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most citedZTF SN Ia DR2: Colour standardisation of Type Ia Supernovae and its dependence on environment

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astro-ph.IM2026

skysurvey: a pure python package to simulate the transient sky

M. Rigault, M. Ginolin, L. Dellazzeri +12

Accurate simulation of astronomical observations is a critical element for any modern analyses, be it to measure event rates, analyses population properties, validate or train pipe…

astro-ph.IM2026

Photometric classification of supernovae detected by the Zwicky Transient Facility using noise augmentation

A. Townsend, J. Nordin, M. Kowalski +27

Modern time-domain surveys, such as the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), detect far more extragalactic transients than can be spectroscopically classified. Photometric classificati…

astro-ph.HE2025

ZTF SN Ia DR2 follow-up: Characterization of subluminous Type Ia supernovae in the ZTF DR2 full sample

Alaa Alburai, Lluís Galbany, Umut Burgaz +19

The Zwicky Transient Facility Data Release 2 (ZTF DR2) includes a total of 3,628 Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia), providing the largest and most complete sample of spectroscopically co…

astro-ph.CO2025

ZTF-SEDm Type Ia supernova sample for Twins Embedding spectrophotometric standardisation

C. Ganot, Y. Copin, M. Rigault +26

This paper has two aims: the first one is to build a large homogeneous spectrophotometric Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) sample, using 3069 spectra from the second Zwicky Transient Faci…

astro-ph.CO2025

ZTF SNe Ia DR2: Towards cosmology-grade ZTF supernova light curves using scene modeling photometry

L. Lacroix, N. Regnault, T. de Jaeger +36

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is conducting a wide-field survey of the northern sky in three optical bands and the collaboration cosmology working group has released 3628 spe…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2 follow-up: Exploring the origin of the Type Ia supernova host galaxy step through Si II velocities

U. Burgaz, K. Maguire, L. Galbany +18

The relationship between Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and their host galaxy stellar masses is well documented. In particular, Hubble residuals display a luminosity shift based on ho…

astro-ph.HE2025

An Agnostic Approach to Building Empirical Type Ia Supernova Light Curves: Evidence for Intrinsic Chromatic Flux Variation Using Nearby Supernova Factory Data

Jared Hand, A. G. Kim, G. Aldering +35

We present a new empirical Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) model with three chromatic flux variation templates: one phase dependent and two phase independent. No underlying dust extincti…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 2 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Improved SN Ia colors through expanded dimensionality with SALT3+

W. D. Kenworthy, A. Goobar, D. O. Jones +24

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are a key probe in modern cosmology, as they can be used to measure luminosity distances at gigaparsec scales. Models of their light-curves are used to…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 6 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: High-velocity components in the Si II 6355

L. Harvey, K. Maguire, U. Burgaz +27

The ZTF SN Ia Data Release 2 provides a perfect opportunity to perform a thorough search for, and subsequent analysis of, high-velocity components in the Si II 6355 feature in t…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 6 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Properties of the low-mass host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae in a volume-limited sample

U. Burgaz, K. Maguire, G. Dimitriadis +25

In this study, we explore the characteristics of `low-mass' () and `intermediate-mass' () host galaxies o…

astro-ph.IM2024

How accurate are transient spectral classification tools? -- A study using 4,646 SEDMachine spectra

Young-Lo Kim, Isobel Hook, Andrew Milligan +13

Accurate classification of transients obtained from spectroscopic data are important to understand their nature and discover new classes of astronomical objects. For supernovae (SN…

astro-ph.CO2024

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Simulations and volume limited sample

M. Amenouche, M. Smith, P. Rosnet +27

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) constitute an historical probe to derive cosmological parameters through the fit of the Hubble-Lemaître diagram, i.e. SN Ia distance modulus versus thei…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 2 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Overview

Mickael Rigault, Mathew Smith, Ariel Goobar +53

We present the first homogeneous release of several thousand Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), all having spectroscopic classification, and spectroscopic redshifts for half the sample.…

astro-ph.HE2024

ZTF SN Ia DR2: The diversity and relative rates of the thermonuclear SN population

G. Dimitriadis, U. Burgaz, M. Deckers +28

The Zwicky Transient Facility SN Ia Data Release 2 (ZTF SN Ia DR2) contains more than 3,000 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), providing the largest homogeneous low-redshift sample of SN…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 14 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: The spectral diversity of Type Ia supernovae in a volume-limited sample

U. Burgaz, K. Maguire, G. Dimitriadis +30

More than 3000 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are presented in the Zwicky Transient Facility SN Ia Data Release 2 (ZTF DR2). In this paper, we detail the s…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 6 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: The secondary maximum in Type Ia supernovae

M. Deckers, K. Maguire, L. Shingles +24

Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) light curves have a secondary maximum that exists in the , , and near-infrared filters. The secondary maximum is relatively weak in the band, bu…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 2 cited

ZTF SN~Ia DR2: Cosmology-independent constraints on Type Ia supernova standardisation from supernova siblings

S. Dhawan, E. Mortsell, J. Johansson +18

Understanding Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) and the empirical standardisation relations that make them excellent distance indicators is vital to improving cosmological constraints. S…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 23 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Colour standardisation of Type Ia Supernovae and its dependence on environment

M. Ginolin, M. Rigault, Y. Copin +37

As type Ia supernova (SN Ia) cosmology transitions from a statistics-dominated to a systematics-dominated era, it is crucial to understand the remaining unexplained uncertainties t…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 2 cited

ZTF SN Ia DR2: Impact of the galaxy cluster environment on the stretch distribution of Type Ia supernovae

F. Ruppin, M. Rigault, M. Ginolin +28

Understanding the impact of the astrophysical environment on Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) properties is crucial to minimize systematic uncertainties in cosmological analyses based on…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

Detectability and Characterisation of Strongly Lensed Supernova Lightcurves in the Zwicky Transient Facility

A. Sagués Carracedo, A. Goobar, E. Mörtsell +7

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) was expected to detect more than one strong gravitationally-lensed supernova (glSN) per year, but only one event was identified in the first fou…