Frank J. Masci

California Institute of Technology — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

59h-index18.8kcitations443works3.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae(210), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(129), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(119), Astro and Planetary Science(83), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations(79)

Publications439 total

A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025Open Access
EP250827b/SN 2025wkm: An X-ray Flash-Supernova Powered by a Central Engine and Circumstellar Interaction
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
BOOM and Babamul: a real-time, multi-survey, optical alert broker system operating at scale
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
ZTF25abjmnps (AT2025ulz) and S250818k: A Candidate Superkilonova from a Sub-threshold Sub-Solar Gravitational Wave Trigger
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
COSINE (Cometary Object Study Investigating Their Nature and Evolution). I. Project Overview and General Characteristics of Detected Comets
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series·2025Open Access
The ambiguous AT2022rze: changing-look AGN mimicking a supernova in a merging galaxy system
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
A real-time search for Type Ia Supernovae with late-time interactions with circumstellar material in ZTF data
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Extremely stripped supernova reveals a silicon and sulfur formation site
Nature·2025· 8 cited
COSINE (Cometary Object Study Investigating their Nature and Evolution) I. Project Overview and General Characteristics of Detected Comets
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
A Luminous Red Optical Flare and Hard X-Ray Emission in the Tidal Disruption Event AT 2024kmq
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT
The Planetary Science Journal·2025Open Access
A half-ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
Luminous, rapidly declining supernovae as stripped transitional objects in low-metallicity environments: The case of SN 2022lxg
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA neutron star merger candidate S250206dm: Zwicky Transient Facility observations
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Asteroid phase function parameters and taxonomic constraints from the Zwicky Transient Facility
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025Open Access
Inferring CSM properties of Type II SNe using a magnitude-limited ZTF sample
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
The ambiguous AT2022rze: Changing-look AGN mimicking a supernova in a merging galaxy system
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
The First Systematically Identified Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 14 citedOpen Access
The Nature of Optical Afterglows without Gamma-Ray Bursts: Identification of AT2023lcr and Multiwavelength Modeling
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

S. R. Kulkarni(23), Eric C. Bellm(21), M. M. Kasliwal(20), D. L. Shupe(20), M. J. Graham(19), S. B. Cenko(17), Lin Yan(17), C. Fremling(16), G. Hélou(15), Thomas Kupfer(14), Russ R. Laher(14), J. Surace(14), Richard Dekany(13), Dmitry A. Duev(13), A. Mahabal(13), B. Rusholme(13), J. Sollerman(13), Reed Riddle(12), E. O. Ofek(12), Sara Frederick(11)