S. Benetti

Research interests

Publications

• Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron-star merger

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24298

• The diversity of Type II supernova versus the similarity in their progenitors

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw870

• PESSTO: survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425237

• Low luminosity Type II supernovae – II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu156

• Optical and near-infrared observations of SN 2011dh – The first 100 days

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321850

• INTERACTING SUPERNOVAE AND SUPERNOVA IMPOSTORS: SN 2009ip, IS THIS THE END?

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/767/1/1

• SUPER-LUMINOUS TYPE Ic SUPERNOVAE: CATCHING A MAGNETAR BY THE TAIL

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/770/2/128

• Slowly fading super-luminous supernovae that are not pair-instability explosions

  Nature · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12569

• Optical and near-infrared coverage of SN 2004et: physical parameters and comparison with other Type IIP supernovae

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16332.x

• A low-energy core-collapse supernova without a hydrogen envelope

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08023

• Extensive optical and near-infrared observations of the nearby, narrow-lined type Ic SN 2007gr: days 5 to 415

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912896

• SN 2005cs in M51 - II. Complete evolution in the optical and the near-infrared

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14505.x

• Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13602.x

• The Metamorphosis of Supernova SN 2008D/XRF 080109: A Link Between Supernovae and GRBs/Hypernovae

  Science · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1158088

• A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae

  Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1136259

• Detection of Circumstellar Material in a Normal Type Ia Supernova

  Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143005

• A giant outburst two years before the core-collapse of a massive star

  Nature · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05825

• Variety in Supernovae

  ESO astrophysics symposia · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1007/10828549_26

• High-Velocity Features: A Ubiquitous Property of Type Ia Supernovae

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1086/429874

• Photometry and spectroscopy of the Type IIP SN 1999em from outburst to dust formation

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06150.x

• Peculiar, low-luminosity Type II supernovae: low-energy explosions in massive progenitors?

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06082.x

• Low-luminosity Type II supernovae: spectroscopic and photometric evolution

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07173.x

• The Peculiar Type II Supernova 1997D: A Case for a Very Low [TSUP]56[/TSUP]N[CLC]i[/CLC] Mass

  The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1086/311324

• The type Ia supernova 1994D in NGC 4526: the early phases

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/278.1.111

• The properties of the peculiar type Ia supernova 1991bg -- I. Analysis and discussion of two years of observations

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/283.1.1

• The Type II supernova 1988Z in MCG + 03-28-022: increasing evidence of interaction of supernova ejecta with a circumstellar wind⋆

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1993 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/262.1.128

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