Luminous blue variable eruptions and related transients: diversity of progenitors and outburst properties

THE DIVERSITY OF MASSIVE STAR OUTBURSTS. I. OBSERVATIONS OF SN2009ip, UGC 2773 OT2009-1, AND THEIR PROGENITORS

(2011) Ryan J. Foley et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - I. The methods and data base

(2011) Jesse Leaman et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample

(2011) Weidong Li et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A ∼ 40 YEAR VARIABILITY CYCLE IN THE LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE/WOLF-RAYET BINARY SYSTEM HD 5980?

(2010) Gloria Koenigsberger et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

DISCOVERY OF PRECURSOR LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE OUTBURSTS IN TWO RECENT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS: THE FITFULLY VARIABLE MISSING LINKS UGC 2773-OT AND SN 2009ip

(2010) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

CENSUS OF SELF-OBSCURED MASSIVE STARS IN NEARBY GALAXIES WITHSPITZER: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PROGENITORS OF SN 2008S-LIKE TRANSIENTS

(2010) Rubab Khan et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA 2006gy

(2010) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SPITZER, VERY LARGE TELESCOPE, AND VERY LARGE ARRAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE GALACTIC LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE CANDIDATE HD 168625

(2010) G. Umana et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

FALLBACK SUPERNOVAE: A POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF PECULIAR SUPERNOVAE WITH EXTREMELY LOW EXPLOSION ENERGIES

(2010) Takashi Moriya et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SN 2010U: A LUMINOUS NOVA IN NGC 4214

(2010) Roberta M. Humphreys et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

RESULTS OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY SUPERNOVA SEARCH FOLLOW-UP PHOTOMETRY PROGRAM:BVRILIGHT CURVES OF 165 TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE

(2010) Mohan Ganeshalingam et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

Multiple major outbursts from a restless luminous blue variable in NGC 3432

(2010) A. Pastorello et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Numerical models of collisions between core-collapse supernovae and circumstellar shells

(2010) Allard Jan Van Marle et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

THE EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE DATABASE

(2009) R. Brent Tully et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

THE NGC 300 TRANSIENT: AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING PROGENITOR MASSES

(2009) Stephanie M. Gogarten et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ASPITZER/IRS SPECTRUM OF THE 2008 LUMINOUS TRANSIENT IN NGC 300: CONNECTION TO PROTO-PLANETARY NEBULAE

(2009) José L. Prieto et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SPECTRA AND LIGHT CURVES OF FAILED SUPERNOVAE

(2009) Chris L. Fryer et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SN 2008S: A COOL SUPER-EDDINGTON WIND IN A SUPERNOVA IMPOSTOR

(2009) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A NEW CLASS OF LUMINOUS TRANSIENTS AND A FIRST CENSUS OF THEIR MASSIVE STELLAR PROGENITORS

(2009) Todd A. Thompson et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

IMPROVED STANDARDIZATION OF TYPE II-P SUPERNOVAE: APPLICATION TO AN EXPANDED SAMPLE

(2009) Dovi Poznanski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

AN INTERMEDIATE LUMINOSITY TRANSIENT IN NGC 300: THE ERUPTION OF A DUST-ENSHROUDED MASSIVE STAR

(2009) E. Berger et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE 2008 LUMINOUS OPTICAL TRANSIENT IN THE NEARBY GALAXY NGC 300

(2009) Howard E. Bond et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

CORONAL LINES AND DUST FORMATION IN SN 2005ip: NOT THE BRIGHTEST, BUT THE HOTTEST TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA

(2009) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ON THE NATURE OF THE PROTOTYPE LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE AG CARINAE. I. FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS DURING VISUAL MINIMUM PHASES AND CHANGES IN THE BOLOMETRIC LUMINOSITY DURING THE S-Dor CYCLE

(2009) J. H. Groh et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THESPITZERLOCAL VOLUME LEGACY: SURVEY DESCRIPTION AND INFRARED PHOTOMETRY

(2009) D. A. Dale et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SN 2008S: an electron-capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor?

(2009) M. T. Botticella et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

On the behaviour of stellar winds that exceed the photon-tiring limit

(2009) Allard Jan van Marle et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The destruction and survival of dust in the shell around SN 2008S

(2009) R. Wesson et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2009) A. Gal-Yam et al.   NATURE

Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

(2009) Arne Rau et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

(2009) Nicholas M. Law et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

V838 MONOCEROTIS: A GEOMETRIC DISTANCE FROMHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEPOLARIMETRIC IMAGING OF ITS LIGHT ECHO

(2008) William B. Sparks et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

The Environment of M85 Optical Transient 2006‐1: Constraints on the Progenitor Age and Mass

(2008) E. O. Ofek 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

On the Role of the WNH Phase in the Evolution of Very Massive Stars: Enabling the LBV Instability with Feedback

(2008) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

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

Numerical simulations of continuum-driven winds of super-Eddington stars

(2008) A. J. van Marle et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A blast wave from the 1843 eruption of η Carinae

(2008) Nathan Smith   NATURE