no code implementations • 11 Jan 2021 • Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Matthew J. Hankins, Jennifer L. Sokoloski, Scott M. Adams, Michael C. B. Ashley, Aliya-Nur Babul, Ashot Bagdasaryan, Alexander Delacroix, Richard Dekany, Timothee Greffe, David Hale, Jacob E. Jencson, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Ryan M. Lau, Ashish Mahabal, Daniel McKenna, Anna M. Moore, Eran O. Ofek, Manasi Sharma, Roger M. Smith, Jamie Soon, Roberto Soria, Gokul Srinivasaragavan, Samaporn Tinyanont, Tony Travouillon
We perform the first quantitative simulation of a $3\pi$ time domain survey to estimate the Galactic nova rate using PGIR, and derive a rate of $\approx 46\pm13$ yr$^{-1}$.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies Solar and Stellar Astrophysics