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1 Publication List for Sarah Yost Due to the quite collaborative research field of high-energy observational astrophysics, I list my ranking in the author list when the authorship exceeds 10 individuals. Refereed Publications: First Author 1. The Dark Side of ROTSE-III Prompt GRB Observations Yost, S. A. et al (1 of 25), 2007, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 669, Issue 2, pp Exploring Broadband GRB Behavior During γ-ray Emission, Yost, S. A. et al., 2007, ApJ Volume 657, Issue 2, pp Optical Lightcurve & Cooling Break of GRB a, Yost, S. A. et al., 2006 ApJ 636, A Study of the Afterglows of Four GRBs: Constraining the Explosion and Fireball Model, Yost, S. A., Harrison, F. A., Sari, R., Frail, D. A ApJ 597, The Broadband Afterglow of GRB , Yost, S.A., et al ApJ 577, A Search For Near-Infrared Emission from the Halo of NGC 5907 at Radii of Kiloparsecs, Yost, S.A., Bock, J., Kawada, M., Lange, A., Matsumoto, T., Uemizu, K., Watabe, T., Wada, T ApJ 535, 644 Refereed Publications: Contributing Author 7. Panchromatic Observations of the Textbook GRB A: Constraining Physical Mechanisms of Prompt Emission and Afterglow, Zheng, W. et al (59 of 60), 2011, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal 8. Photometry and spectroscopy of GRB : a detailed study of the afterglow and host galaxy of a z = 3.2 gamma-ray burst, Thöne, C. C.; et al (61 of 62), 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 523, GRB B: Afterglow Observations and Implications Pandey, S. B. et al(31 of 33), 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 714, pp Looking Into the Fireball: ROTSE-III and Swift Observations of Early Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows Rykoff, E. S. et al (24 of 24), 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 702, Issue 1, pp In Search of Progenitors for Supernovaless Gamma-Ray Bursts and : Reexamination of Their Afterglows Xu, D., Starling,R. L. C., Fynbo, J. P. U., Sollerman, J., Yost, S., Watson, D., Foley, S., O Brien, P. T., Hjorth, J., 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 696, Issue 1, pp GRB : Broadband Follow-up Observations of a Very Bright Gamma-Ray Burst in a Galactic Halo Perley, D. A. et al. (29 of 29), 2008, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 688, Issue 1, pp GRB : Broadband Spectral Evolution through the Prompt and Afterglow Phases of a Bright Burst Page, K. L. et al (15 of 36), 2007, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 663, Issue 2, pp Detection of GRB at z = 5.47: Implications for the Use of Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of the End of the Dark Ages Ruiz-Velasco, A. E. et al (54 of 57), 2007, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 669, Issue 1, pp Early-Time Observations of the GRB Optical Transient, Quimby, R.M. et al (3 of 24), 2006 ApJ 640, The Anomalous Early Afterglow of GRB , Rykoff, E.S. et al (3 of 28), 2006 ApJ 638

2 L5 17. Prompt Optical Detection of GRB with ROTSE-IIIa, Rykoff, E.S. et al, (2 of 24) 2005 ApJ 631 L The Serendipitous Extragalactic X-Ray Source Identification (SEXSI) Program. III. Optical Spectroscopy, Eckart, M.E., Stern, D, Helfland, D. J.,Harrison, F.A., Mao, P.H., Yost, S.A., 2006 ApJS 165, A Search for Untriggered GRB Afterglows with ROTSE-III, Rykoff, E.S. et al. (20 of 20) 2005 ApJ 631, Accurate calorimetry of GRB , Frail, D.A., Soderberg, A.M., Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Yost, S., Fox, D.W., Harrison, F.A ApJ 619, A Galaxy at z=6.545 and Constraints on the Epoch of Reionization, Stern, D., Yost, S.A., Eckart, M.E., Harrison, F.A., Helfand, D.J., Djorgovski, S.G., Malhotro, S., Rhoads, J.E ApJ 619, The sub-energetic γ-ray burst GRB as a cosmic analogue to the nearby GRB , Soderberg, A.M., Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Fox, D.W., Sako, M., Frail, D.A., Gal-Yam, A., Moon, D.S., Cenko, S.B., Yost, S.A., et al 2004 Nature 430, The J-Band Light Curve of SN 2003lw, Associated with GRB , Gal-Yam, A., Moon, D.-S., Fox, D.B., Soderberg, A.M., Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Cenko, S.B., Yost, S., Frail, D.A., Sako, M. et al ApJ 609, L A Redshift Determination for XRF : First Spectroscopic Observations of an X-Ray Flash, Soderberg, A.M., Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Fox, D.B., Price, P.A., Yost, S.A., Hunt, M.P., Frail, D.A., Walker, R.C. et al 2004 ApJ 606, A Late-Time Flattening of Afterglow Light Curves, Frail, D.A., Metzger, B.D., Berger, E., Kulkarni, S.R., Yost, S.A., 2004 ApJ 600, The Broadband Afterglow of GRB , Frail, D.A., Yost, S.A., Berger, E. et al ApJ 590, Early Optical Emission from the γ-ray burst of 4 October 2002, Fox, D.W et al. (2 of 21) 2003 Nature 422, A Common Origin for Cosmic Explosions Inferred from Calorimetry of GRB030329, Berger, E., Kulkarni, S.R., Pooley, G., Frail, D.A., McIntyre, V., Wark, R.M., Sari, R., Soderberg, A.M., Fox, D.W., Yost, S., Price, P.A., 2003 Nature 426, The Bright Optical Afterglow of the nearby γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003, Price, P.A. et al. (7 of 14) 2003 Nature 423, Discovery of GRB and Its Late Red Bump, Price, P.A. et al.(13 of 44) 2003 ApJ 589, Hubble Space Telescope and Ground-Based Observations of GRB , Galama, T.J., Reichart, D., Brown, T.M., Kimble, R.A., Price, P.A., Berger, E., Frail, D.A., Kulkarni, S.R., Yost, S.A., Gal-Yam, A. et al ApJ 587, Discovery of Early Optical Emission from GRB , Fox, D.W. et al.(9 of 14) 2003 ApJ 586, L5 33. GRB : Strong Limits on an Underlying Supernova From the Hubble Space Telescope, Price, P.A. et al. (15 of 27) 2003 ApJ 584, The Faint Optical Afterglow and Host Galaxy of GRB : Implications for the Nature of

3 dark Gamma-Ray Bursts, Berger, E., et al.(27 of 27) 2002 ApJ 581, The Unusually Long Duration Gamma-Ray Burst GRB : Discovery of the Afterglow and Host Galaxy, Price, P.A. et al. (14 of 21) 2002 ApJ GRB : A Massive Star Progenitor, Price, P. A. et al. (5 of 32) 2002 ApJ 572 L GRB : Discovery of the First High Energy Transient Explorer Afterglow, Price, P. A. et al.(10 of 19) 2002 ApJ 571 L GRB : A Burst within a Starburst, Frail, D.A. et al. (19 of 20) 2002 ApJ Broadband Observations of the Afterglow of GRB : Observing the Effect of Inverse Compton Scattering, Harrison F.A., Yost, S.A., Sari, R. et al., 2001 ApJ 559, Beaming in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Evidence for a Standard Energy Reservoir, Frail, D.A. et al.,(11 of 14) 2001 ApJ 562 L Multicolor Observations of the GRB Afterglow, Price, P.A. et al. (28 of 28), 2001 ApJ 549 L7 42. A Search for a Near-Infrared Halo around NGC 4565, Uemizu, K., Bock, J., Kawada, M., Lange, A., Matsumoto, T., Watabe, T.,Yost, S., 1998 ApJ, 506, L15 Unrefereed: Conferences & Public Talks 43. A Search for γ-ray Burst Variability & Optical Afterglow Onset Correlations, Yost, S. A. and Moore, T. M., American Astronomical Society Meeting poster, AAS meeting 219, Jan 2012 (in prep) 44. Evidence for a Correlation Between γ-ray Burst variability and the Optical Afterglow Onset, Yost, S. A., American Astronomical Society Meeting poster, AAS meeting 217, Jan Status of the ROTSE-III Telescope Network, Yost, S.A. on behalf of the ROTSE collaboration, talk at the Heterogeneous Telescope Networking Workshop, July 2005, Exeter, UK, in (2006) AN 327, ROTSE-III Performance in the Swift Era, Yost, S.A. et al, poster at 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference, November 2005, Washington, DC. In (2006) AIP Conference Proceedings, 836, The Early Afterglow of , Yost, S.A. on behalf of the ROTSE collaboration, talk at GRBs: the First Three Hours ( santorini/subjects.html), Santorini Summer School on GRBs, Prompt ROTSE Response to GRB , Yost, S.A. et al., American Astronomical Society Meeting poster, May 2005 (abstract ) 49. Physical Constraints From Broadband Afterglow Fits: GRB as an Example, Yost, S. A. et al. Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era, E. Costa, F. Frontera, J. Hjorth, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2001, p (astro-ph/ ) 50. Special relativity and the Cosmos I. Where do Stretched Time & Squeezed Length Come from? II. Observing Special Relativity in Astronomy III. Gamma-Ray Bursts: Special Relativity in the Brightest Explosions. Physics, 3 public talks, University of Michigan Physics, Oct 15, 22, Saturday Morning GCN Circulars: unrefereed notices, primarily of preliminary observational data in response to gamma-ray burst events. 51. GRB A: ROTSE-III Optical Limits, S. B. Pandey (U Mich), S.A. Yost (College of St.

4 Benedict), W. Zheng, F. Yuan (U Mich), 2009, GCN GRB : MARGE Observations, H. Swan (U Mich), I. Smith (Rice), W. Rujopakarn (Steward), F. Yuan (U Mich), S. Yost (College of St. Benedict), C. Akerlof (U Mich), M. Skinner (Boeing), R. Russell (Aerospace Corporation), 2007, GCN GRB B: ROTSE-III detection of optical counterpart flare Yost, S. A., Yuan, F., Swan, H., Akerlof, C. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits, Yost, S.A., Rykoff, E.S., Schaefer, B., Smith, D.A., Guver, T. GCN GRB050713A: ROTSE-III optical limits, Yost, S.A., Rykoff, E.S., Rujopakarn, W., Alatalo, K., Schaefer, B., GCN GRB : ROTSE-III detection of possible counterpart, Yost, S.A., Swan, H., Schaefer, B.A., Alatalo, K., GCN GRB050215B: ROTSE-III optical observations, Yost, S.A., Smith, D.A., Rykoff, E.S., GCN ROTSE-IIIa observations of GRB , Yost, S.A., Smith, D.A., Rykoff, E.S., Swan, H. GCN GRB000630, optical observations, Yost, S., Harrison, F., Diercks, A. and Mulchaey, J., GCN GRB000630, optical observations, Yost, S., Harrison, F. and Burgasser, A., GCN GRB000424, optical observations, Yost, S., et al., GCN GRB A: ROTSE-III detection of optical counterpart Schaefer,B.E., Yost,S.A., Yuan,F. GCN GRB060708: MARGE low resolution spectrum observations Swan,H., Rykoff,E., Yost,S., McKay,T., Akerlof,C., Smith,I. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III observations of optical counterpart Rykoff,E.S., Yost,S.A., Swan,H., Rujopakarn,W. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits Rykoff,E.S., Rujopakarn,W., Schaefer,B.E., Yost,S.A. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits Rykoff,E.S., Schaefer,B.E., Yost,S.A., Quimby,R. GCN HETE trigger 4043: ROTSE-III optical limits Rykoff,E.S., Yost,S.A., Swan,H. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits Schaefer,B.E., Yuan,F., Yost,S.A., Quimby,R. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits Rujopakarn,W., Rykoff,E.S., Schaefer,B.E., Yuan,F., Yost,S.A. GCN GRB C: ROTSE-III optical limits, Rykoff,E.S., Yost,S.A., Schaefer,B.E., Yuan,F., Guver,T. GCN GRB : MARGE optical observations Swan,H., Akerlof,C., Rykoff,E., Yost,S., Smith,I., GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits Rykoff,E.S., Yost,S.A., Swan,H., GCN GRB : MARGE observations, Swan,H., Smith,I., Akerlof,C., Yost,S., Skinner,M., GCN 4491

5 74. GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits Yuan,F., Rujopakarn,W., Rykoff,E.S., Yost,S.A., GCN GRB : ROTSE-III confirmation of optical counterpart Rujopakarn,W., McKay,T.A., Yuan,F., Swan,H., Smith,D.A., Yost,S.A., GCN GRB : ROTSE-III analysis of prompt counterpart, Rykoff,E.S., Rujopakarn,W., Swan,H., Schaefer,B., Yost,S.A., Quimby,R., GCN GRB : ROTSE-III Optical Limits, Rykoff, E.S., Swan, H., Schaefer, B., Yost, S.A., Yuan, F.., GCN GRB C: ROTSE-IIId Refined Analysis, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Rujopakarn, W., Quimby, R., Smith, D.A., Yuan, F. GCN GRB B: ROTSE-III optical limits, Schaefer, B.E., Quimby, R., Yost, S.A., Rujopakarn, W., GCN GRB A: ROTSE-III detection of possible counterpart, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Rujopakarn, W. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III optical limits, Rykoff, E.S., Rujopakarn, W., Yost, S.A., Yuan, F. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III early afterglow break, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Rujopakarn, W., Swan, H., Alatalo, K., Quimby, R. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III detection of possible counterpart, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Rujopakarn, W. GCN GRB050714A: ROTSE-III optical limits, Schaefer, B., Yost, S.A., Swan, H., Rykoff, E.S., GCN GRB050525: ROTSE-III refined analysis, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Swan, H., Quimby, R., GCN GRB050525A: ROTSE-III detection of possible counterpart, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Swan, H., GCN GRB050421: ROTSE-III optical limits, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Swan, H., GCN GRB050408: ROTSE-III optical limits, Smith, D.A., Yost, S.A., Rykoff, E.S., GCN GRB050401: ROTSE-III detection of prompt optical counterpart, Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., Smith, D.A., GCN GRB : ROTSE-III refined analysis, Quimby, R.M., Rykoff, E.S., Schaefer, B.E., McKay, T., Yost, S.A. GCN GRB : ROTSE-III early limits, Quimby, R.M., Rykoff, E.S., Schaefer, B.E.,, Smith, D.A., Yost, S.A. GCN GRB050215A: ROTSE-III optical observations, Smith, D.A., Rykoff, E.S., Yost, S.A., GCN ROTSE-III rapid response to possible GRB (INTEGRAL1972), Smith, D.A., Yost, S.A., Rykoff, E.S. GCN GRB : candidate optical afterglow, Fox, D.W., Price, P.A., Yost, S.A. et al GCN GRB : optical afterglow, Price, P.A., Fox, D.W., Yost, S.A. et al GCN XRF011030: Chandra Observations, Harrison, F.A., Yost, S.A., Fox, D. et al. GCN GRB010412: optical observations, Price, P.A., Gorham, P., Yost, S.A., Kulkarni, S.R. GCN

6 GRB010222, CXO X-ray observations, Harrison, F.A., Yost, S.A., Kulkarni, S.R. GCN GRB010222: optical decay slope, Price, P.A., Gal-Yam, A., Ofek, E., Yost, S. et al GCN GRB000604, optical observations, comparison to DPOSS, Cotoros, I., Mahabal, A., Yost, S., Diercks, A. GCN GRB000424, optical observations, Dressler, A., Diercks, A., Gal, R., Yost, S., et al. GCN 648

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