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20242026
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11 papers

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

ATLAS100 -- I. A volume-limited sample of supernovae and related transients within 100 Mpc

Shubham Srivastav, Stephen J. Smartt, Thomas Moore +29

We present ATLAS100 -- a sample of 1729 supernovae and other explosive optical transients within Mpc observed by the ATLAS survey over a span of 5.75 years from 2017 Sep…

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

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

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…