Astrophysical: Supernovae

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    On the fate of the most massive stars
    Radiation-driven mass loss largely determines the life expectancy of massive stars. I will present our most recent mass-loss predictions for massive stars...
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    On the formation of massive stellar clusters
    Here we model a star forming factory in which the continuous creation of stars results in a highly concentrated, massive (globular cluster-like) stellar system...
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    On the O/Fe versus Fe/H relationship and the progenitors of type I supernovae
    The new observational O/Fe versus Fe/H abundance relationship for halo stars is studied in terms of several models of chemical evolution for the solar...
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    On the Progenitor of the Type Ic Supernova 2002ap
    This Letter presents wide-field optical and near-IR (UBVRIHαK') images of the galaxy M74 that were taken between 0.6 and 8.3 yr before the discovery of the Type...
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    Optical and infrared photometry of the Type IIn SN 1998S: days 11-146
    We present contemporaneous optical and infrared (IR) photometric observations of the Type IIn SN 1998S covering the period between 11 and 146d after discovery...
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    Optical observations of GRB 060218/SN 2006aj and its host galaxy
    The supernova SN 2006aj associated with GRB 060218 is the second-closest GRB-SN observed to date (z=0.033) and is the clearest example of a SN associated with a...
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    Optical polarimetric monitoring of the type II-plateau SN 2005af
    Aims.Core-collapse supernovae may show significant polarization that implies non-spherically symmetric explosions. We observed the type II-plateau SN 2005af...
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    Optical polarimetry of SN 2004bv
    We report R band imaging polarimetry of SN 2004bv in NGC 6907 on June 19.299 (UT middle of observation), i.e., two weeks after maximum. We have obtained [ 0.11...
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    OSIRIS Hα imaging of the NGC 2770 supernova factory and its satellite NGC 2770B
    In the last 12 years NGC 2770 hosted 2 standard supernovae (SNe) and one X-ray transient event (SN2008D) similar to a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB). Given the close (27...