PTF Papers
39) An early & comprehensive millilmeter and centimeter wave and X-ray study of supernova 2011dh: A non-equipartition blastwave expanding into a massive stellar wind - Horesh et al., 2011 submitted to ApJ
38) Classical Novae in Andromeda: Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory and GALEX - Yi et al., 2011 submitted to ApJ
37) Three New Eclipsing White-dwarf - M-dwarf Binaries Discovered in a Search for Transiting Planets Around M-dwarfs - Law et al., 2011 submitted to ApJ
36) Calcium-rich gap transients in the remote outskirts of galaxies - Kasliwal et al., 2011 submitted to ApJ
35) Evidence for a compact Wolf-Rayet progenitor for the Type Ic supernova PTF 10vgv - Corsi et al., 2011 submitted to ApJ
34) The PTF Orion project: PTFO 8-8695, a planetary candidate transiting a T-Tauri star - van Eyken et al., 2011 submitted to ApJ
33) Asteroids rotation periods from the Palomar Transient Factory survey - Polishook et al., 2011 accepted to MNRAS
32) Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for electromagnetic counterparts to the gravitational wave transients - Abadie et al., 2011 submitted to A&A
31) Early radio and X-ray observations of the youngest nearby type Ia supernova PTF11kly (SN 2011fe) - Horesh et al., 2011 accepted to ApJ
30) Discovery of a type Ia supernova within hours of explosion in the Pinwheel galaxy - Nugent et al., 2011 Nature 480, 344
29) Constraints on the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova SN 2011fe/PTF11kly - Li et al., 2011 Nature 480, 348
28) The Palomar Transient Factory photometric calibration - Ofek et al., 2011 accepted to PASP
27) SN 2010jp (PTF10aaxi): A jet-driven type II supernova - Smith et al., 2011 accepted to MNRAS
26) Automating discovery and classification of transients and variable stars in the synoptic survey era - Bloom et al., 2011 submitted to PASP
25) The Factory and The Beehive I. Rotation Periods For Low-Mass Stars in Praesepe - Agueros et al., 2011 ApJ 740, 110
24) Weird and lonely: PTF10ops - a subluminous type Ia supernova in the middle of nowhere - Maguire et al., 2011 MNRAS, 418, 747
23) PTF1 J071912.13+485834.0: An outbursting AM CVn system discovered by a synoptic survey - Levitan et al., 2011 ApJ, 739, 68
22) PTF11eon/SN2011dh: Discovery of a Type IIb Supernova From a Compact Progenitor in the Nearby Galaxy M51 - Arcavi et al., 2011 ApJL 742, 18
21) The Progenitor of Supernova 2011dh/PTF11eon in Messier 51 - Van Dyk et al., 2011 ApJL 741, 28
20) The PTF Orion Project: Eclipsing Binaries and Young Stellar Objects - van Eyken et al., 2011 AJ, 142, 60
19) Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions - Quimby et al., 2011 Nature 474, 487-489
18) PTF10iya: A short-lived, luminous flare from the nuclear region of a star-forming galaxy - Cenko et al., 2010 submitted to MNRAS
17) PTF 10bzf (SN 2010ah): a broad-line Ic supernova discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory - Corsi et al., 2011 ApJ 741, 76
16) Real-Time Detection and Rapid Multiwavelength Follow-up Observations of a Highly Subluminous Type II-P Supernova from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey - Gal-Yam et al., 2010 accepted to ApJL
15) An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy - Levan et al., 2011 accepted to Science
14) The Subluminous and Peculiar Type Ia Supernova PTF 09dav - Sullivan et al., 2011 ApJ 732 118S
13) Galaxy Zoo Supernovae - Smith et al., 2010 MNRAS 412 1309
12) PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 - Kasliwal et al., 2011 ApJ 730 134K
11) Evidence for an FU Orionis Outburst from a Classical T Tauri Star - Miller et al., 2011 ApJ 730 80M
10) Hubble Space Telescope Studies of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae: The Mean Maximum Light Ultraviolet Spectrum and its Dispersion - Cooke et al., 2010 ApJ 727L 35C
9) PTF10nvg: An Outbursting Class I Protostar in the Pelican/North American Nebula - Covey et al., 2010, AJ, 141 40C
8) The Extreme Hosts of Extreme Supernovae - Neill et al., 2010 ApJ accepted
7) Supernova PTF 09uj: A Possible Shock Breakout from a Dense Circumstellar Wind - Ofek et al., 2010 ApJ, 724, 1396-1401
6) The Palomar Transient Factory Survey Camera: 1st Year Performance and Results - Law et al., 2010 SPIE 7735
5) Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ".Ia" Explosion - Kasliwal et al., 2010 ApJL, 723, 98-102
4) Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies - Arcavi et al., ApJ 2010 721 777-784
3) The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results - Law et al., PASP 121 1395L.
2) Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory - Rau et al., PASP 121 1334R.
1) The 12Kx8K CCD mosaic camera for the Palomar Transient Factory - Rahmer et al., 2008 SPIE 7014 (1.5MB pdf)
PTF Public Documents
A presentation giving an overview of the PTF project (1.0MB pdf)