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Low-Luminosity Type IIP Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe. I: Luminosity Function, Volumetric Rate
Kaustav K. Das, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Christoffer Fremling +51
We present the luminosity function and volumetric rate of a sample of Type IIP supernovae (SNe) from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe survey (CLU). This i…
Long-rising Type II Supernovae in the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe
Tawny Sit, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Anastasios Tzanidakis +25
SN 1987A was an unusual hydrogen-rich core-collapse supernova originating from a blue supergiant star. Similar blue supergiant explosions remain a small family of events, and are b…
The prevalence and influence of circumstellar material around hydrogen-rich supernova progenitors
Rachel J. Bruch, Avishay Gal-Yam, Ofer Yaron +44
Narrow transient emission lines (flash-ionization features) in early supernova (SN) spectra trace the presence of circumstellar material (CSM) around the massive progenitor stars o…
AT2018lqh and the nature of the emerging population of day-scale duration optical transients
E. O. Ofek, S. M. Adams, E. Waxman +18
We report on the discovery of AT2018lqh (ZTF18abfzgpl) -- a rapidly-evolving extra-galactic transient in a star-forming host at 242 Mpc. The transient g-band light curve's duration…
A Search for Extragalactic Fast Blue Optical Transients in ZTF and the Rate of AT2018cow-like Transients
Anna Y. Q. Ho, Daniel A. Perley, Avishay Gal-Yam +40
We present a search for extragalactic fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) during Phase I of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). We identify 38 candidates with durations above hal…
A population of heavily reddened, optically missed novae from Palomar Gattini-IR: Constraints on the Galactic nova rate
Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Matthew J. Hankins +25
The nova rate in the Milky Way remains largely uncertain, despite its vital importance in constraining models of Galactic chemical evolution as well as understanding progenitor cha…
Bright, months-long stellar outbursts announce the explosion of interaction-powered supernovae
Nora L. Strotjohann, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam +53
Interaction-powered supernovae (SNe) explode within an optically-thick circumstellar medium (CSM) that could be ejected during eruptive events. To identify and characterize such pr…
A large fraction of hydrogen-rich supernova progenitors experience elevated mass loss shortly prior to explosion
Rachel J. Bruch, Avishay Gal-Yam, Steve Schulze +43
Spectroscopic detection of narrow emission lines traces the presence of circumstellar mass distributions around massive stars exploding as core-collapse supernovae. Transient emiss…
The Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe I: Systematic search for Calcium rich gap transients reveal three related spectroscopic sub-classes
Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Anastasios Tzanidakis +47
(Abridged) Using the Zwicky Transient Facility alert stream, we are conducting a large campaign to spectroscopically classify all transients occurring in galaxies in the Census of…
The Broad-lined Ic Supernova ZTF18aaqjovh (SN 2018bvw): An Optically-discovered Engine-driven Supernova Candidate with Luminous Radio Emission
Anna Y. Q. Ho, Alessandra Corsi, S. Bradley Cenko +23
We present ZTF18aaqjovh (SN 2018bvw), a high-velocity ("broad-lined") stripped-envelope (Type Ic) supernova (Ic-BL SN) discovered in the Zwicky Transient Facility one-day cadence s…
Four (Super)luminous Supernovae from the First Months of the ZTF Survey
R. Lunnan, Lin Yan, D. A. Perley +30
We present photometry and spectroscopy of four hydrogen-poor luminous supernovae discovered during the two-month science commissioning and early operations of the Zwicky Transient…
Missing Red Supergiants and Carbon Burning
Tuguldur Sukhbold, Scott Adams
Recent studies on direct imaging of Type II core-collapse supernova progenitors indicate a possible threshold around M, where red supergiants with…
Uncovering Red and Dusty Ultraluminous X-ray Sources with Spitzer
Ryan M. Lau, Marianne Heida, Dominic J. Walton +9
We present a mid-infrared (IR) sample study of nearby ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) using multi-epoch observations with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space T…
The Dynamic Infrared Sky
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Scott Adams, Igor Andreoni +16
Opening up the dynamic infrared sky for systematic time-domain exploration would yield many scientific advances. Multi-messenger pursuits such as localizing gravitational waves fro…
ZTF 18aaqeasu (SN 2018byg): A Massive Helium-shell Double Detonation on a Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarf
Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Abigail Polin +24
The detonation of a helium shell on a white dwarf has been proposed as a possible explosion triggering mechanism for Type Ia supernovae. Here, we report ZTF 18aaqeasu (SN 2018byg/A…
The SPIRITS sample of Luminous Infrared Transients: Uncovering Hidden Supernovae and Dusty Stellar Outbursts in Nearby Galaxies
Jacob E. Jencson, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Scott M. Adams +23
We present a systematic study of the most luminous ( [Vega magnitudes] brighter than ) infrared (IR) transients discovered by the SPitzer InfraRed Intensive T…
SPIRITS 16tn in NGC 3556: A heavily obscured and low-luminosity supernova at 8.8 Mpc
Jacob E. Jencson, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Scott M. Adams +17
We present the discovery by the SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey (SPIRITS) of a likely supernova (SN) in NGC 3556 at only 8.8 Mpc, which, despite its proximity, was not…
iPTF Archival Search for Fast Optical Transients
A. Y. Q. Ho, S. R. Kulkarni, P. E. Nugent +18
There has been speculation of a class of relativistic explosions with an initial Lorentz factor smaller than that of classical Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). These "dirty fireballs" woul…
A tale of two transients: GW170104 and GRB170105A
V. Bhalerao, M. M. Kasliwal, D. Bhattacharya +30
We present multi-wavelength follow-up campaigns by the AstroSat-CZTI and GROWTH collaborations to search for an electromagnetic counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW170104…
Color Me Intrigued: the Discovery of iPTF 16fnm, a Supernova 2002cx-like Object
A. A. Miller, M. M. Kasliwal, Y. Cao +13
Modern wide-field, optical time-domain surveys must solve a basic optimization problem: maximize the number of transient discoveries or minimize the follow-up needed for the new di…
The Man Behind the Curtain: X-rays Drive the UV through NIR Variability in the 2013 AGN Outburst in NGC 2617
B. J. Shappee, J. L. Prieto, D. Grupe +44
After the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) discovered a significant brightening of the inner region of NGC 2617, we began a ~70 day photometric and spectroscopic m…
Observing the Next Galactic Supernova
Scott M. Adams, C. S. Kochanek, John F. Beacom +2
We model the distance, extinction, and magnitude probability distributions of a successful Galactic core-collapse supernova (ccSN), its shock breakout radiation, and its massive st…