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A Faint Progenitor System for the Faint Supernova 2024vjm
Erez A. Zimmerman, Avishay Gal-Yam, Paul J. Groot +68
Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are well known for their role as standardizable cosmological candles. Their uniformity is credited to their single origin as thermonuclear explosions of…
The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview
Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75
The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…
OGLE-BLAP-009 -- A Case Study for the Properties and Evolution of Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators
Corey W. Bradshaw, Matti Dorsch, Thomas Kupfer +5
Blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs) make up a rare class of hot pulsating stars with effective temperatures of 30,000 K and surface gravities of 4.0 - 5.0 dex (cgs). Th…
A Pilot Search for Gravitational Self-Lensing Binaries with the Zwicky Transient Facility
Allison Crossland, Eric C. Bellm, Courtney Klein +5
Binary systems containing a compact object may exhibit periodic brightening episodes due to gravitational lensing as the compact object transits the companion star. Such ``self-len…
Electromagnetic characterization of the LISA verification binary ZTF J05265934
Alekzander Kosakowski, Thomas Kupfer, P. Bergeron +1
We present an analysis of new and archival data to the 20.506-minute LISA verification binary J052610.42593445.32 (J05265934). Our joint spectroscopic and photometric analysi…
LISA Galactic binaries with astrometry from Gaia DR3
Thomas Kupfer, Valeriya Korol, Tyson B. Littenberg +11
Galactic compact binaries with orbital periods shorter than a few hours emit detectable gravitational waves at low frequencies. Their gravitational wave signals can be detected wit…
Strongly magnetized accretion in two ultracompact binary systems
Thomas J. Maccarone, Thomas Kupfer, Edgar Najera Casarrubias +5
We present the discoveries of two of AM CVn systems, Gaia14aae and SDSS~J080449.49+161624.8, which show X-ray pulsations at their orbital periods, indicative of magnetically collim…
X-ray observation of the Roche-lobe filling white dwarf plus hot subdwarf system ZTF J213056.71+442046.5
S. Mereghetti, N. La Palombara, T. Kupfer +9
ZTF J213056.71+442046.5 is the prototype of a small class of recently discovered compact binaries composed of a white dwarf and a hot subdwarf that fills its Roche-lobe. Its orbita…
New Variable Hot Subdwarf Stars Identified from Anomalous Gaia Flux Errors, Observed by TESS, and Classified via Fourier Diagnostics
Brad N. Barlow, Kyle A. Corcoran, Isabelle M. Parker +7
Hot subdwarf stars are mostly stripped red giants that can exhibit photometric variations due to stellar pulsations, eclipses, the reflection effect, ellipsoidal modulation, and Do…
Discovery of a double detonation thermonuclear supernova progenitor
Thomas Kupfer, Evan B. Bauer, Jan van Roestel +12
We present the discovery of a new double detonation progenitor system consisting of a hot subdwarf B (sdB) binary with a white dwarf companion with an P=76.34179(2) min orbital per…
A hot subdwarf-white dwarf super-Chandrasekhar candidate supernova Ia progenitor
Ingrid Pelisoli, P. Neunteufel, S. Geier +8
Supernova Ia are bright explosive events that can be used to estimate cosmological distances, allowing us to study the expansion of the Universe. They are understood to result from…
Phases of Mass Transfer from Hot Subdwarfs to White Dwarf Companions and Their Photometric Properties
Evan B. Bauer, Thomas Kupfer
Binary systems of a hot subdwarf B (sdB) star + a white dwarf (WD) with orbital periods less than 2-3 hours can come into contact due to gravitational waves and transfer mass from…
ZTFJ0038+2030: a long period eclipsing white dwarf and a substellar companion
Jan van Roestel, Thomas Kupfer, Keaton J. Bell +11
In a search for eclipsing white dwarfs using the Zwicky Transient Facility lightcurves, we identified a deep eclipsing white dwarf with a dark, substellar companion. The lack of an…
Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Michael S. P. Kelley, Tony L. Farnham, Jian-Yang Li +32
Cometary activity is a manifestation of sublimation-driven processes at the surface of nuclei. However, cometary outbursts may arise from other processes that are not necessarily d…
A systematic search for outbursting AM CVn systems with the Zwicky Transient Facility
Jan van Roestel, Leah Creter, Thomas Kupfer +15
AM CVn systems are a rare type of accreting binary that consists of a white dwarf and a helium-rich, degenerate donor star. Using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), we searched f…
Year 1 of the ZTF high-cadence Galactic Plane Survey: Strategy, goals, and early results on new single-mode hot subdwarf B-star pulsators
Thomas Kupfer, Thomas A. Prince, Jan van Roestel +18
We present the goals, strategy and first results of the high-cadence Galactic plane survey using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). The goal of the survey is to unveil the Galact…
HO Puppis: Not a Be Star but a Newly Confirmed IW And-Type Star
Chien-De Lee, Jia-Yu Ou, Po-Chieh Yu +19
HO Puppis (HO Pup) was considered as a Be-star candidate based on its gamma-Cassiopeiae-type light curve, but lacked spectroscopic confirmation. Using distance measured from Gaia D…
The luminous red nova AT 2018bwo in NGC 45 and its binary yellow supergiant progenitor
Nadejda Blagorodnova, Jakub Klencki, Ondrej Pejcha +12
Luminous Red Novae (LRNe) are astrophysical transients associated with the partial ejection of a binary system's common envelope (CE) shortly before its merger. Here we present the…
An Outburst by AM CVn binary SDSS J113732.32+405458.3
Tin Long Sunny Wong, Jan van Roestel, Thomas Kupfer +1
We report the discovery of a one magnitude increase in the optical brightness of the 59.63 minute orbital period AM CVn binary SDSS J113732.32+405458.3. Public , , and ba…
Multi-wavelength Observations of AT2019wey: a New Candidate Black Hole Low-mass X-ray Binary
Yuhan Yao, S. R. Kulkarni, Kevin B. Burdge +21
AT2019wey (SRGA J043520.9+552226, SRGE J043523.3+552234) is a transient first reported by the ATLAS optical survey in 2019 December. It rose to prominence upon detection, three mon…
Initial Characterization of Active Transitioning Centaur, P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS), using Hubble, Spitzer, ZTF, Keck, APO and GROWTH Visible & Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy
Bryce T. Bolin, Yanga R. Fernandez, Carey M. Lisse +43
We present visible and mid-infrared imagery and photometry of temporary Jovian co-orbital comet P/2019 LD taken with HST/WFC3, Spitzer/IRAC, the GROWTH telescope network, visib…
TDE Hosts are Green and Centrally Concentrated: Signatures of a Post-Merger System
Erica Hammerstein, Suvi Gezari, Sjoert van Velzen +17
We study the properties of the galaxies hosting the first 19 tidal disruption events (TDEs) detected with the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) within the context of a carefully cons…
Bright, months-long stellar outbursts announce the explosion of interaction-powered supernovae
Nora L. Strotjohann, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam +53
Interaction-powered supernovae (SNe) explode within an optically-thick circumstellar medium (CSM) that could be ejected during eruptive events. To identify and characterize such pr…
The ZTF Source Classification Project: II. Periodicity and variability processing metrics
Michael W. Coughlin, Kevin Burdge, Dmitry A. Duev +22
The current generation of all-sky surveys is rapidly expanding our ability to study variable and transient sources. These surveys, with a variety of sensitivities, cadences, and fi…