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most citedThe Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

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astro-ph.HE2026

Peak 'Nebular' Emission and Early Flux Excesses in Ca-strong Supernovae

C. -G. Touchard-Paxton, K. Maguire, C. Frohmaier +27

Calcium-strong supernovae (Ca-strong SNe) are a class of thermonuclear transient characterised by rapid photometric evolution (rise times of <= 16 d) and nebular-phase spectra domi…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Bridging the gap between SLSNe and SE-SNe. Multi-wavelength analysis of the SLSN-Ib SN 2024jlc

A. Simongini, F. Acero, M. Imbrogno +15

The Type I super-luminous supernova SN~2024jlc (ZTF24aapadbb) exploded on the 25th of May 2024 at . Being the closest supernova of this class discovered in recent years…

astro-ph.HE2026

Early Multiwavelength Observations of AT 2026fgk: The Luminous Afterglow to Sub-luminous GRB 260310A, Identified Independently of a Gamma-ray Trigger

K. -R. Hinds, A. Y. Q. Ho, Y. Wagh +103

The origins of sub-luminous (\,erg\,s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) associated with broad-lined Type~Ic supernovae (Ic-BL SNe) are poorly u…

astro-ph.HE2026

Late-Time HST UV Detections Reveal Eruptive Mass Loss and Circumstellar Interaction in a Quarter of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae

C. Fremling, S. Covarrubias, J. Sollerman +19

We present HST WFC3/UVIS F275W near-UV imaging of 91stripped-envelope supernovae (SE SNe; Types IIb, Ib, Ic) from Snapshot program SNAP-16657, observed at phases of 270-1845 days (…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

A thermonuclear supernova interacting with hydrogen- and helium-deficient circumstellar material. SN 2020aeuh as a SN Ia-CSM-C/O?

K. Tsalapatas, J. Sollerman, R. Chiba +20

Identifying the progenitors of thermonuclear supernovae (Type Ia supernovae; SNe Ia) remains a key objective in contemporary astronomy. The rare subclass of SNe Ia that interacts w…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Luminous, rapidly declining supernovae as stripped transitional objects in low metallicity environments: the case of SN 2022lxg

P. Charalampopoulos, R. Kotak, J. Sollerman +24

We present an analysis of the optical and near-infrared properties of SN 2022lxg, a bright ( mag) and rapidly evolving SN. It was discovered withi…

astro-ph.HE2025

The ambiguous AT2022rze: Changing-look AGN mimicking a supernova in a merging galaxy system

P. J. Pessi, R. Lunnan, J. Sollerman +36

AT2022rze is a luminous, ambiguous transient located South-East of the geometric center of its host galaxy at redshift z = 0.08. The host appears to be formed by a merging galaxy s…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 5 cited

Eruptive mass loss less than a year before the explosion of superluminous supernovae: I. The cases of SN 2020xga and SN 2022xgc

A. Gkini, C. Fransson, R. Lunnan +47

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2020xga and SN 2022xgc, two hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) at and , respectiv…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

Sample of hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility

P. J. Pessi, R. Lunnan, J. Sollerman +26

Hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae (SLSNe II) are rare. The exact mechanism producing their extreme light curve peaks is not understood. Analysis of single events and small sam…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 19 cited

Spectroscopic observations of progenitor activity 100 days before a Type Ibn supernova

S. J. Brennan, J. Sollerman, I. Irani +30

Obtaining spectroscopic observations of the progenitors of core-collapse supernovae is often unfeasible due to an inherent lack of knowledge as to which stars will go supernova and…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 15 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 6 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 18 cited

A population of Type Ibc supernovae with massive progenitors; broad lightcurves not uncommon in (i)PTF

E. Karamehmetoglu, J. Sollerman, F. Taddia +9

If high-mass stars (>20-25 Msun) are the progenitors of stripped-envelope (SE) supernovae (SNe), their massive ejecta should lead to broad, long-duration lightcurves (LCs). Instead…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 21 cited

SN2020qlb: A hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova with well-characterized light curve undulations

S. L. West, R. Lunnan, C. M. B. Omand +21

SN\,2020qlb (ZTF20abobpcb) is a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) that is among the most luminous (maximum M mag) and that has one of the longest rise t…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 55 cited

The Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Phase-I Survey: I. Light Curves and Measurements

Z. H. Chen, Lin Yan, T. Kangas +40

During the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Phase-I operation, 78 hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) were discovered in less than three years, making up the largest sa…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 35 cited

Three Core-Collapse Supernovae with Nebular Hydrogen Emission

J. Sollerman, S. Yang, S. Schulze +25

We present SN 2020jfo, a Type IIP supernova in the nearby galaxy M61. Optical light curves from the Zwicky Transient Facility, complemented with data from Swift and near-IR photome…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 35 cited

A low-energy explosion yields the underluminous Type IIP SN 2020cxd

S. Yang, J. Sollerman, N. L. Strotjohann +12

We present observations and analysis of SN 2020cxd, a Low luminous (LL), long-lived Type IIP SN. This object was a clear outlier in the magnitude-limited SN sample recently present…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 45 cited

AT 2019avd: A novel addition to the diverse population of nuclear transients

A. Malyali, A. Rau, A. Merloni +29

We report on SRG/eROSITA, ZTF, ASAS-SN, Las Cumbres, NEOWISE-R, and Swift XRT/UVOT observations of the unique ongoing event AT 2019avd, located in the nucleus of a previously inact…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 29 cited

Multi-wavelength Observations of AT2019wey: a New Candidate Black Hole Low-mass X-ray Binary

Yuhan Yao, S. R. Kulkarni, Kevin B. Burdge +21

AT2019wey (SRGA J043520.9+552226, SRGE J043523.3+552234) is a transient first reported by the ATLAS optical survey in 2019 December. It rose to prominence upon detection, three mon…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 45 cited

Two stripped envelope supernovae with circumstellar interaction -- but only one really shows it

J. Sollerman, C. Fransson, C. Barbarino +23

We present SN 2019tsf (ZTF19ackjszs) and SN 2019oys (ZTF19abucwzt). These two stripped envelope Type Ib supernovae suddenly showed a (re-)brightening in their late light curves. We…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 19 cited

SN 2018ijp: the explosion of a stripped-envelope star within a dense H-rich shell?

L. Tartaglia, J. Sollerman, C. Barbarino +24

In this paper, we discuss the outcomes of the follow-up campaign of SN 2018ijp, discovered as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility survey for optical transients. Its first spectru…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 21 cited

SN 2020bqj: a Type Ibn supernova with a long lasting peak plateau

E. C. Kool, E. Karamehmetoglu, J. Sollerman +31

Context: Type Ibn supernovae are a rare class of stripped envelope supernovae interacting with a helium-rich CSM. The majority of the SNe Ibn reported display a surprising homogene…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 62 cited

SN2019dge: a Helium-rich Ultra-Stripped Envelope Supernova

Yuhan Yao, Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal +28

We present observations of ZTF18abfcmjw (SN2019dge), a helium-rich supernova with a fast-evolving light curve indicating an extremely low ejecta mass () and l…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 57 cited

SN2020bvc: a Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova with a Double-peaked Optical Light Curve and a Luminous X-ray and Radio Counterpart

A. Y. Q. Ho, S. R. Kulkarni, D. A. Perley +34

We present optical, radio, and X-ray observations of SN2020bvc (=ASASSN20bs; ZTF20aalxlis), a nearby (; =114 Mpc) broad-lined (BL) Type Ic supernova (SN). Our observat…