{ "item_title" : "The Landscape of Relativistic Stellar Explosions", "item_author" : [" Anna Y. Q. Ho "], "item_description" : "TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vAbstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiiPublished Content and Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixTable of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xList of Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiList of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxivChapter I: Introduction and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 Landscape Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 Summary of Thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Chapter II: ZTF20aajnksq (AT 2020blt): A Fast Optical Transient at I 2-9With No Detected Gamma-Ray Burst Counterpart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.2 Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 Comparison to GRB Afterglows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.5 Summary and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Chapter III: iPTF Archival Search for Fast Optical Transients . . . . . . . . . 353.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.2 Data and Candidate Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.3 Properties of the iPTF M-dwarf Flares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4 Rate of Relativistic Fast Optical Transients in iPTF . . . . . . . . . . 453.5 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Chapter IV: SN 2020bvc: a Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova with a DoublepeakedOptical Light Curve and a Luminous X-ray and Radio Counterpart 524.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.2 Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.3 Light Curve Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674.4 Spectroscopic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694.5 Modeling the Light Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744.6 Modeling the Fast Ejecta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774.7 Early ZTF Light Curves of Nearby Ic-BL SNe . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.8 Summary and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.9 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Chapter V: The Broad-lined Ic Supernova ZTF18aaqjovh (SN 2018bvw): AnOptically Discovered Engine-driven Supernova Candidate with LuminousRadio Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035.2 Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105xi5.3 Analysis and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1195.4 Summary and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Chapter VI: Evidence for Late-stage Eruptive Mass Loss in the Progenitor toSN 2018gep, a Broad-lined Ic Supernova: Pre-explosion Emission and aRapidly Rising Luminous Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1286.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/3/03/115/366/3031153669_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "219.99", "online_price" : "219.99", "our_price" : "219.99", "club_price" : "219.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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