Ashish Mahabal

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Journal article Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Jun 2026

BOOM and Babamul: A Real-time, Multi-survey, Optical Alert Broker System Operating at Scale

Theophile Jegou du Laz, Michael W. Coughlin, Peter Bachant … Joshua S. Bloom … +16 moreShow fewer
Theophile Jegou du Laz, Michael W. Coughlin, Peter Bachant, Jacob E. Simones, Thomas Culino, Antoine Le Calloch, Sushant Sharma Chaudhary, Xander J. Hall, Tyler Barna, Daniel Warshofsky, Matthew Graham, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Ashish Mahabal, Joshua S. Bloom, Antonella Palmese, Frank J. Masci, Steven L. Groom, Richard Dekany, Reed L. Riddle, George Helou
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Journal article The Astrophysical Journal Dec 2025

ZTF25abjmnps (AT2025ulz) and S250818k: A Candidate Superkilonova from a Subthreshold Subsolar Gravitational-wave Trigger

Mansi M. Kasliwal, Tomás Ahumada, Robert Stein … Joshua S. Bloom … +60 moreShow fewer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Tomás Ahumada, Robert Stein, Viraj Karambelkar, Xander J. Hall, Avinash Singh, Christoffer Fremling, Brian D. Metzger, Mattia Bulla, Vishwajeet Swain, Sarah Antier, Marion Pillas, Malte Busmann, James Freeburn, Sergey Karpov, Aleksandra Bochenek, Brendan O’Connor, Daniel A. Perley, Dalya Akl, Shreya Anand, Andrew Toivonen, Sam Rose, Theophile Jegou du Laz, Chang Liu, Kaustav Das, Sushant Sharma Chaudhary, Tyler Barna, Aditya Pawan Saikia, Igor Andreoni, Eric C. Bellm, Varun Bhalerao, S. Bradley Cenko, Michael W. Coughlin, Daniel Gruen, Daniel Kasen, Adam A. Miller, Samaya Nissanke, Antonella Palmese, Jesper Sollerman, Niharika Sravan, G.C. Anupama, Smaranika Banerjee, Sudhanshu Barway, Joshua S. Bloom, Tomás Cabrera, Tracy Chen, Chris Copperwheat, Alessandra Corsi, Richard Dekany, Nicholas Earley, Matthew Graham, Patrice Hello, George Helou, Lei Hu, Yves Kini, Ashish Mahabal, Frank Masci, Tanishk Mohan, Natalya Pletskova, Josiah Purdum, Yu-Jing Qin, Nabeel Rehemtulla, Anirudh Salgundi, Yuankun Wang
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Dec 2020

Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3

Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shreya Anand, Tomás Ahumada … Joshua S. Bloom … +99 moreShow fewer
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shreya Anand, Tomás Ahumada, Robert Stein, Ana Sagués Carracedo, Igor Andreoni, Michael W. Coughlin, Leo P. Singer, Erik C. Kool, Kishalay De, Harsh Kumar, Mouza AlMualla, Yuhan Yao, Mattia Bulla, Dougal Dobie, Simeon Reusch, Daniel A. Perley, S. Bradley Cenko, Varun Bhalerao, David L. Kaplan, Jesper Sollerman, Ariel Goobar, Christopher M. Copperwheat, Eric C. Bellm, G. C. Anupama, Alessandra Corsi, Samaya Nissanke, Iván Agudo, Ashot Bagdasaryan, Sudhanshu Barway, Justin Belicki, Joshua S. Bloom, Bryce Bolin, David A. H. Buckley, Kevin B. Burdge, Rick Burruss, Maria D. Caballero-Garcı́a, Chris Cannella, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, David O. Cook, Jeff Cooke, Virginia Cunningham, Aishwarya Dahiwale, Kunal Deshmukh, Simone Dichiara, Dmitry A. Duev, Anirban Dutta, Michael Feeney, Anna Franckowiak, Sara Frederick, Christoffer Fremling, Avishay Gal-Yam, Pradip Gatkine, Shaon Ghosh, Daniel A. Goldstein, V. Zach Golkhou, Matthew J. Graham, Melissa L. Graham, Matthew J. Hankins, George Helou, Youdong Hu, Wing-Huen Ip, Amruta Jaodand, Viraj Karambelkar, Albert K. H. Kong, Marek Kowalski, Maitreya Khandagale, S. R. Kulkarni, Brajesh Kumar, Russ R. Laher, K. L. Li, Ashish Mahabal, Frank J. Masci, Adam A. Miller, Moses Mogotsi, Siddharth Mohite, Kunal Mooley, Przemek Mroz, Jeffrey A. Newman, Chow-Choong Ngeow, Samantha R. Oates, Atharva Sunil Patil, Shashi B. Pandey, M. Pavana, Elena Pian, Reed Riddle, Rubén Sánchez-Ram\ŕez, Yashvi Sharma, Avinash Singh, Roger Smith, Maayane T. Soumagnac, Kirsty Taggart, Hanjie Tan, Anastasios Tzanidakis, Eleonora Troja, Azamat F. Valeev, Richard Walters, Gaurav Waratkar, Sara Webb, Po-Chieh Yu, Bin-Bin Zhang, Rongpu Zhou, Jeffry Zolkower
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Letters Aug 2019

GROWTH on S190510g: DECam Observation Planning and Follow-up of a Distant Binary Neutron Star Merger Candidate

Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein, Shreya Anand … Joshua S. Bloom … +22 moreShow fewer
Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein, Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin, Leo P. Singer, Tomás Ahumada, Michael Medford, Erik C. Kool, Sara Webb, Mattia Bulla, Joshua S. Bloom, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Peter E. Nugent, Ashot Bagdasaryan, Jennifer Barnes, David O. Cook, Jeff Cooke, Dmitry A. Duev, U. Christoffer Fremling, Pradip Gatkine, V. Zach Golkhou, Albert K. H. Kong, Ashish Mahabal, Jorge Martı́nez-Palomera, Duo Tao, Keming Zhang
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Journal article The Astrophysical Journal Mar 2019

LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

Željko Ivezić, Steven M. Kahn, J. Anthony Tyson … Joshua S. Bloom … +323 moreShow fewer
Željko Ivezić, Steven M. Kahn, J. Anthony Tyson, Bob Abel, Emily Acosta, Robyn Allsman, David Alonso, Yusra AlSayyad, Scott F. Anderson, John Andrew, James Roger P. Angel, George Z. Angeli, Reza Ansari, Pierre Antilogus, Constanza Araujo, Robert Armstrong, Kirk T. Arndt, Pierre Astier, Éric Aubourg, Nicole Auza, Tim S. Axelrod, Deborah J. Bard, Jeff D. Barr, Aurelian Barrau, James G. Bartlett, Amanda E. Bauer, Brian J. Bauman, Sylvain Baumont, Ellen Bechtol, Keith Bechtol, Andrew C. Becker, Jacek Becla, Cristina Beldica, Steve Bellavia, Federica B. Bianco, Rahul Biswas, Guillaume Blanc, Jonathan Blazek, Roger D. Blandford, Joshua S. Bloom, Joanne Bogart, Tim W. Bond, Michael T. Booth, Anders W. Borgland, Kirk Borne, James F. Bosch, Dominique Boutigny, Craig A. Brackett, Andrew Bradshaw, William Nielsen Brandt, Michael E. Brown, James S. Bullock, Patricia Burchat, David L. Burke, Gianpietro Cagnoli, Daniel Calabrese, Shawn Callahan, Alice L. Callen, Jeffrey L. Carlin, Erin L. Carlson, Srinivasan Chandrasekharan, Glenaver Charles-Emerson, Steve Chesley, Elliott C. Cheu, Hsin-Fang Chiang, James Chiang, Carol Chirino, Derek Chow, David R. Ciardi, Charles F. Claver, Johann Cohen-Tanugi, Joseph J. Cockrum, Rebecca Coles, Andrew J. Connolly, Kem H. Cook, Asantha Cooray, Kevin R. Covey, Chris Cribbs, Wei Cui, Roc Cutri, Philip N. Daly, Scott F. Daniel, Felipe Daruich, Guillaume Daubard, Greg Daues, William Dawson, Francisco Delgado, Alfred Dellapenna, Robert de Peyster, Miguel de Val-Borro, Seth W. Digel, Peter Doherty, Richard Dubois, Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann, Josef Durech, Frossie Economou, Tim Eifler, Michael Eracleous, Benjamin L. Emmons, Angelo Fausti Neto, Henry Ferguson, Enrique Figueroa, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Warren Focke, Michael D. Foss, James Frank, Michael D. Freemon, Emmanuel Gangler, Eric Gawiser, John C. Geary, Perry Gee, Marla Geha, Charles J. B. Gessner, Robert R. Gibson, D. Kirk Gilmore, Thomas Glanzman, William Glick, Tatiana Goldina, Daniel A. Goldstein, Iain Goodenow, Melissa L. Graham, William J. Gressler, Philippe Gris, Leanne P. Guy, Augustin Guyonnet, Gunther Haller, Ron Harris, Patrick A. Hascall, Justine Haupt, Fabio Hernandez, Sven Herrmann, Edward Hileman, Joshua Hoblitt, John A. Hodgson, Craig Hogan, James D. Howard, Dajun Huang, Michael E. Huffer, Patrick Ingraham, Walter R. Innes, Suzanne H. Jacoby, Bhuvnesh Jain, Fabrice Jammes, M. James Jee, Tim Jenness, Garrett Jernigan, Darko Jevremović, Kenneth Johns, Anthony S. Johnson, Margaret W. G. Johnson, R. Lynne Jones, Claire Juramy-Gilles, Mario Jurić, Jason S. Kalirai, Nitya J. Kallivayalil, Bryce Kalmbach, Jeffrey P. Kantor, Pierre Karst, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Heather Kelly, Richard Kessler, Veronica Kinnison, David Kirkby, Lloyd Knox, Ivan V. Kotov, Victor L. Krabbendam, K. Simon Krughoff, Petr Kubánek, John Kuczewski, Shri Kulkarni, John Ku, Nadine R. Kurita, Craig S. Lage, Ron Lambert, Travis Lange, J. Brian Langton, Laurent Le Guillou, Deborah Levine, Ming Liang, Kian-Tat Lim, Chris J. Lintott, Kevin E. Long, Margaux Lopez, Paul J. Lotz, Robert H. Lupton, Nate B. Lust, Lauren A. MacArthur, Ashish Mahabal, Rachel Mandelbaum, Thomas W. Markiewicz, Darren S. Marsh, Philip J. Marshall, Stuart Marshall, Morgan May, Robert McKercher, Michelle McQueen, Joshua Meyers, Myriam Migliore, Michelle Miller, David J. Mills, Connor Miraval, Joachim Moeyens, Fred E. Moolekamp, David G. Monet, Marc Moniez, Serge Monkewitz, Christopher Montgomery, Christopher B. Morrison, Fritz Mueller, Gary P. Muller, Freddy Muñoz Arancibia, Douglas R. Neill, Scott P. Newbry, Jean-Yves Nief, Andrei Nomerotski, Martin Nordby, Paul O’Connor, John Oliver, Scot S. Olivier, Knut Olsen, William O’Mullane, Sandra Ortiz, Shawn Osier, Russell E. Owen, Reynald Pain, Paul E. Palecek, John K. Parejko, James B. Parsons, Nathan M. Pease, J. Matt Peterson, John R. Peterson, Donald L. Petravick, M. E. Libby Petrick, Cathy E. Petry, Francesco Pierfederici, Stephen Pietrowicz, Rob Pike, Philip A. Pinto, Raymond Plante, Stephen Plate, Joel P. Plutchak, Paul A. Price, Michael Prouza, Veljko Radeka, Jayadev Rajagopal, Andrew P. Rasmussen, Nicolas Regnault, Kevin A. Reil, David J. Reiss, Michael A. Reuter, Stephen T. Ridgway, Vincent J. Riot, Steve Ritz, Sean Robinson, William Roby, Aaron Roodman, Wayne Rosing, Cecille Roucelle, Matthew R. Rumore, Stefano Russo, Abhijit Saha, Benoit Sassolas, Terry L. Schalk, Pim Schellart, Rafe H. Schindler, Samuel Schmidt, Donald P. Schneider, Michael D. Schneider, William Schoening, German Schumacher, Megan E. Schwamb, Jacques Sebag, Brian Selvy, Glenn H. Sembroski, Lynn G. Seppala, Andrew Serio, Eduardo Serrano, Richard A. Shaw, Ian Shipsey, Jonathan Sick, Nicole Silvestri, Colin T. Slater, J. Allyn Smith, R. Chris Smith, Shahram Sobhani, Christine Soldahl, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Edward Stover, Michael A. Strauss, Rachel A. Street, Christopher W. Stubbs, Ian S. Sullivan, Donald Sweeney, John D. Swinbank, Alexander Szalay, Peter Takacs, Stephen A. Tether, Jon J. Thaler, John Gregg Thayer, Sandrine Thomas, Adam J. Thornton, Vaikunth Thukral, Jeffrey Tice, David E. Trilling, Max Turri, Richard Van Berg, Daniel Vanden Berk, Kurt Vetter, Francoise Virieux, Tomislav Vucina, William Wahl, Lucianne Walkowicz, Brian Walsh, Christopher W. Walter, Daniel L. Wang, Shin-Yawn Wang, Michael Warner, Oliver Wiecha, Beth Willman, Scott E. Winters, David Wittman, Sidney C. Wolff, W. Michael Wood-Vasey, Xiuqin Wu, Bo Xin, Peter Yoachim, Hu Zhan
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Journal article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Mar 2019

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 … Joshua S. Bloom … +61 moreShow fewer
Daniel A. Perley, Paolo A. Mazzali, Lin Yan, S. Bradley Cenko, Suvi Gezari, Kirsty Taggart, Nadia Blagorodnova, Christoffer Fremling, Brenna Mockler, Avinash Singh, Nozomu Tominaga, Masaomi Tanaka, Alan M. Watson, Tomás Ahumada, G. C. Anupama, Chris Ashall, Rosa L. Becerra, David Bersier, Varun Bhalerao, Joshua S. Bloom, Nathaniel R. Butler, Chris Copperwheat, Michael W. Coughlin, Kishalay De, Andrew J. Drake, Dmitry A. Duev, Sara Frederick, J. Jesús González, Ariel Goobar, Marianne Heida, Anna Y. Q. Ho, John Horst, Tiara Hung, Ryosuke Itoh, Jacob E. Jencson, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Nobuyuki Kawai, Tanazza Khanam, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Brajesh Kumar, Harsh Kumar, Alexander S. Kutyrev, William H. Lee, Keiichi Maeda, Ashish Mahabal, Katsuhiro L. Murata, James D. Neill, Chow-Choong Ngeow, Bryan Penprase, Elena Pian, Robert Quimby, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Michael G. Richer, Carlos G. Román-Zúñiga, D. K. Sahu, Shubham Srivastav, Quentin Socia, Jesper Sollerman, Yutaro Tachibana, Francesco Taddia, Samaporn Tinyanont, Eleonora Troja, Charlotte Ward, Jerrick Wee, Po-Chieh Yu
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Book section Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes II. Edited by Guhathakurta, Puragra. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4834, pp. 238-247 (2003). Jan 2003

The cosmic gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies in a cosmological context

Stan G. Djorgovski, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Dale A. Frail … Joshua S. Bloom … +13 moreShow fewer
Stan G. Djorgovski, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Dale A. Frail, Fiona A. Harrison, Joshua S. Bloom, Edo Berger, P. A. Price, D. Fox, A. M. Soderberg, Titus J. Galama, D. E. Reichart, Re'em Sari, S. A. Yost, Ashish Mahabal, S. M. Castro, Robert Goodrich, Frederic H. Chaffee
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