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…

General relativistic orbital decay in a seven-minute-orbital-period eclipsing binary system

Kevin B. Burdge, Michael W. Coughlin, Jim Fuller +23

The paper reports the discovery of an eclipsing double white dwarf binary with a 6.91‑minute orbital period that shows rapid orbital decay consistent with general relativity, makin…

2900 square degree search for the optical counterpart of short gamma-ray burst GRB 180523B with the Zwicky Transient Facility

Michael W. Coughlin, Tomas Ahumada, S. Bradley Cenko +31

A new class of pulsating hot subdwarfs

Thomas Kupfer, Evan B. Bauer, Kevin B. Burdge +22

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

The Kitt Peak Electron Multiplying CCD demonstrator

Michael W. Coughlin, Richard G. Dekany, Dmitry A. Duev +10

The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Matthew J. Graham +112