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A study in scarlet -- II. Spectroscopic properties of a sample of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients
G. Valerin, A. Pastorello, E. Mason +65
We investigate the spectroscopic characteristics of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients (ILRTs), a class of elusive objects with peak luminosity between that of classical novae…
A study in scarlet -- I. Photometric properties of a sample of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients
G. Valerin, A. Pastorello, A. Reguitti +57
We investigate the photometric characteristics of a sample of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients (ILRTs), a class of elusive objects with peak luminosity between that of classi…
SN 2020pvb: a Type IIn-P supernova with a precursor outburst
Nancy Elias-Rosa, Seán J. Brennan, Stefano Benetti +37
We present photometric and spectroscopic data sets for SN 2020pvb, a Type IIn-P supernova (SN) similar to SNe 1994W, 2005cl, 2009kn and 2011ht, with a precursor outburst detected (…
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…
SN 2020zbf: A fast-rising hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova with strong carbon lines
A. Gkini, R. Lunnan, S. Schulze +24
SN\,2020zbf is a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) at that shows conspicuous \ion{C}{II} features at early times, in contrast to the majority of H-poor SLSN…
Rapidly Evolving Transients in Archival ZTF Public Alerts
Wenxiong Li, Iair Arcavi, Ehud Nakar +7
We search the archival Zwicky Transient Facility public survey for rapidly evolving transient (RET) candidates based on well-defined criteria between 2018 May and 2021 December. Th…
Photometric study of the late-time near-infrared plateau in Type Ia supernovae
M. Deckers, O. Graur, K. Maguire +23
We present an in-depth study of the late-time near-infrared plateau in Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), which occurs between 70-500 d. We double the existing sample of SNe Ia observed…
The Birth of a Relativistic Jet Following the Disruption of a Star by a Cosmological Black Hole
Dheeraj R. Pasham, Matteo Lucchini, Tanmoy Laskar +63
A black hole can launch a powerful relativistic jet after it tidally disrupts a star. If this jet fortuitously aligns with our line of sight, the overall brightness is Doppler boos…
A long life of excess: The interacting transient SN 2017hcc
S. Moran, M. Fraser, R. Kotak +29
In this study we present the results of a five-year follow-up campaign of the long-lived type IIn supernova SN 2017hcc, found in a spiral dwarf host of near-solar metallicity. The…
Panning for gold, but finding helium: discovery of the ultra-stripped supernova SN2019wxt from gravitational-wave follow-up observations
I. Agudo, L. Amati, T. An +96
We present the results from multi-wavelength observations of a transient discovered during the follow-up of S191213g, a gravitational wave (GW) event reported by the LIGO-Virgo Col…
The impostor revealed: SN 2016jbu was a terminal explosion
S. J. Brennan, N. Elias-Rosa, M. Fraser +2
In this letter, we present recent observations from the Hubble Space Telescope of the interacting transient, SN 2016jbu, at +5 years. We find no evidence for any additional outburs…
SN 2021foa, a transitional event between a Type IIn (SN 2009ip-like) and a Type Ibn supernova
A. Reguitti, A. Pastorello, G. Pignata +16
We present photometric and spectroscopic data of the unusual interacting supernova (SN) 2021foa. It rose to an absolute magnitude peak of mag in 20 days. The initial ligh…
Probing for the host galaxies of the fast X-ray transients XRT 000519 and XRT 110103
D. Eappachen, P. G. Jonker, M. Fraser +13
Over the past few years, 30 extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXRTs) have been discovered, mainly in Chandra and XMM-Newton data. Their nature remains unclear, with propos…
SN 2018bsz: a Type I superluminous supernova with aspherical circumstellar material
M. Pursiainen, G. Leloudas, E. Paraskeva +26
We present a spectroscopic analysis of Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN-I), SN 2018bsz. While it closely resembles SLSNe-I, the multi-component H line appearing at …
The Automated Photometry Of Transients (AutoPhOT) pipeline
S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser
We present the Automated Photometry Of Transients (AutoPhOT) package, a novel automated pipeline that is designed for rapid, publication-quality photometry of astronomical transien…
How low can you go? SN 2018zd as a low-mass Fe core-collapse supernova
E. Callis, M. Fraser, A. Pastorello +38
We present spectroscopy and photometry of SN 2018zd, a Type IIP core-collapse supernova with signatures of interaction with circumstantial material in its earliest spectra. High io…
SN 2018bsz: significant dust formation in a nearby superluminous supernova
T. -W. Chen, S. J. Brennan, R. Wesson +41
We investigate the thermal emission and the extinction from dust associated with the nearby (z = 0.0267) superluminous supernova (SLSN) 2018bsz. Our dataset combines daily-cadence,…
SN 2021csp -- the explosion of a stripped envelope star within a H and He-poor circumstellar medium
Morgan Fraser, Maximilian D. Stritzinger, Sean J. Brennan +48
We present observations of SN 2021csp, a unique supernova (SN) which displays evidence for interaction with H- and He- poor circumstellar material (CSM) at early times. Using high-…
Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient, AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)
S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser, J. Johansson +67
We present the bolometric lightcurve, identification and analysis of the progenitor candidate, and preliminary modelling of AT2016jbu (Gaia16cfr). We find a progenitor consistent w…
Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)
S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser, J. Johansson +68
We present the results from a high cadence, multi-wavelength observation campaign of AT 2016jbu (aka Gaia16cfr), an interacting transient. This dataset complements the current lite…
The transitional gap transient AT 2018hso: new insights on the luminous red nova phenomenon
Y-Z. Cai, A. Pastorello, M. Fraser +20
Aims: AT 2018hso is a new transient showing transitional properties between those of LRNe and the class of intermediate luminosity red transients (ILRTs) similar to SN 2008S. Throu…