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most citedThe Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Phase-I Survey: II. Light Curve Modeling and Characterization of Undulations

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astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny IV: Photometric Time-delay Measurements of a Strongly Lensed Superluminous Supernova

Alice Townsend, Suhail Dhawan, Erin E. Hayes +34

We present photometric time-delay measurements of SN 2025wny, the first strongly lensed Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN-I), discovered at . Time-delay measurements…

astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny II: Superluminous Supernova Physics at Cosmic Noon

Maggie L. Li, Lin Yan, Anamaria Gkini +46

SN 2025wny is a gravitationally lensed, hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) at z = 2.015. To date, it is the most extensively observed high-redshift core-collapse SN and…

astro-ph.HE2026

A Multi-Wavelength View of the First Type Ic-BL Supernova with an Einstein Probe X-ray Shock Breakout

Jillian C. Rastinejad, Gokul Srinivasaragavan, Nikhil Sarin +36

In March 2026, the Einstein Probe (EP) discovered its most nearby (z = 0.0343) Fast X-ray Transient (FXT), EP260321a, the first EP FXT to provide a strong match to expectations for…

astro-ph.HE2026

Constraints on Late-Time Flaring from Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the Zwicky Transient Facility

Rahul Jayaraman, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Michael M. Fausnaugh +14

The Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) AT2022tsd exhibited minutes-timescale optical flares in the tens of days following the initial transient event, likely due to a cen…

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.SR2026

Nebular Phase Evolution of SN 2023ixf (I): From Circumstellar Infrared Echo to the onset of in-situ Dust Formation in a Type II Supernova

Avinash Singh, S. Goto, A. Sarangi +58

We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Type II supernova SN 2023ixf spanning 150 to 750 days, combined with published early-ti…

astro-ph.HE2026

Multiwavelength Analysis of Six Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients

Cassie Sevilla, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Nayana A. J. +43

We present multiwavelength observations and analysis of six luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) discovered in Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) survey data. We identified…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 4 cited

AT2024wpp: An Extremely Luminous Fast Ultraviolet Transient Powered by Accretion onto a Black Hole

Daniel A. Perley, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Zoë McGrath +69

We present the discovery of AT 2024wpp ("Whippet"), a fast and luminous 18cow-like transient. At a redshift of z=0.0868, revealed by Keck Cosmic Web Imager spectroscopy of its fain…

astro-ph.HE2025

SN 2021lwz: Another Exotic Luminous and Fast Evolving Optical Stripped Envelope Supernova ?

F. Poidevin, S. L. West, C. M. B. Omand +25

Current large-scale, high-cadence surveys, such as the ZTF, provide detections of new and rare types of transients and supernovae whose physical origins are not well understood. We…

astro-ph.HE2025

Evidence for an intrinsic luminosity-decay correlation in GRB radio afterglows

S. P. R. Shilling, S. R. Oates, D. A. Kann +12

We present the discovery of a correlation, in a sample of 16 gamma-ray burst 8.5 GHz radio afterglows, between the intrinsic luminosity measured at 10 days in the rest frame, $L_{\…

astro-ph.HE2025

Twin peaks: SN 2021uvy and SN 2022hgk in the landscape of double-peaked stripped envelope supernovae

Yashvi Sharma, Jesper Sollerman, William Meynardie +25

In recent years, a class of stripped-envelope supernovae (SESNe) showing two distinct light-curve peaks has emerged, where the first peak cannot be attributed to shock cooling emis…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

AT2019cmw: A highly luminous, cooling featureless TDE candidate from the disruption of a high mass star in an early-type galaxy

Jacob L. Wise, Daniel A. Perley, Nikhil Sarin +23

We present optical/UV photometric and spectroscopic observations, as well as X-ray and radio follow-up, of the extraordinary event AT2019cmw. With a peak bolometric luminosity of ~…

astro-ph.HE2025

LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA neutron star merger candidate S250206dm: Zwicky Transient Facility observations

Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand, Mattia Bulla +49

We present the searches conducted with the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in response to S250206dm, a bona fide event with a false alarm rate of one in 25 years, detected by the I…

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

Low-Luminosity Type IIP Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe. II: Lightcurve Analysis

Kaustav K. Das, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Jesper Sollerman +18

The Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe survey yielded a sample of 330 Type IIP supernovae (SNe) with well-constrained peak luminosities. In paper I (arXiv:2502.…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

SN 2023xgo: Helium-rich Type Icn or Carbon-Flash Type Ibn supernova?

Anjasha Gangopadhyay, Jesper Sollerman, Konstantinos Tsalapatas +35

We present observations of SN~2023xgo, a transitional Type Ibn/Icn supernova, from to ~days relative to the -band peak. Early spectra show C~III emission rem…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Surrogate models for lightcurves and photosphere properties of Type II supernovae

Nikhil Sarin, Takashi J. Moriya, Avinash Singh +5

Inferences on the properties Type II supernovae (SNe) can provide significant insights into the lives and deaths of the astrophysical population of massive stars and potentially pr…

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.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★ 14 cited

The nebular spectra of SN 2023ixf: A lower mass, partially stripped progenitor may be the result of binary interaction

Philip D. Michel, Paolo A. Mazzali, Daniel A. Perley +2

SN 2023ixf is one of the brightest Core Collapse Supernovae of the 21st century and offers a rare opportunity to investigate the late stage of a Supernova through nebular phase spe…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 13 cited

Inferring CSM Properties of Type II SNe Using a Magnitude-Limited ZTF Sample

K-Ryan Hinds, Daniel Perley, Jesper Sollerman +20

Although all Type II supernovae (SNe) originate from massive stars possessing a hydrogen-rich envelope, their light curve morphology is diverse, reflecting poorly characterised het…

astro-ph.HE2025

A Luminous Red Optical Flare and Hard X-ray Emission in the Tidal Disruption Event AT2024kmq

Anna Y. Q. Ho, Yuhan Yao, Tatsuya Matsumoto +30

We present the optical discovery and multiwavelength follow-up observations of AT2024kmq, a likely tidal disruption event (TDE) associated with a supermassive ($M_{\rm BH}\sim 10^{…

astro-ph.HE2025

Low-Luminosity Type IIP Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe. I: Luminosity Function, Volumetric Rate

Kaustav K. Das, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Christoffer Fremling +51

We present the luminosity function and volumetric rate of a sample of Type IIP supernovae (SNe) from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe survey (CLU). This i…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

A Massive Black Hole 0.8 kpc from the Host Nucleus Revealed by the Offset Tidal Disruption Event AT2024tvd

Yuhan Yao, Ryan Chornock, Charlotte Ward +31

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) that are spatially offset from the nuclei of their host galaxies offer a new probe of massive black hole (MBH) wanderers, binaries, triples, and reco…