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20072016
most citedA giant outburst two years before the core-collapse of a massive star

428 citations

5 papers

astro-ph.SR2016★ 44 cited

The possible detection of a binary companion to a Type Ibn supernova progenitor

J. R. Maund, A. Pastorello, S. Mattila +2

We present late-time observations of the site of the Type Ibn supernova (SN) 2006jc acquired with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. A faint blue source is rec…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 28 cited

Interacting supernovae and supernova impostors. SN 2007sv: the major eruption of a massive star in UGC 5979

L. Tartaglia, A. Pastorello, S. Taubenberger +15

We report the results of the photometric and spectroscopic monitoring campaign of the transient SN 2007sv. The observables are similar to those of type IIn supernovae, a well-known…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 107 cited

Detection of an outburst one year prior to the explosion of SN 2011ht

M. Fraser, M. Magee, R. Kotak +18

Using imaging from the Pan-STARRS1 survey, we identify a precursor outburst at epochs 287 and 170 days prior to the reported explosion of the purported Type IIn supernova (SN) 2011…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 90 cited

SN 2009E: a faint clone of SN 1987A

A. Pastorello, M. L. Pumo, H. Navasardyan +26

In this paper we investigate the properties of SN 2009E, which exploded in a relatively nearby spiral galaxy (NGC 4141) and that is probably the faintest 1987A-like supernova disco…

astro-ph2007★ 428 cited

A giant outburst two years before the core-collapse of a massive star

A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt, S. Mattila +32

The death of massive stars produces a variety of supernovae, which are linked to the structure of the exploding stars. The detection of several precursor stars of Type II supernova…