The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

Matthew J. Graham, S. R. Kulkarni, Eric C. Bellm +114

On the early-time excess emission in hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae

Paul M. Vreeswijk, Giorgos Leloudas, Avishay Gal-Yam +27

The first tidal disruption flare in ZTF: from photometric selection to multi-wavelength characterization

Sjoert van Velzen, Suvi Gezari, S. Bradley Cenko +37

The Fast, Luminous Ultraviolet Transient AT2018cow: Extreme Supernova, or Disruption of a Star by an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole?

Daniel A. Perley, Paolo A. Mazzali, Lin Yan +60

The SED Machine: a robotic spectrograph for fast transient classification

Nadejda Blagorodnova, James D. Neill, Richard Walters +13

Type Ibn Supernovae Show Photometric Homogeneity and Spectral Diversity at Maximum Light

Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Iair Arcavi, Stefano Valenti +34

ZTF 18aaqeasu (SN 2018byg): A Massive Helium-shell Double Detonation on a Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarf

Kishalay De, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Abigail Polin +24

Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star

Iair Arcavi, D. Andrew Howell, Daniel Kasen +50

Search for precursor eruptions among Type IIb supernovae

Nora L. Strotjohann, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam +13

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Data Processing, Products, and Archive

Frank J. Masci, Russ R. Laher, Ben Rusholme +46

Discovery of an intermediate-luminosity red transient in M51 and its likely dust-obscured, infrared-variable progenitor

Jacob E. Jencson, Scott M. Adams, Howard E. Bond +49

The paper reports the discovery and detailed follow‑up of an intermediate‑luminosity red transient in the galaxy M51, identifying a dust‑obscured, infrared‑variable progenitor and…