SN 2006gy: discovery of the most luminous supernova ever recorded, powered by the death of an extremely massive star like η Carinae N Smith, W Li, RJ Foley, JC Wheeler, D Pooley, R Chornock, ... The Astrophysical Journal 666 (2), 1116, 2007 | 669 | 2007 |
Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star PE Nugent, M Sullivan, SB Cenko, RC Thomas, D Kasen, DA Howell, ... Nature 480 (7377), 344-347, 2011 | 600 | 2011 |
Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion A Gal-Yam, P Mazzali, EO Ofek, PE Nugent, SR Kulkarni, MM Kasliwal, ... Nature 462 (7273), 624-627, 2009 | 574 | 2009 |
The lick AGN monitoring project: broad-line region radii and black hole masses from reverberation mapping of Hβ MC Bentz, JL Walsh, AJ Barth, N Baliber, VN Bennert, G Canalizo, ... The Astrophysical Journal 705 (1), 199, 2009 | 505 | 2009 |
Swift J2058. 4+ 0516: discovery of a possible second relativistic tidal disruption flare? SB Cenko, HA Krimm, A Horesh, A Rau, DA Frail, JA Kennea, AJ Levan, ... The Astrophysical Journal 753 (1), 77, 2012 | 406 | 2012 |
PTF 11kx: a Type Ia supernova with a symbiotic nova progenitor B Dilday, DA Howell, SB Cenko, JM Silverman, PE Nugent, M Sullivan, ... Science 337 (6097), 942-945, 2012 | 393 | 2012 |
Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe W Li, JS Bloom, P Podsiadlowski, AA Miller, SB Cenko, SW Jha, ... Nature 480 (7377), 348-350, 2011 | 374 | 2011 |
Berkeley Supernova Ia Program–I. Observations, data reduction and spectroscopic sample of 582 low-redshift Type Ia supernovae JM Silverman, RJ Foley, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, AJ Barth, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 425 (3), 1789-1818, 2012 | 369 | 2012 |
An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy AJ Levan, NR Tanvir, SB Cenko, DA Perley, K Wiersema, JS Bloom, ... Science 333 (6039), 199-202, 2011 | 352 | 2011 |
From shock breakout to peak and beyond: extensive panchromatic observations of the type Ib supernova 2008D associated with swift x-ray transient 080109 M Modjaz, W Li, N Butler, R Chornock, D Perley, S Blondin, JS Bloom, ... The Astrophysical Journal 702 (1), 226, 2009 | 324 | 2009 |
Luminous blue variable eruptions and related transients: diversity of progenitors and outburst properties N Smith, W Li, JM Silverman, M Ganeshalingam, AV Filippenko Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 415 (1), 773-810, 2011 | 295 | 2011 |
SN 2008ha: an extremely low luminosity and exceptionally low energy supernova RJ Foley, R Chornock, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, RP Kirshner, ... The Astronomical Journal 138 (2), 376, 2009 | 275 | 2009 |
Improved distances to Type Ia supernovae with two spectroscopic subclasses X Wang, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, W Li, JM Silverman, L Wang, ... The Astrophysical Journal 699 (2), L139, 2009 | 270 | 2009 |
SN 2006tf: precursor eruptions and the optically thick regime of extremely luminous Type IIn supernovae N Smith, R Chornock, W Li, M Ganeshalingam, JM Silverman, RJ Foley, ... The Astrophysical Journal 686 (1), 467, 2008 | 249 | 2008 |
The lick AGN monitoring project: reverberation mapping of optical hydrogen and helium recombination lines MC Bentz, JL Walsh, AJ Barth, Y Yoshii, JH Woo, X Wang, T Treu, ... The Astrophysical Journal 716 (2), 993, 2010 | 244 | 2010 |
Fourteen months of observations of the possible super-Chandrasekhar mass Type Ia Supernova 2009dc JM Silverman, M Ganeshalingam, W Li, AV Filippenko, AA Miller, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1), 585-611, 2011 | 243 | 2011 |
Discovery of precursor luminous blue variable outbursts in two recent optical transients: the fitfully variable missing links UGC 2773-OT and SN 2009ip N Smith, A Miller, W Li, AV Filippenko, JM Silverman, AW Howard, ... The Astronomical Journal 139 (4), 1451, 2010 | 235 | 2010 |
Calcium-rich gap transients in the remote outskirts of galaxies MM Kasliwal, SR Kulkarni, A Gal-Yam, PE Nugent, M Sullivan, L Bildsten, ... The Astrophysical Journal 755 (2), 161, 2012 | 230 | 2012 |
SN 2011dh: discovery of a type IIb supernova from a compact progenitor in the nearby galaxy M51 I Arcavi, A Gal-Yam, O Yaron, A Sternberg, I Rabinak, E Waxman, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 742 (2), L18, 2011 | 229 | 2011 |
Dust and the type II-Plateau supernova 2004et R Kotak, WPS Meikle, D Farrah, CL Gerardy, RJ Foley, SD Van Dyk, ... The Astrophysical Journal 704 (1), 306, 2009 | 222 | 2009 |