SN 2005 gj: Evidence for LBV supernovae progenitors? (2008)
Trundle, C., Kotak, R., Vink, J. S., Meikle, W. P. S.
There has been mounting observational evidence in favour of Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) being the direct progenitors of supernovae. Here we present possibly the most convincing evidence yet for...
Mattila, S., Meikle, W. P. S., Lundqvist, P., Pastorello, A., Kotak, R., Eldridge, J., ...
We present near- and mid-infrared (IR) photometric data of the Type Ibn supernova (SN) 2006jc obtained with the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT), the Gemini North Telescope, and the Spitzer...
SN 2002cv: a heavily obscured type Ia supernova (2008)
Elias-Rosa, N., Benetti, S., Turatto, M., Cappellaro, E., Valenti, S., Arkharov, A. A., ...
SN 2002cv: A Heavily Obscured Type Ia Supernova (2007)
Elias-Rosa, N., Benetti, S., Turatto, M., Cappellaro, E., Valenti, S., Arkharov, A. A., ...
We present VRIJHK photometry, and optical and near-infrared spectroscopy, of the heavily extinguished Type Ia supernova (SN) 2002cv, located in NGC 3190, which is also the parent galaxy of the Type...
Meikle, W. P. S., Mattila, S., Pastorello, A., Gerardy, C. L., Kotak, R., Sollerman, J., ...
We present a new, detailed analysis of late-time mid-infrared observations of the Type II-P supernova (SN) 2003gd. At about 16 months after the explosion, the mid-IR flux is consistent with emission...
ESC and KAIT Observations of the Transitional Type Ia SN 2004eo (2007)
Pastorello, A., Mazzali, P. A., Pignata, G., Benetti, S., Cappellaro, E., Filippenko, A. V., ...
We present optical and infrared observations of the unusual Type Ia supernova (SN) 2004eo. The light curves and spectra closely resemble those of the prototypical SN 1992A, and the luminosity at...
Meikle, W. P. S., Mattila, S., Pastorello, A., Gerardy, C. L., Kotak, R., Sollerman, J., ...
We present a new, detailed analysis of late-time mid-infrared (IR) observations of the Type II-P supernova (SN) 2003gd. At about 16 months after the explosion, the mid-IR flux is consistent with...
ESC and KAIT Observations of the Transitional Type Ia SN 2004eo (2007)
Pastorello, A., Mazzali, P. A., Pignata, G., Benetti, S., Cappellaro, E., Filippenko, A. V., ...
We present optical and infrared observations of the unusual Type Ia supernova (SN) 2004eo. The light curves and spectra closely resemble those of the prototypical SN 1992A, and the luminosity at...
Mattila, S., Vaisanen, P., Farrah, D., Efstathiou, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Dahlen, T., ...
We report a supernova discovery in Ks-band images from the NAOS CONICA adaptive optics (AO) system on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The images were obtained as part of a near-infrared search...
Gerardy, Christopher L., Meikle, W. P. S., Kotak, Rubina, Hoeflich, Peter, Farrah, Duncan, Filippenko, Alexei V., ...
We present the first mid-infrared (5.2-15.2 micron) spectra of Type Ia supernovae (SNe 2003hv and 2005df). The detection of Ni emission in SN 2005df 135 days after the explosion provides direct...
ESC and KAIT observations of the transitional type Ia SN 2004eo (2007)
Pastorello, A., Mazzali, P. A., Pignata, G., Benetti, S., Cappellaro, E., Filippenko, A. V., ...
Mattila, S., Vaisanen, P., Farrah, D., Efstathiou, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Dahlen, T., ...
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Mattila, S., Vaisanen, P., Farrah, D., Efstathiou, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Dahlen, T., ...
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A Spitzer Space Telescope study of Sn 2002hh: An infrared echo from a Type IIP supernova (2006)
Meikle, W. P. S., Mattila, S., Gerardy, C. L., Kotak, R., Pozzo, M., Van Dyk, S. D., ...
We present late-time (590-994 days) mid-IR photometry of the normal but highly reddened Type IIP supernova SN 2002hh. Bright, cool, slowly fading emission is detected from the direction of the...
A Spitzer Space Telescope study of SN 2002hh: an infrared echo from a Type IIP supernova (2006)
Meikle, W. P. S., Mattila, S., Gerardy, C. L., Kotak, R., Pozzo, M., Van Dyk, S. D., ...
We present late-time (590-994 d) mid-IR photometry of the normal, but highly-reddened Type IIP supernova SN 2002hh. Bright, cool, slowly-fading emission is detected from the direction of the...
Anomalous extinction behaviour towards the Type Ia SN 2003cg (2006)
Elias-Rosa, N., Benetti, S., Cappellaro, E., Turatto, M., Mazzali, P. A., Patat, F., ...
We present optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the Type Ia SN 2003cg, which exploded in the nearby galaxy NGC 3169. The observations cover a period between -8.5 and +414 days...
Optical and infrared observations of the Type IIP SN2002hh from day 3 to 397 (2006)
Pozzo, M., Meikle, W. P. S., Rayner, J. T., Joseph, R. D., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., ...
We present optical and infrared (IR) observations of the type IIP SN2002hh from 3 to 397 days after explosion. The optical spectroscopic (4-397d) and photometric (3-278d) data are complemented by...
Anomalous extinction behaviour towards the Type Ia SN 2003cg (2006)
Elias-Rosa, N., Benetti, S., Cappellaro, E., Turatto, M., Mazzali, P. A., Patat, F., ...
A Study of the Type II-P Supernova 2003gd in M74 (2005)
Hendry, M. A., Smartt, S. J., Maund, J. R., Pastorello, A., Zampieri, L., Benetti, S., ...
We present photometric and spectroscopic data of the type II-P supernova 2003gd, which was discovered in M74 close to the end of its plateau phase. SN 2003gd is the first type II supernova to have a...
Spectroscopy of the type Ia supernova SN 2002er: Days -11 to +215 (2005)
Kotak, R., Meikle, W. P. S., Pignata, G., Stehle, M., Smartt, S. J., Benetti, S., ...
On the source of the late-time infrared luminosity of SN 1998S and other type II supernovae (2004)
Pozzo, M., Meikle, W. P. S., Fassia, A., Geballe, T., Lundqvist, P., Chugai, N. N., ...
We present late-time near-infrared (NIR) and optical observations of the type IIn SN 1998S. The NIR photometry spans 333-1242 days after explosion, while the NIR and optical spectra cover 333-1191...
Highly extinguished supernovae in the nuclear regions of starburst galaxies (2003)
Mattila, S., Meikle, W. P. S., Greimel, R.
A handful of nearby supernovae (SNe) with visual extinctions of a few magnitudes have recently been discovered. However, an undiscovered population of much more highly extinguished (A(V) > 10)...
Low Luminosity Type II Supernovae: Spectroscopic and Photometric Evolution (2003)
Pastorello, A., Zampieri, L., Turatto, M., Cappellaro, E., Meikle, W. P. S., Benetti, S., ...
In this paper we present spectroscopic and photometric observations for four core collapse supernovae (SNe), namely SNe 1994N, 1999br, 1999eu and 2001dc. Together with SN 1997D, we show that they...
The host galaxies of type Ia supernovae at z=0.6 (2002)
Farrah, D., Meikle, W. P. S, Clements, D., Rowan-Robinson, M., Mattila, S.
We examine the host galaxies of high redshift type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using archival I and R band data from the Hubble Space Telescope. The SNe Ia host galaxies show a wide variety of...
On the Progenitor of the type Ic Supernova 2002ap (2002)
Smartt, S.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Gilmore, G.F., Meikle, W.P.S., Ferguson, A.M.N., ...
On the progenitor of the Type Ic supernova 2002ap (2002)
Smartt, S. J., Vreeswijk, P. M., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Gilmore, G. F., Meikle, W. P. S., Ferguson, A. M. N., ...
This letter presents wide-field optical and and NIR UBVRI,Halpha,K' images of the galaxy M74 which were taken between 0.6-8.3 years before the discovery of the Type Ic SN2002ap. We have located the...
On the Progenitor of the Type Ic Supernova 2002ap (2002)
Smartt, S., Vreeswijk, P.M., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Gilmore, G.F, Meikle, W.P.S., Ferguson, A.M.N., ...
Spectroscopy of SN 1987A at 0.9-2.4 microns: Days 1348-3158 (2001)
Fassia, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Spyromilio, J.
We present near-infrared spectroscopic observations of SN 1987A covering the period 1358 to 3158 days post-explosion. This is the first time that IR spectra of a supernova have been obtained to such...
The origin of the high velocity circumstellar gas around SN 1998S (2001)
Chugai, N. N., Blinnikov, S. I., Fassia, A., Lundqvist, P., Meikle, W. P. S., Sorokina, E. I.
Modelling of high resolution Balmer line profiles in the early-time spectra of SN 1998S shows that the inferred fast (roughly 400 km/s) circumstellar (CS) gas on days 23 and 42 post-explosion is...
Supernovae in the nuclear regions of starburst galaxies (2000)
The feasibility of using near-infrared observations to discover supernovae in the nuclear and circumnuclear regions of nearby starburst galaxies is investigated. We provide updated estimates of the...
Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy of the type IIn SN 1998S : Days 3-127 (2000)
Fassia, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Chugai, N., Geballe, T. R., Lundqvist, P., Walton, N. A., ...
We present contemporary infrared and optical spectroscopic observations of the type IIn SN 1998S for the period between 3 and 127 days after discovery. In the first week the spectra are characterised...
An Early-Time Infrared and Optical Study of the Type Ia Supernova 1998bu in M96 (2000)
Hernandez, M., Meikle, W. P. S., Aparicio, A., Benn, C. R., Burleigh, M. R., Chrysostomou, A. C., ...
We present first-season infrared (IR) and optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type Ia Supernova 1998bu in M96. We also report optical polarimetry of this event. SN1998bu is one of the closest...
Optical and Infrared photometry of the type IIn SN 1998S:Days 11-146 (2000)
Fassia, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Vacca, W. D., Kemp, S. N.
We present contemporaneous optical and infrared photometric observations of the type IIn SN 1998S covering the period between 11 and 146 days after discovery. The infrared data constitute the first...
The absolute infrared magnitudes of type Ia supernovae (1999)
The absolute luminosities and homogeneity of early-time infrared (IR) light curves of type Ia supernovae are examined. Eight supernovae are considered. These are selected to have accurately known...
56Ni dredge-up in Supernova 1987A (1998)
We use early-time observations of He I 10830 \AA to measure the extent of upward mixing of radioactive material in SN 1987A. This work develops and extends the work of Graham (1988), and places...
56Ni dredge-up in the type IIp Supernova 1995V (1998)
Fassia, A., Meikle, W. P. S., Geballe, T. R., Walton, N. A., Pollacco, D. L., Rutten, R. G. M., ...
We present contemporary infrared and optical spectra of the plateau type II SN 1995V in NGC 1087 covering four epochs, approximately 22 to 84 days after shock breakout. The data show, for the first...
Infrared and Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae in the Nebular Phase (1997)
Bowers, E. J. C., Meikle, W. P. S., Geballe, T. R., Walton, N. A., Pinto, P. A., Dhillon, V. S., ...
We present near-infrared (NIR) spectra for Type Ia supernovae at epochs of 13 to 338 days after maximum blue light. Some contemporary optical spectra are also shown. All the NIR spectra exhibit...