Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

THE YOUNG, MASSIVE, STAR CLUSTER SANDAGE-96 AFTER THE EXPLOSION OF SUPERNOVA 2004dj IN NGC 2403

(2009) J. Vinkó et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SN 2006gy: WAS IT REALLY EXTRAORDINARY?

(2009) I. Agnoletto et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

PROBING THE LOWER MASS LIMIT FOR SUPERNOVA PROGENITORS AND THE HIGH-MASS END OF THE INITIAL-FINAL MASS RELATION FROM WHITE DWARFS IN THE OPEN CLUSTER M35 (NGC 2168)

(2009) Kurtis A. Williams et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A massive hypergiant star as the progenitor of the supernova SN 2005gl

(2009) A. Gal-Yam et al.   NATURE

THE ARAUCARIA PROJECT: THE DISTANCE TO THE SCULPTOR GROUP GALAXY NGC 247 FROM CEPHEID VARIABLES DISCOVERED IN A WIDE-FIELD IMAGING SURVEY

(2008) Alejandro García-Varela et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

MEASURED METALLICITIES AT THE SITES OF NEARBY BROAD-LINED TYPE Ic SUPERNOVAE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SUPERNOVAE GAMMA-RAY BURST CONNECTION

(2008) M. Modjaz et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

THE WHITE DWARF POPULATION IN NGC 1039 (M34) AND THE WHITE DWARF INITIAL-FINAL MASS RELATION

(2008) Kate H. R. Rubin et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

Near-infra-red spectroscopic ages of massive star clusters in M 82

(2008) A. Lançon et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Core-collapse supernovae in low-metallicity environments and future all-sky transient surveys

(2008) D. R. Young et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Progenitor mass of the type IIP supernova 2005cs

(2008) V. P. Utrobin et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Multiple ring nebulae around blue supergiants

(2008) S. M. Chiţǎ et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

SN 2005 gj: evidence for LBV supernovae progenitors?

(2008) C. Trundle et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Scattered-Light Echoes from the Historical Galactic Supernovae Cassiopeia A and Tycho (SN 1572)

(2008) A. Rest et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE EXCEPTIONALLY LUMINOUS TYPE II-LINEAR SUPERNOVA 2008es

(2008) A. A. Miller et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

VLT Detection of a Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II-P Supernova 2008bk

(2008) S. Mattila et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

DISCOVERY OF THE ULTRA-BRIGHT TYPE II-L SUPERNOVA 2008es

(2008) S. Gezari et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SN 2006tf: Precursor Eruptions and the Optically Thick Regime of Extremely Luminous Type IIn Supernovae

(2008) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The VLT FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars: Rotation and Nitrogen Enrichment as the Key to Understanding Massive Star Evolution

(2008) I. Hunter et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Peculiar Type Ib Supernova 2006jc: A WCO Wolf‐Rayet Star Explosion

(2008) N. Tominaga et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Supernova 1996cr: SN 1987A’s Wild Cousin?

(2008) F. E. Bauer et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Probing Shock Breakout with SerendipitousGALEXDetections of Two SNLS Type II-P Supernovae

(2008) Suvi Gezari et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Discovery of a Young Massive Stellar Cluster near HESS J1813-178

(2008) Maria Messineo et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Survey About Nothing: Monitoring a Million Supergiants for Failed Supernovae

(2008) Christopher S. Kochanek et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Discovery of the Dust-Enshrouded Progenitor of SN 2008S withSpitzer

(2008) José L. Prieto et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Long γ‐Ray Bursts and Type Ic Core‐Collapse Supernovae Have Similar Locations in Hosts

(2008) Patrick L. Kelly et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Quantitative Spectroscopy of 24 A Supergiants in the Sculptor Galaxy NGC 300: Flux‐weighted Gravity–Luminosity Relationship, Metallicity, and Metallicity Gradient

(2008) Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Supernova Channel of Super‐AGB Stars

(2008) A. J. T. Poelarends et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Characterizing Supernova Progenitors via the Metallicities of their Host Galaxies, from Poor Dwarfs to Rich Spirals

(2008) Jose L. Prieto et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

How Much56Ni Can Be Produced in Core‐Collapse Supernovae? Evolution and Explosions of 30–100M⊙Stars

(2008) Hideyuki Umeda et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution

(2008) A. Pastorello et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Limits on the X-ray and optical luminosity of the progenitor of the Type Ia supernova 2007sr

(2008) Gijs Nelemans et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The effect of massive binaries on stellar populations and supernova progenitors

(2008) John J. Eldridge et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

An Upper Mass Limit on a Red Supergiant Progenitor for the Type II-Plateau Supernova SN 2006my1

(2008) Douglas C. Leonard et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

The Cassiopeia A Supernova Was of Type IIb

(2008) O. Krause et al.   SCIENCE

Supernova Shock Breakout from a Red Supergiant

(2008) K. Schawinski et al.   SCIENCE