| Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search–II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample W Li, J Leaman, R Chornock, AV Filippenko, D Poznanski, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412 (3), 1441-1472, 2011 | 993 | 2011 |
| CfA3: 185 type Ia supernova light curves from the CfA M Hicken, P Challis, S Jha, RP Kirshner, T Matheson, M Modjaz, A Rest, ... The Astrophysical Journal 700 (1), 331, 2009 | 626 | 2009 |
| The lick observatory supernova search with the Katzman automatic imaging telescope AV Filippenko, WD Li, RR Treffers, M Modjaz International Astronomical Union Colloquium 183, 121-130, 2001 | 476 | 2001 |
| Measured metallicities at the sites of nearby broad-lined type Ic supernovae and implications for the supernovae gamma-ray burst connection M Modjaz, L Kewley, RP Kirshner, KZ Stanek, P Challis, PM Garnavich, ... The Astronomical Journal 135 (4), 1136, 2008 | 427 | 2008 |
| Berkeley Supernova Ia Program–I. Observations, data reduction and spectroscopic sample of 582 low-redshift Type Ia supernovae JM Silverman, RJ Foley, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, AJ Barth, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 425 (3), 1789-1818, 2012 | 391 | 2012 |
| An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy AJ Levan, NR Tanvir, SB Cenko, DA Perley, K Wiersema, JS Bloom, ... Science 333 (6039), 199-202, 2011 | 369 | 2011 |
| The spectroscopic diversity of type Ia supernovae S Blondin, T Matheson, RP Kirshner, KS Mandel, P Berlind, M Calkins, ... The Astronomical Journal 143 (5), 126, 2012 | 368 | 2012 |
| From shock breakout to peak and beyond: extensive panchromatic observations of the type Ib supernova 2008D associated with swift x-ray transient 080109 M Modjaz, W Li, N Butler, R Chornock, D Perley, S Blondin, JS Bloom, ... The Astrophysical Journal 702 (1), 226, 2009 | 350 | 2009 |
| Protecting life in the Milky Way: metals keep the GRBs away KZ Stanek, OY Gnedin, JF Beacom, AP Gould, JA Johnson, JA Kollmeier, ... arXiv preprint astro-ph/0604113, 2006 | 303 | 2006 |
| Early-time photometry and spectroscopy of the fast evolving SN 2006aj associated with GRB 060218 M Modjaz, KZ Stanek, PM Garnavich, P Berlind, S Blondin, W Brown, ... The Astrophysical Journal 645 (1), L21, 2006 | 275 | 2006 |
| SN 2008ha: an extremely low luminosity and exceptionally low energy supernova RJ Foley, R Chornock, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, RP Kirshner, ... The Astronomical Journal 138 (2), 376, 2009 | 273 | 2009 |
| Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. XVI. A 13 year study of spectral variability in NGC 5548 BM Peterson, P Berlind, R Bertram, K Bischoff, NG Bochkarev, N Borisov, ... The Astrophysical Journal 581 (1), 197, 2002 | 258 | 2002 |
| The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances L Amati, P O’Brien, D Götz, E Bozzo, C Tenzer, F Frontera, G Ghirlanda, ... Advances in Space Research 62 (1), 191-244, 2018 | 255 | 2018 |
| Optical spectra of 73 stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae M Modjaz, S Blondin, RP Kirshner, T Matheson, P Berlind, FB Bianco, ... The Astronomical Journal 147 (5), 99, 2014 | 246 | 2014 |
| The spectral SN-GRB connection: systematic spectral comparisons between type Ic supernovae and broad-lined type Ic supernovae with and without gamma-ray bursts M Modjaz, YQ Liu, FB Bianco, O Graur The Astrophysical Journal 832 (2), 108, 2016 | 239 | 2016 |
| The unique Type Ia supernova 2000cx in NGC 524 W Li, AV Filippenko, E Gates, R Chornock, A Gal‐Yam, EO Ofek, ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 113 (788), 1178, 2001 | 236 | 2001 |
| Type Ia supernovae are good standard candles in the near infrared: evidence from PAIRITEL WM Wood-Vasey, AS Friedman, JS Bloom, M Hicken, M Modjaz, ... The Astrophysical Journal 689 (1), 377, 2008 | 223 | 2008 |
| The golden standard type ia supernova 2005cf: observations from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared wavebands X Wang, W Li, AV Filippenko, RJ Foley, RP Kirshner, M Modjaz, J Bloom, ... The Astrophysical Journal 697 (1), 380, 2009 | 203 | 2009 |
| The exceptionally luminous type II-linear supernova 2008es AA Miller, R Chornock, DA Perley, M Ganeshalingam, W Li, NR Butler, ... The Astrophysical Journal 690 (2), 1303, 2008 | 201 | 2008 |
| Improved standardization of type II-P supernovae: application to an expanded sample D Poznanski, N Butler, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, W Li, JS Bloom, ... The Astrophysical Journal 694 (2), 1067, 2009 | 197 | 2009 |
Robert KirshnerClowes Professor of Science, Harvard UniversityVerified email at cfa.harvard.edu