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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…
Type Ic supernovae from the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory
C. Barbarino, J. Sollerman, F. Taddia +8
Type Ic supernovae represent the explosions of the most stripped massive stars, but their progenitors and explosion mechanisms remain unclear. Larger samples of observed supernovae…
An 8.8 minute orbital period eclipsing detached double white dwarf binary
Kevin B. Burdge, Michael W. Coughlin, Jim Fuller +13
We report the discovery of ZTF J2243+5242, an eclipsing double white dwarf binary with an orbital period of just minutes, the second known eclipsing binary with an orbital pe…
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…
Optical follow-up of the neutron star-black hole mergers S200105ae and S200115j
Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin, Mansi M. Kasliwal +46
LIGO and Virgo's third observing run (O3) revealed the first neutron star-black hole (NSBH) merger candidates in gravitational waves. These events are predicted to synthesize r-pro…
Two stripped envelope supernovae with circumstellar interaction -- but only one really shows it
J. Sollerman, C. Fransson, C. Barbarino +23
We present SN 2019tsf (ZTF19ackjszs) and SN 2019oys (ZTF19abucwzt). These two stripped envelope Type Ib supernovae suddenly showed a (re-)brightening in their late light curves. We…
SN 2018ijp: the explosion of a stripped-envelope star within a dense H-rich shell?
L. Tartaglia, J. Sollerman, C. Barbarino +24
In this paper, we discuss the outcomes of the follow-up campaign of SN 2018ijp, discovered as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility survey for optical transients. Its first spectru…
Characterization of Temporarily-Captured Minimoon 2020 CD by Keck Time-resolved Spectrophotometry
Bryce T. Bolin, Christoffer Fremling, Timothy R. Holt +42
We present time-resolved visible spectrophotometry of minimoon 2020 CD, the second asteroid known to become temporarily captured by the Earth-Moon system's gravitational field.…
SN 2020bqj: a Type Ibn supernova with a long lasting peak plateau
E. C. Kool, E. Karamehmetoglu, J. Sollerman +31
Context: Type Ibn supernovae are a rare class of stripped envelope supernovae interacting with a helium-rich CSM. The majority of the SNe Ibn reported display a surprising homogene…
Constraining the Kilonova Rate with Zwicky Transient Facility Searches Independent of Gravitational Wave and Short Gamma-ray Burst Triggers
Igor Andreoni, Erik C. Kool, Ana Sagues Carracedo +34
The first binary neutron star merger, GW170817, was accompanied by a radioactivity-powered optical/infrared transient called a kilonova. To date, no compelling kilonova has been fo…
A new class of Roche lobe-filling hot subdwarf binaries
Thomas Kupfer, Evan B. Bauer, Kevin B. Burdge +30
We present the discovery of the second binary with a Roche lobe-filling hot subdwarf transferring mass to a white dwarf (WD) companion. This 56 minute binary was discovered using d…
A non-equipartition shockwave traveling in a dense circumstellar environment around SN2020oi
Assaf Horesh, Itai Sfaradi, Mattias Ergon +34
We report the discovery and panchromatic followup observations of the young Type Ic supernova, SN2020oi, in M100, a grand design spiral galaxy at a mere distance of Mpc. We fo…
Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Mergers
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shreya Anand, Tomas Ahumada +100
We present a systematic search for optical counterparts to 13 gravitational wave (GW) triggers involving at least one neutron star during LIGO/Virgo's third observing run. We searc…
Helium-rich Superluminous Supernovae From the Zwicky Transient Facility
Lin Yan, D. Perley, S. Schulze +39
Helium is expected to be present in the ejecta of some hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSN-I). However, so far only one event, PTF10hgi has been identified with He feature…
ZTF20aajnksq (AT2020blt): A Fast Optical Transient at With No Detected Gamma-Ray Burst Counterpart
Anna Y. Q. Ho, Daniel A. Perley, Paz Beniamini +27
We present ZTF20aajnksq (AT2020blt), a fast-fading ( mag in days) red ( mag) and luminous () optical transient at discovered…
SN2019dge: a Helium-rich Ultra-Stripped Envelope Supernova
Yuhan Yao, Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal +28
We present observations of ZTF18abfcmjw (SN2019dge), a helium-rich supernova with a fast-evolving light curve indicating an extremely low ejecta mass () and l…
Zwicky Transient Facility constraints on the optical emission from the nearby repeating FRB 180916.J0158+65
Igor Andreoni, Wenbin Lu, Roger M. Smith +16
The discovery rate of fast radio bursts (FRBs) is increasing dramatically thanks to new radio facilities. Meanwhile, wide-field instruments such as the 47 deg Zwicky Transient…
The Spectacular Ultraviolet Flash From the Peculiar Type Ia Supernova 2019yvq
A. A. Miller, M. R. Magee, A. Polin +42
Early observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) provide essential clues for understanding the progenitor system that gave rise to the terminal thermonuclear explosion. We pres…
A tidal disruption event coincident with a high-energy neutrino
Robert Stein, Sjoert van Velzen, Marek Kowalski +55
Cosmic neutrinos provide a unique window into the otherwise-hidden mechanism of particle acceleration in astrophysical objects. A flux of high-energy neutrinos was discovered in 20…
The Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe I: Systematic search for Calcium rich gap transients reveal three related spectroscopic sub-classes
Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Anastasios Tzanidakis +47
(Abridged) Using the Zwicky Transient Facility alert stream, we are conducting a large campaign to spectroscopically classify all transients occurring in galaxies in the Census of…
An extremely energetic supernova from a very massive star in a dense medium
Matt Nicholl, Peter K. Blanchard, Edo Berger +14
The interaction of a supernova with a circumstellar medium (CSM) can dramatically increase the emitted luminosity by converting kinetic energy to thermal energy. In 'superluminous'…
The Koala: A Fast Blue Optical Transient with Luminous Radio Emission from a Starburst Dwarf Galaxy at
Anna Y. Q. Ho, D. A. Perley, S. R. Kulkarni +25
We present ZTF18abvkwla (the "Koala"), a fast blue optical transient discovered in the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) One-Day Cadence (1DC) Survey. ZTF18abvkwla has a number of fe…
SN2020bvc: a Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova with a Double-peaked Optical Light Curve and a Luminous X-ray and Radio Counterpart
A. Y. Q. Ho, S. R. Kulkarni, D. A. Perley +34
We present optical, radio, and X-ray observations of SN2020bvc (=ASASSN20bs; ZTF20aalxlis), a nearby (; =114 Mpc) broad-lined (BL) Type Ic supernova (SN). Our observat…