A catalogue of over 10 million variable source candidates in ZTF Data Release 1. Issue 4 (24th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ofek, Eran O; Soumagnac, Maayane; Nir, Guy; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Nugent, Peter; Masci, Frank; Kulkarni, Shri R
• Is Part Of: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Volume 499:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 5782
• Page End: 5790
• Publication Date: 2020-10-24
• Subjects: catalogues -- novae, cataclysmic variables; Astronomy -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2814
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0035-8711

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Variable sources probe a wide range of astrophysical phenomena. We present a catalogue of over 10 million variable source candidates found in Data Release 1 (DR1) of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). We perform a periodicity search up to a frequency of 160 d −1, and we classify the light curves into erratic and smooth variables. We also present variability indicators and the results of a periodicity search, up to a frequency of 5 d −1, for about 1 billion sources in the ZTF-DR1 light curve data base. We present several new short-period (<90 min) candidates, and about 60 new dwarf nova candidates, including two candidate eclipsing systems. Both the 10 million variables catalogue and ∼1 billion source catalogue are available online in catsHTM format.