Discovery of the Extremely Energetic Supernova 2008fz

A.J. Drake, S.G. Djorgovski, J.L. Prieto, A. Mahabal, D. Balam, R. Williams, M.J. Graham, M. Catelan, E. Beshore, S. Larson, 2010
astro-ph, ApJL

Discovery of eclipsing white dwarf systems in a search for Earth-size companions

Drake, A. J.; Beshore, E.; Catelan, M.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Graham, M. J.; Kleinman, S. J.; Larson, S.; Mahabal, A.; Williams, R.
astro-ph

Data Mining for Dwarf Novae in SDSS, GALEX and Astrometric Catalogues

Submitted on 19 Oct 2009. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Patrick Wils, Boris T. Gaensicke, Andrew J. Drake, John Southworth

Abstract: By cross matching blue objects from SDSS with GALEX and the astrometric catalogues USNO-B1.0, GSC2.3 and CMC14, 64 new dwarf nova candidates with one or more observed outbursts have been identified. 14 of these systems are confirmed as cataclysmic variables through existing and follow-up spectroscopy. A study of the amplitude distribution and an estimate of the outburst frequency of these new dwarf novae and those discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) indicates that besides systems that are faint because they are farther away, there also exists a population of intrinsically faint dwarf novae with rare outbursts.

(arXiv.org entry)

Recent Supernova Candidates from CRTS

In: The Astronomer’s Telegram, #1885

Drake, A. J.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Mahabal, A. A.; Williams, R.; Graham, M. J.; Catelan, M.; Beshore, E. C.; Larson, S. M.; Hill, R.; Boattini, A.; Christensen, E.
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Automated probabilistic classification of transients and variables

Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 329, Issue 3, pages 288–291, March 2008

Mahabal, A.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Turmon, M.; Jewell, J.; Williams, R. R.; Drake, A. J.; Graham, M. G.; Donalek, C.; Glikman, E.; Palomar-QUEST team, 2008
AN or astro-ph