K. Maguire

Research interests

Publications

• The Spectral Evolution of AT 2018dyb and the Presence of Metal Lines in Tidal Disruption Events

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab5792

• Evidence for rapid disc formation and reprocessing in the X-ray bright tidal disruption event candidate AT 2018fyk

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2019 · 10.1093/mnras/stz1976

• Light Curves of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2018 · 10.3847/1538-4357/aab9b6

• The Cow: Discovery of a Luminous, Hot, and Rapidly Evolving Transient

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2018 · 10.3847/2041-8213/aadd90

• Investigating the properties of stripped-envelope supernovae; what are the implications for their progenitors?

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2018 · 10.1093/mnras/sty3399

• Confined dense circumstellar material surrounding a regular type II supernova

  Nature Physics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4025

• A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24303

• The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole

  Nature Astronomy · 2016 · 10.1038/s41550-016-0002

• On the diversity of superluminous supernovae: ejected mass as the dominant factor

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2015 · 10.1093/mnras/stv1522

• 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

• PTF11iqb: cool supergiant mass-loss that bridges the gap between Type IIn and normal supernovae

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2015 · 10.1093/mnras/stv354

• Hubble Space Telescope spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe: a tail of low-density, high-velocity material with Z < Z⊙

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2014 · 10.1093/mnras/stu077

• The rising light curves of Type Ia supernovae

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2014 · 10.1093/mnras/stu2314

• A statistical analysis of circumstellar material in Type Ia supernovae

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1586

• 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

• The host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2013 · 10.1093/mnras/stt2287

• PTF 11kx: A Type Ia Supernova with a Symbiotic Nova Progenitor

  Science · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1219164

• EARLY RADIO AND X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE YOUNGEST NEARBY TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA PTF 11kly (SN 2011fe)

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2012 · 10.1088/0004-637x/746/1/21

• The progenitor mass of the Type IIP supernova SN 2004et from late-time spectral modeling

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2012 · 10.1051/0004-6361/201219528

• SN 2011dh: DISCOVERY OF A TYPE IIb SUPERNOVA FROM A COMPACT PROGENITOR IN THE NEARBY GALAXY M51

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2011 · 10.1088/2041-8205/742/2/l18

• Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

  Nature · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10644

• Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe

  Nature · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10646

• 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 · 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16332.x

• The Type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13618.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

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