Knowledge of the progenitors of core-collapse supernovae is a fundamental component in
understanding the explosions. The recent progress in finding such stars is reviewed. The …

SN 2011fe was the nearest and best-observed type Ia supernova in a generation, and
brought previous incomplete datasets into sharp contrast with the detailed new data. In …

Literature data are collated for 38 stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae (SE SNe; ie
SNe IIb, Ib, Ic and Ic-BL) that have good light-curve coverage in more than one optical band …

JCW had long wanted to write a new monograph on supernovae. Despite an immense
explosion in the literature and many review articles, there had not been one since that of …

We investigate the evolution of Type Ib/c supernova (SN Ib/c) progenitors in close binary
systems, using new evolutionary models that include the effects of rotation, with initial …

Stars with initial masses such that 10≤ M initial≤ 100, where is the solar mass, fuse
progressively heavier elements in their centres, until the core is inert iron. The core then …

Stripped-envelope (SE) supernovae (SNe) include H-poor (Type IIb), H-free (Type Ib), and
He-free (Type Ic) events thought to be associated with the deaths of massive stars. The exact …

We present an algorithm to identify the type of an SN spectrum and to determine its redshift
and age. This algorithm, based on the correlation techniques of Tonry & Davis, is …

We present the first systematic investigation of spectral properties of 17 Type Ic Supernovae
(SNe Ic), 10 broad-lined SNe Ic (SNe Ic-bl) without observed gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and …

We present and discuss the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the peculiar SN
1998bw, associated with GRB 980425, through an analysis of optical and near-IR data …