nugent, A., Palmerio, J., Pugilese, G., Rastinejad, J., Rhodes, L., Rossi, A., Smartt, S., Stevance, H., Tohuvavohu, A., Horst, A. V. D., Vergani, S., Watson, D., Barclay, T., Bhirombhakdi, K., Breedt, E., Breeveld, A., Brown, A., Campana, S., D'Avanzo, P., D'Elia, V., Pasquale, M. D., Dyer, M., Galloway, D., Garbutt, J., Green, M., Hartmann, D., Jakobsson, P., Kerry, P., Langeroodi, D., Leung, J., Littlefair, S., Munday, J., O'Brien, P., Parsons, S., Pelisoli, I., Sahman, D., Salvaterra, R., Tagliaferri, G., Thöne, C., Postigo, A. D. U., Sbarufatti, B., Chrimes, A., Steeghs, D. & Kann, D., 23 Jul 2023.

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  • Mechanisms for high spin in black-hole neutron-star binaries and kilonova emission: inheritance and accretion

    Steinle, N., Gompertz, B. P. & Nicholl, M., Feb 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519, 1, p. 891–901 11 p.

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  • The birth of a relativistic jet following the disruption of a star by a cosmological black hole

    Pasham, D. R., Lucchini, M., Laskar, T., Gompertz, B. P., Srivastav, S., Nicholl, M., Smartt, S. J., Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Alexander, K. D., Fender, R., Smith, G. P., Fulton, M., Dewangan, G., Gendreau, K., Coughlin, E. R., Rhodes, L., Horesh, A., van Velzen, S., Sfaradi, I., Guolo, M., & 46 othersCastro Segura, N., Aamer, A., Anderson, J. P., Arcavi, I., Brennan, S. J., Chambers, K., Charalampopoulos, P., Chen, T. W., Clocchiatti, A., de Boer, T., Dennefeld, M., Ferrara, E., Galbany, L., Gao, H., Gillanders, J. H., Goodwin, A., Gromadzki, M., Huber, M., Jonker, P. G., Joshi, M., Kara, E., Killestein, T. L., Kosec, P., Kocevski, D., Leloudas, G., Lin, C. C., Margutti, R., Mattila, S., Moore, T., Müller-Bravo, T., Ngeow, C. C., Oates, S., Onori, F., Pan, Y. C., Perez-Torres, M., Rani, P., Remillard, R., Ridley, E. J., Schulze, S., Sheng, X., Shingles, L., Smith, K. W., Steiner, J. F., Wainscoat, R., Wevers, T. & Yang, S., Jan 2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, 1, p. 88-104 17 p.

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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., Jonker, P. G., Page, K. L., Pe’er, A. & Evans, P., Jan 2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, 1, p. 67-79 13 p.

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  • 2022

    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., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Kilpatrick, C. D., Moore, C. J., Metzger, B. D., Ravasio, M. E., Rossi, A., Schroeder, G., Jencson, J., Sand, D. J., Smith, N., & 15 othersFernández, J. F. A., Berger, E., Blanchard, P. K., Chornock, R., Cobb, B. E., De Pasquale, M., 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 Dec 2022, In: Nature. 612, 7939, p. 223-227 5 p.

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  • Constraints on compact binary merger evolution from spin-orbit misalignment in gravitational-wave observations

    Gompertz, B. P., Nicholl, M., Schmidt, P., Pratten, G. & Vecchio, A., Mar 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511, 1, p. 1454-1461 8 p.

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  • 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., Sept 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515, 2, p. 2591-2611 21 p.

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  • 2020

    Observational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger candidate S190814bv

    Ackley, K., Amati, L., Barbieri, C., Bauer, F. E., Benetti, S., Bernardini, M. G., Bhirombhakdi, K., Botticella, M. T., Branchesi, M., Brocato, E., Bruun, S. H., Bulla, M., Campana, S., Cappellaro, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chambers, K. C., Chaty, S., Chen, T. -W., Ciolfi, R., Coleiro, A., & 134 othersCopperwheat, C. M., Covino, S., Cutter, R., D'Ammando, F., D'Avanzo, P., De Cesare, G., D'Elia, V., Della Valle, M., Denneau, L., De Pasquale, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dyer, M. J., Elias-Rosa, N., Evans, P. A., Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J., Fiore, A., Fraser, M., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, J. P. U., Galbany, L., Gall, C., Galloway, D. K., Getman, F. I., Ghirlanda, G., Gillanders, J. H., Gomboc, A., Gompertz, B. P., González-Fernández, C., González-Gaitán, S., Grado, A., Greco, G., Gromadzki, M., Groot, P. J., Gutiérrez, C. P., Heikkilä, T., Heintz, K. E., Hjorth, J., Hu, Y. -D., Huber, M. E., Inserra, C., Izzo, L., Japelj, J., Jerkstrand, A., Jin, Z. P., Jonker, P. G., Kankare, E., Kann, D. A., Kennedy, M., Kim, S., Klose, S., Kool, E. C., Kotak, R., Kuncarayakti, H., Lamb, G. P., Leloudas, G., Levan, A. J., Longo, F., Lowe, T. B., Lyman, J. D., Magnier, E., Maguire, K., Maiorano, E., Mandel, I., Mapelli, M., Mattila, S., McBrien, O. R., Melandri, A., Michałowski, M. J., Milvang-Jensen, B., Moran, S., Nicastro, L., Nicholl, M., Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A., Nuttal, L., Oates, S. R., O'Brien, P. T., Onori, F., Palazzi, E., Patricelli, B., Perego, A., Torres, M. A. P., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Pignata, G., Piranomonte, S., Poshyachinda, S., Possenti, A., Pumo, M. L., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Ragosta, F., Ramsay, G., Rau, A., Rest, A., Reynolds, T. M., Rosetti, S. S., Rossi, A., Rosswog, S., Sabha, N. B., Sagués Carracedo, A., Salafia, O. S., Salmon, L., Salvaterra, R., Savaglio, S., Sbordone, L., Schady, P., Schipani, P., Schultz, A. S. B., Schweyer, T., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Srivastav, S., Stanway, E. R., Starling, R. L. C., Steeghs, D., Stratta, G., Stubbs, C. W., Tanvir, N. R., Testa, V., Thrane, E., Tonry, J. L., Turatto, M., Ulaczyk, K., van der Horst, A. J., Vergani, S. D., Walton, N. A., Watson, D., Wiersema, K., Wiik, K., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Yang, S., Yi, S. -X. & Young, D. R., 10 Nov 2020, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 643, A113.

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