ULTRA-BRIGHT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS ARE LINKED WITH TYPE Ic SUPERNOVAE

Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions

(2010) D. R. Young et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Shock-heating of stellar envelopes: a possible common mechanism at the origin of explosions and eruptions in massive stars

(2010) Luc Dessart et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 M⊙ stellar mass limit

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

Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

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

Extensive optical and near-infrared observations of the nearby, narrow-lined type Ic SN 2007gr: days 5 to 415

(2009) D. J. Hunter et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion

(2009) A. Gal-Yam et al.   NATURE

Galactic vs. extragalactic origin of the peculiar transient SCP 06F6

(2009) Noam Soker et al.   NEW ASTRONOMY

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

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

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

An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova

(2008) A. M. Soderberg et al.   NATURE

The Metamorphosis of Supernova SN 2008D/XRF 080109: A Link Between Supernovae and GRBs/Hypernovae

(2008) P. A. Mazzali et al.   SCIENCE