364 citations · 962 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
astro-ph.HE2016★ 237 cited
The Superluminous Transient ASASSN-15lh as a Tidal Disruption Event from a Kerr Black Hole
G. Leloudas, M. Fraser, N. C. Stone +47
When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn apart. For a star with the mass of the Sun () and a non-spinning black hole with a…
astro-ph.SR2014★ 361 cited
PESSTO : survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects
S. J. Smartt, S. Valenti, M. Fraser +99
The Public European Southern Observatory Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects (PESSTO) began as a public spectroscopic survey in April 2012. We describe the data reduction str…
astro-ph.HE2014★ 364 cited
A Wolf-Rayet-like progenitor of supernova SN 2013cu from spectral observations of a wind
Avishay Gal-Yam, I. Arcavi, E. O. Ofek +17
The explosive fate of massive stripped Wolf-Rayet (W-R) stars is a key open question in stellar physics. An appealing option is that hydrogen-deficient W-R stars are the progenitor…