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SN 2021adxl: A luminous nearby interacting supernova in an extremely low metallicity environment
S. J. Brennan, S. Schulze, R. Lunnan +17
SN 2021adxl is a slowly evolving, luminous, Type IIn supernova with asymmetric emission line profiles, similar to the well-studied SN 2010jl. We present extensive optical, near-ult…
Photometric prioritization of neutron star merger candidates
E. O. Ofek, N L. Strotjohann, I. Arcavi +12
Rapid identification of the optical counterparts of Neutron Star (NS) merger events discovered by gravitational wave detectors may require observing a large error region and siftin…
Microlensing Events in Five Years of Photometry from the Zwicky Transient Facility
Ruocheng Zhai, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Shude Mao +5
Microlensing has a unique advantage for detecting dark objects in the Milky Way, such as free-floating planets, neutron stars, and stellar-mass black holes. Most microlensing surve…
VLASS tidal disruption events with optical flares I: the sample and a comparison to optically-selected TDEs
Jean J. Somalwar, Vikram Ravi, Dillon Z. Dong +11
In this work, we use the Jansky VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) to compile the first sample of six radio-selected tidal disruption events (TDEs) with transient optical counterparts. While w…
Characterizing the Ordinary Broad-lined Type Ic SN 2023pel from the Energetic GRB 230812B
Gokul P. Srinivasaragavan, Vishwajeet Swain, Brendan M. O'Connor +39
We report observations of the optical counterpart of the long gamma-ray burst (LGRB) GRB 230812B, and its associated supernova (SN) SN 2023pel. The proximity () and high…
Palomar discovery and initial characterization of naked-eye long period comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
B. T. Bolin, F. J. Masci, D. A. Duev +11
Long-period comets are planetesimal remnants constraining the environment and volatiles of the protoplanetary disc. We report the discovery of hyperbolic long-period comet C/2022 E…
An Optically-Discovered Outburst from XTE J1859+226
Eric C. Bellm, Yuankun Wang, Jan van Roestel +13
Using the Zwicky Transient Facility, in 2021 February we identified the first known outburst of the Black Hole X-ray Transient XTE J1859+226 since its discovery in 1999. The outbur…
Panic at the ISCO: time-varying double-peaked broad lines from evolving accretion disks are common amongst optically variable AGN
Charlotte Ward, Suvi Gezari, Peter Nugent +12
About 3-10\% of Type I active galactic nuclei (AGN) have double-peaked broad Balmer lines in their optical spectra originating from the motion of gas in their accretion disk. Doubl…
SN 2022joj: A Peculiar Type Ia Supernova Possibly Driven by an Asymmetric Helium-shell Double Detonation
Chang Liu, Adam A. Miller, Samuel J. Boos +28
We present observations of SN 2022joj, a peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). SN 2022joj exhibits an unusually red $g_\mathrm{ZTF}-…
Zwicky Transient Facility and Globular Clusters: the gr-Band Period-Luminosity Relations for Mira Variables at Maximum Light and Their Applications to Local Galaxies
Chow-Choong Ngeow, Jia-Yu Ou, Anupam Bhardwaj +3
Based on 14 Miras located in 7 globular clusters, we derived the first gr-band period-luminosity (PL) at maximum light for the large-amplitude Mira variables using the multi-year l…
SRGeJ045359.9+622444: A 55-min Period Eclipsing AM CVn Discovered from a Joint SRG/eROSITA + ZTF Search
Antonio C. Rodriguez, Ilkham Galiullin, Marat Gilfanov +24
AM CVn systems are ultra-compact binaries where a white dwarf accretes from a helium-rich degenerate or semi-degenerate donor. Some AM CVn systems will be among the loudest sources…
Probing pre-supernova mass loss in double-peaked Type Ibc supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility
Kaustav K. Das, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Jesper Sollerman +34
Eruptive mass loss of massive stars prior to supernova (SN) explosion is key to understanding their evolution and end fate. An observational signature of pre-SN mass loss is the de…
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…
SN 2020udy: a SN Iax with strict limits on interaction consistent with a helium-star companion
Kate Maguire, Mark R. Magee, Giorgos Leloudas +24
Early observations of transient explosions can provide vital clues to their progenitor origins. In this paper we present the nearby Type Iax (02cx-like) supernova (SN), SN 2020udy…
Early-time spectroscopic modelling of the transitional Type Ia Supernova 2021rhu with TARDIS
Luke Harvey, Kate Maguire, Mark R. Magee +15
An open question in SN Ia research is where the boundary lies between 'normal' Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) that are used in cosmological measurements and those that sit off the Phi…
SN 2019odp: A Massive Oxygen-Rich Type Ib Supernova
T. Schweyer, J. Sollerman, A. Jerkstrand +18
We present and analyze observations of the Type Ib supernova (SN) 2019odp (a.k.a ZTF19abqwtfu) covering epochs within days of the explosion to the nebular phase at 360 d post-explo…
Growth-rate measurement with type-Ia supernovae using ZTF survey simulations
Bastien Carreres, Julian E. Bautista, Fabrice Feinstein +21
Measurements of the growth rate of structures at with peculiar velocity surveys have the potential of testing the validity of general relativity on cosmic scales. In this…
Direct detection of supernova progenitor stars with ZTF and LSST
Nora L. Strotjohann, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam +9
The direct detection of core-collapse supernova (SN) progenitor stars is a powerful way of probing the last stages of stellar evolution. However, detections in archival Hubble Spac…