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most citedSN 2024abfo: a partially stripped SN II from a yellow supergiant

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astro-ph.HE2026

DETECT: Real-Time Identification of Transients with DESI Spectroscopic Redshift

Yu-Hsing Lee, Ting-Wan Chen, Ze-Ning Wang +10

Wide-field surveys now report thousands of transients per month, while spectra are obtained for only a few per cent of them. We present DETECT (DESI--Transient Event Cross-matching…

astro-ph.HE2026

AT 2024qfm: a luminous fast blue optical transient at a redshift of z = 0.2267 identified by Lasair-ZTF

M. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, S. Srivastav +20

Luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) emit from x-ray to radio wavelengths, epitomised by the discovery of AT 2018cow in a host galaxy at 65 Mpc. In the following eight ye…

astro-ph.HE2026

The Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Powering the off-nuclear TDE AT2024tvd

M. Guolo, A. Mummery, S. van Velzen +11

We present an analysis of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the off-nuclear tidal disruption event (TDE) AT2024tvd during its late-time plateau phase, combining X-ray spect…

astro-ph.HE2026

Can tidal disruption event models reliably measure black hole masses?

C. R. Angus, A. J. Smith, D. Magill +15

Tidal disruption event (TDE) light curves are increasingly used to infer the masses of quiescent supermassive black holes (), offering a powerful probe of low-mass bla…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Normal or transitional? The evolution and properties of two type Ia supernovae in the Virgo cluster

L. Izzo, C. Gall, N. Khetan +47

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are among the most precise cosmological distance indicators used to study the expansion history of the Universe. The vast increase of SN Ia data due to…

astro-ph.HE2025

Pan-STARRS follow-up of the gravitational-wave event S250818k and the lightcurve of SN 2025ulz

J. H. Gillanders, M. E. Huber, M. Nicholl +30

Kilonovae are the scientifically rich, but observationally elusive, optical transient phenomena associated with compact binary mergers. Only a handful of events have been discovere…

astro-ph.HE2025

The radio flare and multi-wavelength afterglow of the short GRB 231117A: energy injection from a violent shell collision

G. E. Anderson, G. P. Lamb, B. P. Gompertz +64

We present the early radio detection and multi-wavelength modeling of the short gamma-ray burst (GRB) 231117A at redshift . The Australia Telescope Compact Array automatic…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

Results from the Pan-STARRS Search for Kilonovae: Contamination by Massive Stellar Outbursts

M. D. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, M. E. Huber +11

We present results from the Pan-STARRS optical search for kilonovae without the aid of gravitational wave and gamma-ray burst triggers. The search was conducted from 26 October 201…

astro-ph.HE2025

The case of AT2022wtn: a Tidal Disruption Event in an interacting galaxy

F. Onori, M. Nicholl, P. Ramsden +35

We present the results from our multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of the transient AT2022wtn, discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility in the nucleus of SDSSJ232323.79+104107…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 13 cited

SN 2024abfo: a partially stripped SN II from a yellow supergiant

A. Reguitti, A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt +35

We present photometric and spectroscopic data of the type IIb supernova (SN) 2024abfo in NGC 1493 (at 11 Mpc). The ATLAS survey discovered the object just a few hours after the exp…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

EP 250108a/SN 2025kg: Observations of the most nearby Broad-Line Type Ic Supernova following an Einstein Probe Fast X-ray Transient

J. C. Rastinejad, A. J. Levan, P. G. Jonker +66

With a small sample of fast X-ray transients (FXTs) with multi-wavelength counterparts discovered to date, the progenitors of FXTs and their connections to gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)…

astro-ph.HE2025

Precursor Activity Preceding Interacting Supernovae I: Bridging the Gap with SN 2022mop

S. J. Brennan, S. Barmentloo, S. Schulze +41

Over the past two decades, an increasing number of transients have shown luminous activity at their explosion sites weeks to years before an interacting supernova (SN) is observed.…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

A long-lasting eruption heralds SN 2023ldh, a clone of SN 2009ip

A. Pastorello, A. Reguitti, L. Tartaglia +46

We discuss the results of the spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the type IIn supernova (SN) 2023ldh. Survey archive data show that the SN progenitor experienced some erra…

astro-ph.HE2025

Evidence for an Instability-Induced Binary Merger in the Double-Peaked, Helium-Rich Type IIn Supernova 2023zkd

A. Gagliano, V. A. Villar, T. Matsumoto +42

We present ultraviolet to infrared observations of the extraordinary Type IIn supernova 2023zkd (SN 2023zkd). Photometrically, it exhibits persistent and luminous precursor emissio…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 11 cited

Seeing the Outer Edge of the Infant Type Ia Supernova 2024epr in the Optical and Near Infrared

W. B. Hoogendam, D. O. Jones, C. Ashall +30

We present optical-to-near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2024epr, including NIR spectra observed within two days of first light. The e…

astro-ph.HE2024

Double "acct": a distinct double-peaked supernova matching pulsational pair-instability models

C. R. Angus, S. E. Woosley, R. J. Foley +35

We present multi-wavelength data of SN2020acct, a double-peaked stripped-envelope supernova (SN) in NGC2981 at ~150 Mpc. The two peaks are temporally distinct, with maxima separate…

astro-ph.HE2024

Identification of the optical counterpart of the fast X-ray transient EP240414a

S. Srivastav, T. -W. Chen, J. H. Gillanders +26

Fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are extragalactic bursts of X-rays first identified in archival X-ray data, and now routinely discovered by the Einstein Probe in real time, which is c…

astro-ph.HE2024

SN 2023zaw: the low-energy explosion of an ultra-stripped star

T. Moore, J. H. Gillanders, M. Nicholl +26

Most stripped-envelope supernova progenitors are thought to be formed through binary interaction, losing hydrogen and/or helium from their outer layers. Ultra-stripped supernovae a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Discovery of the optical and radio counterpart to the fast X-ray transient EP240315a

J. H. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, S. Srivastav +36

Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) are extragalactic bursts of soft X-rays first identified >10 years ago. Since then, nearly 40 events have been discovered, although almost all of these…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 10 cited

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 (…