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    astronomy, a fast blue optical transient (FBOT), or more specifically, luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT), is an explosive transient event similar...
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  • An Intermediate Luminosity Optical Transient (ILOT) is an astronomical object which undergoes an optically detectable explosive event with an absolute...
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  • 2020). "A Mildly Relativistic Outflow from the Energetic, Fast-rising Blue Optical Transient CSS161010 in a Dwarf Galaxy". The Astrophysical Journal. 895...
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    radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio wave of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond, for an ultra-fast radio burst, to...
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  • (2020). "A mildly relativistic outflow from the energetic, fast-rising blue optical transient CSS161010 in a dwarf galaxy". The Astrophysical Journal. 895...
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    Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is an array of robotic optical telescopes optimized for the discovery of optical counterparts to gravitational...
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    Way. BOOTES – Network of robotic astronomical observatories Fast blue optical transient Fast radio burst Gamma-ray burst precursor Gamma-ray Search for...
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    even have triggered the formation of this system. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are intense, transient pulses of radio waves that typically last no more than...
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  • may have given rise to the enigmatic supernova remnant W49B. Fast blue optical transients might constitute CEJSNs as well. This process does not always...
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    caused by a discharge from an underlying thunderstorm). TROLLs (transient red optical luminous lineaments) occur after strong sprites, and appear as red...
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    the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. These optically anisotropic...
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    AT 2018cow has been presented. AT2018cow is one of the few reported Fast Blue Optical Transients (FBOTs) observed in the Universe. In May 2020, however, a much...
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    1 millisecond, by a sprite halo, a pancake-shaped region of weak, transient optical emissions approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) across and 10 kilometres...
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    In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual percept...
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    suggested that this was again another optical transient rather than a supernova, possibly an outbursting luminous blue variable star according to one spectrum...
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    robotically, and supports ZTF by providing rapid, low-dispersion optical spectra for initial transient classification using the for-purpose Spectral Energy Distribution...
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    Short laser pulses in the nanosecond range can be used to capture very fast transient events. A phase problem exists: In the absence of other information...
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    (May 2021). "Explaining recently studied intermediate luminosity optical transients (ILOTs) with jet powering". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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    for the expected emission at optical wavelengths. During this search, 11 hours after the signal, an astronomical transient SSS17a, later designated kilonova...
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    Christopher Thompson. Their proposal sought to explain the properties of transient sources of gamma rays, now known as soft gamma repeaters (SGRs). Over...
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  • light-induced fluorescence transient (LIFT) is a device to remotely measure chlorophyll fluorescence in plants in a fast and non-destructive way. By...
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    used in a few high power applications where their ability to withstand transient voltages and their robustness gives them an advantage over semiconductor...
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    rates that produce smooth-sounding gain changes, and fast attack rates capable of catching transients. Look-ahead is implemented by splitting the input signal...
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    refers to the optically visible donor, not to the compact X-ray emitting accretor. Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) Soft X-ray transients (SXTs) Symbiotic...
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  • days to months. It is important to also have fast readouts in optogenetics that can keep pace with the optical control. This can be done with electrical...
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    3847/2041-8213/aa91c9. The optical and near-infrared spectra over these few days provided convincing arguments that this transient was unlike any other discovered...
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  • Super-resolution microscopy is a series of techniques in optical microscopy that allow such images to have resolutions higher than those imposed by the...
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    Lightning (redirect from Bolt from the blue)
    instruments which are near-infrared optical transient detectors that can detect the momentary changes in an optical scene, indicating the presence of lightning...
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  • 2020). "A Mildly Relativistic Outflow from the Energetic, Fast-rising Blue Optical Transient CSS161010 in a Dwarf Galaxy" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal...
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    There are a growing number of recurrent X-ray transients, characterized by short outbursts with very fast rise times (tens of minutes) and typical durations...
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