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(2013) D. Vanbeveren et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Episodic modulations in supernova radio light curves from luminous blue variable supernova progenitor models

(2013) Takashi J. Moriya et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

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(2013) A. Pastorello et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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(2013) Ben Davies et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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(2013) S. E. de Mink et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The unprecedented 2012 outburst of SN 2009ip: a luminous blue variable star becomes a true supernova

(2013) Jon C. Mauerhan et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A new method for estimating the bolometric properties of Ibc supernovae

(2013) Zach Cano   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Presupernova Evolution of Massive Single and Binary Stars

(2012) N. Langer   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

On the nature of candidate luminous blue variables in M 33

(2012) J. S. Clark et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

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(2012) J. S. Clark et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

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(2012) S.-C. Yoon et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Grids of stellar models with rotation

(2012) C. Georgy et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The Galactic WC stars

(2012) A. Sander et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Massive star evolution: luminous blue variables as unexpected supernova progenitors

(2012) J. H. Groh et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

ON ABSORPTION BY CIRCUMSTELLAR DUST, WITH THE PROGENITOR OF SN 2012aw AS A CASE STUDY

(2012) C. S. Kochanek et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE RED SUPERGIANT PROGENITOR OF SUPERNOVA 2012aw (PTF12bvh) IN MESSIER 95

(2012) Schuyler D. Van Dyk et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

RED AND DEAD: THE PROGENITOR OF SN 2012aw IN M95

(2012) M. Fraser et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

On the influence of the companion star in Eta Carinae: 2D radiative transfer modelling of the ultraviolet and optical spectra★

(2012) Jose H. Groh et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Rotating massive stars: From first stars to gamma ray bursts

(2012) André Maeder et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars

(2012) H. Sana et al.   SCIENCE

The bi-stability jump as the origin for multiple P-Cygni absorption components in luminous blue variables

(2011) J. H. Groh et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Yellow supergiants as supernova progenitors: an indication of strong mass loss for red supergiants?

(2011) C. Georgy   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Stellar envelope inflation near the Eddington limit

(2011) G. Gräfener et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Grids of stellar models with rotation

(2011) S. Ekström et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A MASSIVE PROGENITOR OF THE LUMINOUS TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA 2010jl

(2011) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

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(2011) J. H. Groh et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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(2011) Nancy Elias-Rosa et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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(2011) Maria R. Drout et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE YELLOW SUPERGIANT PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II SUPERNOVA 2011dh IN M51

(2011) J. R. Maund et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

SN 2009md: another faint supernova from a low-mass progenitor

(2011) M. Fraser et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Circumstellar dust as a solution to the red supergiant supernova progenitor problem

(2011) Joseph J. Walmswell et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Core-collapse explosions of Wolf-Rayet stars and the connection to Type IIb/Ib/Ic supernovae

(2011) Luc Dessart et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Observed fractions of core-collapse supernova types and initial masses of their single and binary progenitor stars

(2011) Nathan Smith et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

THE HOST GALAXIES OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. II. A MASS-METALLICITY RELATION FOR LONG-DURATION GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST GALAXIES

(2010) Emily M. Levesque et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

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(2010) Nathan Smith et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

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(2010) Nancy Elias-Rosa et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE STARS WITH PULSATION-DRIVEN SUPERWINDS DURING THE RED SUPERGIANT PHASE

(2010) Sung-Chul Yoon et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

ON THE PROGENITOR AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE TYPE II SUPERNOVA 2009kr

(2010) M. Fraser et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

(2009) Stephen J. Smartt   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Chemical Composition of the Sun

(2009) Martin Asplund et al.   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Relative frequencies of supernovae types: dependence on host galaxy magnitude, galactocentric radius, and local metallicity

(2009) S. Boissier et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Resolving the asymmetric inner wind region of the yellow hypergiant IRC +10420 with VLTI/AMBER in low and high spectral resolution mode

(2009) T. Driebe et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The P Cygni supergiant [OMN2000] LS1 – implications for the star formation history of W51

(2009) J. S. Clark et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Spectroscopic monitoring of the luminous blue variable Westerlund1-243 from 2002 to 2009

(2009) B. W. Ritchie et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Bolometric luminosity variations in the luminous blue variable AFGL2298

(2009) J. S. Clark et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The different progenitors of type Ib, Ic SNe, and of GRB

(2009) C. Georgy et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Radio emission from the massive stars in the galactic super star cluster Westerlund 1

(2009) S. M. Dougherty et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

ON THE PROGENITOR OF THE TYPE II-PLATEAU SN 2008cn in NGC 4603

(2009) Nancy Elias-Rosa et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

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(2009) Francisco Najarro et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae

(2009) S. J. Smartt 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

Two extremely luminous WN stars in the Galactic center with circumstellar emission from dust and gas

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

Mass loss from late-type WN stars and its Z-dependence

(2008) G. Gräfener et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A grid of MARCS model atmospheres for late-type stars

(2008) B. Gustafsson et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The effect of massive binaries on stellar populations and supernova progenitors

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