Merging neutron stars offer an excellent laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field
gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an …

To place core-collapse supernovae (SNe) in context with the evolution of massive stars, it is
necessary to determine their stellar origins. I describe the direct identification of SN …

The explosive fate of massive Wolf–Rayet stars (WRSs) is a key open question in stellar
physics. An appealing option is that hydrogen-deficient WRSs are the progenitors of some …

Literature data are collated for 38 stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae (SE SNe; ie
SNe IIb, Ib, Ic and Ic-BL) that have good light-curve coverage in more than one optical band …

This chapter describes the current classification scheme of supernovae (SNe). This scheme
has evolved over many decades and now includes numerous SN Types and sub-types …

JCW had long wanted to write a new monograph on supernovae. Despite an immense
explosion in the literature and many review articles, there had not been one since that of …

Stripped-envelope (SE) supernovae (SNe) include H-poor (Type IIb), H-free (Type Ib), and
He-free (Type Ic) events thought to be associated with the deaths of massive stars. The exact …

Context. We investigate two stripped-envelope supernovae (SNe) discovered in the nearby
galaxy NGC 5806 by the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory [(i) PTF]. These SNe …

ABSTRACT Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observations of the Type IIn
supernova (SN) 2010jl are analyzed, including photometry and spectroscopy in the …

Context. Type Ib/c supernovae (SNe Ib/c) have been investigated in several single-object
studies; however, there is still a paucity of works concerning larger, homogeneous samples …