| SN 2006gy: discovery of the most luminous supernova ever recorded, powered by the death of an extremely massive star like η Carinae N Smith, W Li, RJ Foley, JC Wheeler, D Pooley, R Chornock, ... The Astrophysical Journal 666 (2), 1116, 2007 | 629 | 2007 |
| Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star PE Nugent, M Sullivan, SB Cenko, RC Thomas, D Kasen, DA Howell, ... Nature 480 (7377), 344-347, 2011 | 545 | 2011 |
| Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion A Gal-Yam, P Mazzali, EO Ofek, PE Nugent, SR Kulkarni, MM Kasliwal, ... Nature 462 (7273), 624-627, 2009 | 539 | 2009 |
| The Lick AGN monitoring project: Broad-line region radii and black hole masses from reverberation mapping of Hβ MC Bentz, JL Walsh, AJ Barth, N Baliber, VN Bennert, G Canalizo, ... The Astrophysical Journal 705 (1), 199, 2009 | 429 | 2009 |
| PTF 11kx: A type Ia supernova with a symbiotic nova progenitor B Dilday, DA Howell, SB Cenko, JM Silverman, PE Nugent, M Sullivan, ... Science 337 (6097), 942-945, 2012 | 361 | 2012 |
| Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe W Li, JS Bloom, P Podsiadlowski, AA Miller, SB Cenko, SW Jha, ... Nature 480 (7377), 348-350, 2011 | 353 | 2011 |
| ERRATUM:“A 3% SOLUTION: DETERMINATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT WITH THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE AND WIDE FIELD CAMERA 3”(ApJ, 2011, 730, 119) AG Riess, L Macri, S Casertano, H Lampeit, HC Ferguson, AV Filippenko, ... The Astrophysical Journal 732 (2), 129, 2011 | 350 | 2011 |
| Swift J2058. 4+ 0516: discovery of a possible second relativistic tidal disruption flare? SB Cenko, HA Krimm, A Horesh, A Rau, DA Frail, JA Kennea, AJ Levan, ... The Astrophysical Journal 753 (1), 77, 2012 | 341 | 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 | 316 | 2011 |
| 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 | 299 | 2009 |
| 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 | 295 | 2012 |
| Luminous blue variable eruptions and related transients: diversity of progenitors and outburst properties N Smith, W Li, JM Silverman, M Ganeshalingam, AV Filippenko Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 415 (1), 773-810, 2011 | 267 | 2011 |
| 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 | 259 | 2009 |
| SN 2006tf: precursor eruptions and the optically thick regime of extremely luminous type IIn supernovae N Smith, R Chornock, W Li, M Ganeshalingam, JM Silverman, RJ Foley, ... The Astrophysical Journal 686 (1), 467, 2008 | 234 | 2008 |
| Improved distances to type Ia supernovae with two spectroscopic subclasses X Wang, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, W Li, JM Silverman, L Wang, ... The Astrophysical Journal 699 (2), L139, 2009 | 224 | 2009 |
| Fourteen months of observations of the possible super-Chandrasekhar mass Type Ia Supernova 2009dc JM Silverman, M Ganeshalingam, W Li, AV Filippenko, AA Miller, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1), 585-611, 2011 | 222 | 2011 |
| SN 2011dh: discovery of a type IIb supernova from a compact progenitor in the nearby galaxy M51 I Arcavi, A Gal-Yam, O Yaron, A Sternberg, I Rabinak, E Waxman, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 742 (2), L18, 2011 | 212 | 2011 |
| The lick AGN monitoring project: Reverberation mapping of optical hydrogen and helium recombination lines MC Bentz, JL Walsh, AJ Barth, Y Yoshii, JH Woo, X Wang, T Treu, ... The Astrophysical Journal 716 (2), 993, 2010 | 212 | 2010 |
| Dust and the type II-Plateau supernova 2004et R Kotak, WPS Meikle, D Farrah, CL Gerardy, RJ Foley, SD Van Dyk, ... The Astrophysical Journal 704 (1), 306, 2009 | 203 | 2009 |
| Discovery of precursor luminous blue variable outbursts in two recent optical transients: the fitfully variable missing links UGC 2773-OT and SN 2009ip N Smith, A Miller, W Li, AV Filippenko, JM Silverman, AW Howard, ... The Astronomical Journal 139 (4), 1451, 2010 | 200 | 2010 |
Alexei V. FILIPPENKOProfessor of Astronomy, University of California, BerkeleyVerified email at berkeley.edu
