Over a decade ago, a group of supernova explosions with peak luminosities far exceeding
(often by> 100 times) those of normal events has been identified. These superluminous …

Superluminous supernovae are a new class of supernovae that were recognized about a
decade ago. Both observational and theoretical progress has been significant in the last …

We use the new Modular Open Source Fitter for Transients to model 38 hydrogen-poor
superluminous supernovae (SLSNe). We fit their multicolor light curves with a magnetar spin …

Several thousand core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) of different flavors have been
discovered so far. However, identifying their progenitors has remained an outstanding open …

When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn
apart1. For a star with the mass of the Sun (M⊙) and a non-spinning black hole with a …

This chapter describes the current classification scheme of supernovae (SNe). This scheme
has evolved over many decades and now includes numerous SN Types and sub-types …

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 …

Abstract The SUperluminous Supernova Host galaxIES survey aims to provide strong new
constraints on the progenitors of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) by understanding the …

We investigate the light-curve properties of a sample of 26 spectroscopically confirmed
hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) in the Palomar Transient Factory …

We present multi-wavelength observations of SN 2014C during the first 500 days. These
observations represent the first solid detection of a young extragalactic stripped-envelope …