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most citedThe Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

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astro-ph.SR201812 cited

SNhunt151: an explosive event inside a dense cocoon

N. Elias-Rosa, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro +20

SNhunt151 was initially classified as a supernova (SN) impostor (nonterminal outburst of a massive star). It exhibited a slow increase in luminosity, lasting about 450 d, followed…

astro-ph.HE201783 cited

A population of highly energetic transient events in the centres of active galaxies

E. Kankare, R. Kotak, S. Mattila +25

Recent all-sky surveys have led to the discovery of new types of transients. These include stars disrupted by the central supermassive black hole, and supernovae that are 10-100 ti…

astro-ph.HE2017765 cited

The Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, C. Gonzalez-Fernandez +51

We report the discovery and monitoring of the near-infrared counterpart (AT2017gfo) of a binary neutron-star merger event detected as a gravitational wave source by Advanced LIGO/V…

astro-ph.HE2017171 cited

The environment of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

A. J. Levan, J. D. Lyman, N. R. Tanvir +37

We present Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra imaging, combined with Very Large Telescope MUSE integral field spectroscopy of the counterpart and host galaxy of the first binary ne…

astro-ph.SR201778 cited

Supernovae 2016bdu and 2005gl, and their link with SN 2009ip-like transients: another piece of the puzzle

A. Pastorello, C. S. Kochanek, M. Fraser +52

Supernova (SN) 2016bdu is an unusual transient resembling SN 2009ip. SN 2009ip-like events are characterized by a long-lasting phase of erratic variability which ends with two lumi…

astro-ph.HE2016

Interacting supernovae and supernova impostors. LSQ13zm: an outburst heralds the death of a massive star

L. Tartaglia, A. Pastorello, M. Sullivan +37

We report photometric and spectroscopic observations of the optical transient LSQ13zm. Historical data reveal the presence of an eruptive episode (that we label as `2013a') followe…