Mattia Bulla

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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 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Aug 2025

IIb or not IIb: A Catalog of ZTF Kilonova Imposters

Tyler Barna, Christoffer Fremling, Tomas Ahumada … Joshua S. Bloom … +11 moreShow fewer
Tyler Barna, Christoffer Fremling, Tomas Ahumada, Igor Andreoni, Smaranika Banerjee, Joshua S. Bloom, Mattia Bulla, Tracy X. Chen, Michael W. Coughlin, Tim Dietrich, Xander J. Hall, Alexandra Junell, Ben Rusholme, Jesper Sollerman, Niharika Sravan
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Journal article Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Nov 2024

Searching for Gravitational Wave Optical Counterparts with the Zwicky Transient Facility: Summary of O4a

Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin … Joshua S. Bloom … +48 moreShow fewer
Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin, Vaidehi Gupta, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Robert D. Stein, Gaurav Waratkar, Vishwajeet Swain, Theophile Jegou du Laz, Akash Anumarlapudi, Igor Andreoni, Mattia Bulla, Gokul P. Srinivasaragavan, Andrew Toivonen, Avery Wold, Eric C. Bellm, S. Bradley Cenko, David L. Kaplan, Jesper Sollerman, Varun Bhalerao, Daniel Perley, Anirudh Salgundi, Aswin Suresh, K-Ryan Hinds, Simeon Reusch, Jannis Necker, David O. Cook, Natalya Pletskova, Leo P. Singer, Smaranika Banerjee, Tyler Barna, Christopher M. Copperwheat, Brian Healy, R. Weizmann Kiendrebeogo, Harsh Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Marianna Pezzella, Ana Sagués-Carracedo, Niharika Sravan, Joshua S. Bloom, Tracy X. Chen, Matthew Graham, George Helou, Russ R. Laher, Ashish A. Mahabal, Josiah Purdum, G. C. Anupama, Sudhanshu Barway, Judhajeet Basu, Dhananjay Raman, Tamojeet Roychowdhury
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Journal article Nature Jan 2023

Publisher Correction: A very luminous jet from the disruption of a star by a massive black hole

Igor Andreoni, Michael W. Coughlin, Daniel A. Perley … Joshua S. Bloom … +77 moreShow fewer
Igor Andreoni, Michael W. Coughlin, Daniel A. Perley, Yuhan Yao, Wenbin Lu, S. Bradley Cenko, Harsh Kumar, Shreya Anand, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Antonio de Ugarte Postigo, Ana Sagués-Carracedo, Steve Schulze, D. Alexander Kann, S. R. Kulkarni, Jesper Sollerman, Nial Tanvir, Armin Rest, Luca Izzo, Jean J. Somalwar, David L. Kaplan, Tomás Ahumada, G. C. Anupama, Katie Auchettl, Sudhanshu Barway, Eric C. Bellm, Varun Bhalerao, Joshua S. Bloom, Michael Bremer, Mattia Bulla, Eric Burns, Sergio Campana, Poonam Chandra, Panos Charalampopoulos, Jeff Cooke, Valerio D'Elia, Kaustav Kashyap Das, Dougal Dobie, José Feliciano Agüı́ Fernández, James Freeburn, Cristoffer Fremling, Suvi Gezari, Simon Goode, Matthew J. Graham, Erica Hammerstein, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Charles D. Kilpatrick, Erik C. Kool, Melanie Krips, Russ R. Laher, Giorgos Leloudas, Andrew Levan, Michael J. Lundquist, Ashish A. Mahabal, Michael S. Medford, M. Coleman Miller, Anais Möller, Kunal P. Mooley, A. J. Nayana, Guy Nir, Peter T. H. Pang, Emmy Paraskeva, Richard A. Perley, Glen Petitpas, Miika Pursiainen, Vikram Ravi, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Reed Riddle, Mickael Rigault, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Ben Rusholme, Yashvi Sharma, I. A. Smith, Robert D. Stein, Christina Thöne, Aaron Tohuvavohu, Frank Valdes, Jan van Roestel, Susanna D. Vergani, Qinan Wang, Jielai Zhang
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Journal article Nature Dec 2022

A very luminous jet from the disruption of a star by a massive black hole

Igor Andreoni, Michael W. Coughlin, Daniel A. Perley … Joshua S. Bloom … +77 moreShow fewer
Igor Andreoni, Michael W. Coughlin, Daniel A. Perley, Yuhan Yao, Wenbin Lu, S. Bradley Cenko, Harsh Kumar, Shreya Anand, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Antonio de Ugarte Postigo, Ana Sagués-Carracedo, Steve Schulze, D. Alexander Kann, S. R. Kulkarni, Jesper Sollerman, Nial Tanvir, Armin Rest, Luca Izzo, Jean J. Somalwar, David L. Kaplan, Tomás Ahumada, G. C. Anupama, Katie Auchettl, Sudhanshu Barway, Eric C. Bellm, Varun Bhalerao, Joshua S. Bloom, Michael Bremer, Mattia Bulla, Eric Burns, Sergio Campana, Poonam Chandra, Panos Charalampopoulos, Jeff Cooke, Valerio D'Elia, Kaustav Kashyap Das, Dougal Dobie, José Feliciano Agüı́ Fernández, James Freeburn, Cristoffer Fremling, Suvi Gezari, Simon Goode, Matthew J. Graham, Erica Hammerstein, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Charles D. Kilpatrick, Erik C. Kool, Melanie Krips, Russ R. Laher, Giorgos Leloudas, Andrew Levan, Michael J. Lundquist, Ashish A. Mahabal, Michael S. Medford, M. Coleman Miller, Anais Möller, Kunal P. Mooley, A. J. Nayana, Guy Nir, Peter T. H. Pang, Emmy Paraskeva, Richard A. Perley, Glen Petitpas, Miika Pursiainen, Vikram Ravi, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Reed Riddle, Mickael Rigault, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Ben Rusholme, Yashvi Sharma, I. A. Smith, Robert D. Stein, Christina Thöne, Aaron Tohuvavohu, Frank Valdes, Jan van Roestel, Susanna D. Vergani, Qinan Wang, Jielai Zhang
DOI arXiv
Journal article Astrophysical Journal Jun 2022

In Search of Short Gamma-Ray Burst Optical Counterparts with the Zwicky Transient Facility

Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin … Joshua S. Bloom … +45 moreShow fewer
Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand, Michael W. Coughlin, Igor Andreoni, Erik C. Kool, Harsh Kumar, Simeon Reusch, Ana Sagués-Carracedo, Robert Stein, S. Bradley Cenko, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Leo P. Singer, Rachel Dunwoody, Joseph Mangan, Varun Bhalerao, Mattia Bulla, Eric Burns, Matthew J. Graham, David L. Kaplan, Daniel Perley, Mouza Almualla, Joshua S. Bloom, Virginia Cunningham, Kishalay De, Pradip Gatkine, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Viraj Karambelkar, Albert K. H. Kong, Yuhan Yao, G. C. Anupama, Sudhanshu Barway, Shaon Ghosh, Ryosuke Itoh, Sheila McBreen, Eric C. Bellm, Christoffer Fremling, Russ R. Laher, Ashish A. Mahabal, Reed L. Riddle, Philippe Rosnet, Ben Rusholme, Roger Smith, Jesper Sollerman, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Corinne Fletcher, Rachel Hamburg, Bagrat Mailyan, Christian Malacaria, Oliver Roberts
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Journal article Astrophysical Journal Supp. May 2022

Target-of-opportunity Observations of Gravitational-wave Events with Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Igor Andreoni, Raffaella Margutti, Om Sharan Salafia … Joshua S. Bloom … +51 moreShow fewer
Igor Andreoni, Raffaella Margutti, Om Sharan Salafia, B. Parazin, V. Ashley Villar, Michael W. Coughlin, Peter Yoachim, Kris Mortensen, Daniel Brethauer, S. J. Smartt, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Kate D. Alexander, Shreya Anand, E. Berger, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Federica B. Bianco, Peter K. Blanchard, Joshua S. Bloom, Enzo Brocato, Mattia Bulla, Regis Cartier, S. Bradley Cenko, Ryan Chornock, Christopher M. Copperwheat, Alessandra Corsi, Filippo D'Ammando, Paolo D'Avanzo, Laurence Élise Hélène Datrier, Ryan J. Foley, Giancarlo Ghirlanda, Ariel Goobar, Jonathan Grindlay, Aprajita Hajela, Daniel E. Holz, Viraj Karambelkar, E. C. Kool, Gavin P. Lamb, Tanmoy Laskar, Andrew Levan, Kate Maguire, Morgan May, Andrea Melandri, Dan Milisavljevic, A. A. Miller, Matt Nicholl, Samaya M. Nissanke, Antonella Palmese, Silvia Piranomonte, Armin Rest, Ana Sagués-Carracedo, Karelle Siellez, Leo P. Singer, Mathew Smith, D. Steeghs, Nial Tanvir
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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 arXiv e-prints Mar 2020

DECam-GROWTH Search for the Faint and Distant Binary Neutron Star and Neutron Star-Black Hole Mergers in O3a

Shreya Anand, Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein … Joshua S. Bloom … +9 moreShow fewer
Shreya Anand, Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Tomás Ahumada, Jennifer Barnes, Joshua S. Bloom, Mattia Bulla, S. Bradley Cenko, Jeff Cooke, Michael W. Coughlin, Peter E. Nugent, Leo P. Singer
Journal article Astrophysical Journal Feb 2020

GROWTH on S190814bv: Deep Synoptic Limits on the Optical/Near-infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star─Black Hole Merger

Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein, Mansi M. Kasliwal … Joshua S. Bloom … +48 moreShow fewer
Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Peter E. Nugent, Rongpu Zhou, Jeffrey A. Newman, Mattia Bulla, Francois Foucart, Kenta Hotokezaka, Ehud Nakar, Samaya Nissanke, Geert Raaijmakers, Joshua S. Bloom, Kishalay De, Jacob E. Jencson, Charlotte Ward, Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand, David A. H. Buckley, Maria D. Caballero-Garcı́a, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Christopher M. Copperwheat, Michael W. Coughlin, S. Bradley Cenko, Mariusz Gromadzki, Youdong Hu, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Daniel A. Perley, Yashvi Sharma, Azamat F. Valeev, David O. Cook, U. Christoffer Fremling, Harsh Kumar, Kirsty Taggart, Ashot Bagdasaryan, Jeff Cooke, Aishwarya Dahiwale, Suhail Dhawan, Dougal Dobie, Pradip Gatkine, V. Zach Golkhou, Ariel Goobar, Andreas Guerra Chaves, Matthew Hankins, David L. Kaplan, Albert K. H. Kong, Erik C. Kool, Siddharth Mohite, Jesper Sollerman, Anastasios Tzanidakis, Sara Webb, Keming Zhang
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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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