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astro-ph2008★ 22 cited

Absolute Magnitude Distribution And Light Curves Of Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae

Dean Richardson

Photometry data were collected from the literature and analyzed for supernovae that are thought to have a gamma-ray burst association. There are several gamma-ray burst afterglow l…

astro-ph2008★ 25 cited

SN 2001em: Not so Fast

F. K. Schinzel, G. B. Taylor, C. J. Stockdale +2

SN 2001em is a peculiar supernova, originally classified as Type Ib/c. About two years after the SN it was detected in the radio, showing a rising radio flux with an optically thin…

astro-ph2008★ 36 cited

Common Envelope Mergers: A Possible Channel for Forming Single sdB Stars

Michael Politano, Ronald E. Taam, Marc van der Sluys +1

We quantify an evolutionary channel for single sdB stars based on mergers of binaries containing a red giant star and a lower mass main sequence or brown dwarf companion in our Gal…

astro-ph2008★ 39 cited

Eleven years of radio monitoring of the Type IIn supernova SN 1995N

Poonam Chandra, Christopher J. Stockdale, Roger A. Chevalier +6

We present radio observations of the optically bright Type IIn supernova SN 1995N. We observed the SN at radio wavelengths with the Very Large Array (VLA) for 11 years. We also obs…

astro-ph2008★ 159 cited

Astrophysical Tests of Lorentz and CPT Violation with Photons

Alan Kostelecky, Matthew Mewes

A general framework for tests of Lorentz invariance with electromagnetic waves is presented, allowing for operators of arbitrary mass dimension. Signatures of Lorentz violations in…

astro-ph2007★ 102 cited

Long Term Radio Monitoring of SN 1993J

Kurt W. Weiler, Christopher L. Williams, Nino Panagia +5

We present our observations of the radio emission from supernova (SN) 1993J, in M 81 (NGC 3031), made with the VLA, from 90 to 0.7 cm, as well as numerous measurements from other t…

astro-ph2007★ 17 cited

The Radio Evolution of SN 2001gd

Christopher J. Stockdale, Christopher L. Williams, Kurt W. Weiler +4

We present the results of observations of the radio emission from Supernova 2001gd in NGC 5033 from 2002 February 8 through 2006 September 25. The data were obtained using the Very…

astro-ph2007★ 27 cited

8.4GHz VLBI observations of SN2004et in NGC6946

I. Marti-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, A. Alberdi +13

We report on 8.4GHz Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of the type II-P supernova SN2004et in the spiral galaxy NGC 6946, made on 20 February 2005 (151 days afte…

astro-ph2007★ 51 cited

X-Ray, UV, and Optical Observations of Supernova 2006bp with Swift: Detection of Early X-Ray Emission

S. Immler, P. J. Brown, P. Milne +21

We present results on the X-ray and optical/UV emission from the type IIP SN 2006bp and the interaction of the SN shock with its environment, obtained with the X-Ray Telescope (XRT…

astro-ph2007★ 49 cited

Cool Companions to White Dwarf Stars from the Two Micron All Sky Survey All Sky Data Release

D. W. Hoard, S. Wachter, Laura K. Sturch +5

We present the culmination of our near-infrared survey of the optically spectroscopically identified white dwarf stars from the McCook & Sion catalog, conducted using photometric d…

astro-ph2007★ 24 cited

A Study of Compact Radio Sources in Nearby Face-on Spiral Galaxies. II. Multiwavelength Analyses of Sources in M51

L. A. Maddox, J. J. Cowan, R. E. Kilgard +2

We report the analysis of deep radio observations of the interacting galaxy system M51 from the Very Large Array, with the goal of understanding the nature of the population of com…

astro-ph2007★ 63 cited

Population Synthesis Studies of Close Binary Systems Using a Variable Common Envelope Efficiency Parameter: I. Dependence upon Secondary Mass

Michael Politano, Kevin P. Weiler

We perform population synthesis calculations of present-day post common envelope binaries (PCEBs) and zero-age cataclysmic variables (ZACVs) using a common envelope efficiency para…

astro-ph2007★ 188 cited

Lorentz-violating electrodynamics and the cosmic microwave background

Alan Kostelecky, Matthew Mewes

Possible Lorentz-violating effects in the cosmic microwave background are studied. We provide a systematic classification of renormalizable and nonrenormalizable operators for Lore…

astro-ph2006★ 36 cited

A Study of Compact Radio Sources in Nearby Face-on Spiral Galaxies. I. Long Term Evolution of M83

L. A. Maddox, J. J. Cowan, R. E. Kilgard +4

We present analyses of deep radio observations of M83 taken with the Very Large Array spanning fifteen years, including never before published observations from 1990 and 1998. We r…

astro-ph2006★ 107 cited

A Search for Radio Emission from Type Ia Supernovae

Nino Panagia, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Kurt W. Weiler +3

We present and discuss the radio observations of 27 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observed over two decades with the Very Large Array. No SN Ia has been detected so far in the radio,…

astro-ph2006★ 38 cited

The Distribution of Secondary Masses in Post-Common Envelope Binaries: A Potential Test of Disrupted Magnetic Braking

Michael Politano, Kevin P. Weiler

The distribution of secondary star masses in present-day post-common envelope binaries (PCEBs) is calculated using four different models for angular momentum loss (AML) during the…

astro-ph2006★ 128 cited

Absolute-Magnitude Distributions and Light Curves of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae

Dean Richardson, David Branch, E. Baron

The absolute visual magnitudes of three Type IIb, 11 Type Ib and 13 Type Ic supernovae (collectively known as stripped-envelope supernovae) are studied by collecting data on the ap…

astro-ph2005★ 20 cited

A Radio and X-Ray Study of Historical Supernovae in M83

C. J. Stockdale, L. A. Maddox, J. J. Cowan +4

We report the results of 15 years of radio observations of the six historical supernovae (SNe) in M83 using the Very Large Array. We note the near linear decline in radio emission…

astro-ph2004★ 27 cited

The Nature of SN 1961V

You-Hua Chu, Robert A. Gruendl, Christopher J. Stockdale +3

The nature of SN 1961V has been uncertain. Its peculiar optical light curve and slow expansion velocity are similar to those of super-outbursts of luminous blue variables (LBVs), b…

astro-ph2004★ 64 cited

The Formation of Cataclysmic Variables with Brown Dwarf Secondaries

Michael Politano

The present-day formation of cataclysmic variables (CVs) with brown dwarf (BD) secondaries (0.013 M_sun < M_sec < 0.075 M_sun) is investigated using a population synthesis techniqu…

astro-ph2004★ 113 cited

Modulations in the radio light curve of the Type IIb Supernova 2001ig: Evidence for a Wolf-Rayet binary progenitor?

Stuart D. Ryder, Elaine M. Sadler, Ravi Subrahmanyan +3

We describe the radio evolution of SN 2001ig in NGC 7424, from 700 days of multi-frequency monitoring with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Very Large Array (VL…