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2026
JWST Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernova 2025rbs from Maximum Light to the Nebular Phase
[
arXiv]
Kwok, L. et al. 2026. Submitted to AAS Journals
JWST Nebular Spectroscopy of SN 2023qov: Circumstellar Dust Emission in a Normal Type Ia Supernova
[
arXiv]
Macrie, C. W. et al. 2026. Submitted to ApJ
HOLISMOKES XIX: SN 2025wny at
z = 2, the first strongly lensed superluminous supernova
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Taubenberger, S. et al. 2026. A&A, 710, A365
JWST Spectroscopy of SN Ia 2022aaiq and 2024gy: Evidence for Enhanced Central Stable Ni Abundance and a Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition
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ADS,
arXiv]
Kwok, L. et al. 2026. ApJ, 1005, 52
Blondin, S. 2026. Encyclopedia of Astrophysics, Volume 3, ISBN 978-0-443-21439-4, Elsevier, 2026, pp. 404-422
2025
(White paper) The supernova Ia progenitor problem in the 2040s
[
arXiv]
The Heavy Element Enrichment History of the Universe from Neutron Star Mergers with Habitable Worlds Observatory
[
arXiv]
Burns, E. et al. 2025. This article is an adaptation of a science case document developed for the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
No rungs attached: A distance-ladder free determination of the Hubble constant through type II supernova spectral modelling
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ADS,
arXiv]
Vogl, C. et al. 2025. A&A, 702, A41
JWST and Ground-based Observations of the Type Iax Supernovae SN 2024pxl and SN 2024vjm: Evidence for Weak Deflagration Explosions
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ADS,
arXiv]
Kwok, L. et al. 2025. ApJ, 989, L33
Blondin, S. 2025. This is a pre-print of a chapter for the Encyclopedia of Astrophysics (edited by Ilya Mandel, section editor Jeffrey Andrews) to be published by Elsevier as a Reference Module.
2024
Transient Classifiers for Fink: Benchmarks for LSST
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Fraga, B. et al. 2024. A&A, 692, 208
(White paper) The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper
[
arXiv]
Mainieri, V. et al. 2024
Type Ia supernova explosion models are inherently multidimensional
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Pakmor, R. et al. 2024. A&A, 686, A227
Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul: II. Evidence from Nebular Spectroscopy for a Violent Merger in a Peculiar Type-Ia Supernova
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Kwok, L. et al. 2024. ApJ, 966, 135
Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul: I. Unusual Signatures of Carbon, Oxygen, and Circumstellar Interaction in a Peculiar Type Ia Supernova
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Siebert, M. et al. 2024. ApJ, 960, 88
Strong Carbon Features and a Red Early Color in the Underluminous Type Ia SN 2022xkq
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Pearson, J. et al. 2024. ApJ, 960, 29. The hydrodynamical inputs and synthetic spectra are available
here.
2023
(Proceedings) Nebular spectra from Type Ia supernova explosion models compared to JWST observations of SN 2021aefx
[
ADS,
HAL]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Ramsbottom, C. A., Storey, P. J. 2023.
Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Strasbourg, 20-23 June 2023.
Nebular spectra from Type Ia supernova explosion models compared to JWST observations of SN 2021aefx
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Ramsbottom, C. A., Storey, P. J. 2023. A&A, 678, A170. The input models and synthetic spectra are available
here. The complete collisional data for Ni III are available at the CDS
here.
Reeling in the Whirlpool: the distance to M 51 clarified by Cepheids and the Type IIP SN 2005cs
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Csörnyei, G. et al. 2023. A&A, 678, A44
Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Amaro-Seoane, P. et al. 2023. Living Reviews In Relativity, 26, 2
Consistency of Type IIP supernova sibling distances
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Csörnyei, G. et al. 2023. A&A, 672, A129
2022
StaNdaRT: A repository of standardized test models and outputs for supernova radiative transfer
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Blondin, S., et al. 2022. A&A, 668, A163. The ejecta models and output files from the simulations are available
here.
Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs are the progenitors of a small fraction of Type Ia supernovae according to nucleosynthesis constraints
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Bravo, E., Piersanti, L., Blondin, S., Domínguez, I., Straniero, O., Cristallo, S. 2022. MNRAS Letters, 517, L31
SN 2016dsg: A Thermonuclear Explosion Involving A Thick Helium Shell
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dong, Y., et al. 2022. ApJ, 934, 102
Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Brennan, S., et al. 2022. MNRAS, 513, 5666
Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Brennan, S., et al. 2022. MNRAS, 513, 5642
Could SNAD160 be a Pair-instability Supernova?
[
ADS]
Pruzhinskaya, M., et al. 2022. RNAAS, 6, 122
Stable nickel production in Type Ia supernovae: A smoking gun for the progenitor mass?
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Blondin, S., Bravo, E., Timmes, F., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J. 2022. A&A, 660, A96. Model spectra available
here.
2021
Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Radiative Transfer Simulations of Sub-Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarf Detonations
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Shen, K., Blondin, S., Kasen, D., Dessart, L., Townsley, D. M., Boos, S., Hillier, D. J. 2021. ApJ, 909, L18
2020
Sub-Chandrasekhar progenitors favoured for type Ia supernovae: Evidence from late-time spectroscopy
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ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Flörs, A., et al. 2020. MNRAS, 491, 2902
2019
On the Ca-strong 1991bg-like type Ia supernova 2016hnk: evidence for a Chandrasekhar-mass explosion
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Galbany, L., et al. 2019. A&A, 630, A76
(White paper) Catching Element Formation In The Act - The Case for a New MeV Gamma-Ray Mission: Radionuclide Astronomy in the 2020s
[
arXiv]
Fryer, C. L., et al. 2019. A White Paper for the 2020 Decadal Survey
2018
The detonation of a sub-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf at the origin of
the low-luminosity Type Ia supernova 1999by
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J. 2018. MNRAS, 474, 3931.
The hydrodynamical input and synthetic spectra are available
here.
2017
Type II Supernova Light Curves and Spectra From the CfA
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Hicken, M., et al. 2017. ApJS, 233, 6
Evidence for sub-Chandrasekhar-mass progenitors of Type Ia supernovae at the faint end of the width-luminosity relation
[
ADS,
arXiv
HAL]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Khokhlov, A. M. 2017. MNRAS, 470, 157.
The hydrodynamical inputs and synthetic spectra are available
here.
Two classes of fast-declining type Ia supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dhawan, S., Leibundgut, B., Spyromilio, J., Blondin, S. 2017. A&A, 602, A118
2016
Light Curves of 213 Type Ia Supernovae from the ESSENCE Survey
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Narayan, G., et al. 2016. ApJS, 224, 3
A reddening-free method to estimate the
56Ni mass of Type Ia supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dhawan, S., Leibundgut, B., Spyromilio, J., Blondin, S. 2016. A&A, 588, A84
2015
(Proceedings) Constraints on the explosion mechanism and progenitors of Type Ia supernovae
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ADS,
pdf]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Khokhlov, A. M. 2015.
Proceedings of the "Semaine de l'Astrophysique Française", Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 2-5 June 2015. The entire proceedings can be downloaded
here (PDF, 100 Mb).
(Proceedings) A Spherical Chandrasekhar-Mass Delayed-Detonation Model for a Normal Type Ia Supernova
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ADS,
pdf]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J. 2015.
19th European Workshop on White Dwarfs, Proceedings of a conference held at the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada 11-15 August 2014. Edited by Patrick Dufour, Pierre Bergeron, and Gilles Fontaine. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 493. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015, p. 559
A one-dimensional Chandrasekhar-mass delayed-detonation model for the broad-lined Type Ia supernova 2002bo
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J. 2015. MNRAS, 448, 2766.
The hydrodynamical input and synthetic spectra are available
here.
2014
Critical ingredients of Type Ia supernova radiative-transfer modelling
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Blondin, S., Khokhlov, A. M. 2014. MNRAS, 441, 3249
Constraints on the explosion mechanism and progenitors of type Ia supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dessart, L., Blondin, S., Hillier, D. J., Khokhlov, A. M. 2014. MNRAS, 441, 532
Optical Spectra of 73 Stripped-envelope Core-collapse Supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Modjaz, M., et al. 2014. AJ, 147, 99
[CoIII] versus NaID in type Ia supernova spectra
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Blondin, S., Khokhlov, A. M. 2014. MNRAS, 439, 3114.
2013
One-dimensional delayed-detonation models of Type Ia supernovae: Confrontation to observations at bolometric maximum
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Khokhlov, A. M. 2013. MNRAS, 429, 2127.
The maximum-light spectra of the DDC model series can be downloaded
here.
Also included are the hydro grid (velocity, density) and abundance
profiles for
56Ni, Ni, Si, and O within 20-60 s from explosion.
Radiative Properties of Pair-instability Supernova Explosions
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dessart, L., Waldman, R., Livne, E., Hillier, D. J., Blondin, S. 2013. MNRAS, 428, 3227
2012
Super-luminous supernovae:
56Ni power versus magnetar radiation
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ADS,
arXiv]
Dessart, L., Hillier, D. J., Waldman, R., Livne, E., Blondin, S. 2012. MNRAS, 426, L76
The Spectroscopic Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Blondin, S., et al. 2012. AJ, 143, 126. Spectroscopic data available
here. New SNID template set available
here.
2011
Confronting 2D delayed-detonation models with light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., Kasen, D., Roepke, F. K., Kirshner, R. P., Mandel, K. S. 2011.
MNRAS, 417, 1280
Direct Confirmation of the Asymmetry of the Cas A SN Explosion with Light Echoes
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Rest, A., et al. 2011b. ApJ, 732, 3
On the Interpretation of Supernova Light Echo Profiles and Spectra
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Rest, A., et al. 2011a. ApJ, 732, 2
Do spectra improve distance measurements of Type Ia supernovae?
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., Mandel, K. S., Kirshner, R. P. 2011. A&A, 526, 81. Spectroscopic data available
here.
2010
Precision Determination of Atmospheric Extinction at Optical and Near-infrared Wavelengths
[
ADS]
Burke, D. L., et al. 2010. ApJ, 720, 811
(Proceedings) Calibration of the LSST instrumental and atmospheric photometric passbands
[
ADS]
Burke, D. L., et al. 2010.
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7737, id. 77371D (2010).
2009
Variable Sodium Absorption in a Low-Extinction Type Ia Supernova
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Simon, J., et al. 2009. ApJ, 702, 1157
From Shock Breakout to Peak and Beyond: Extensive Panchromatic
Observations of the Aspherical Type Ib Supernova 2008D associated with
Swift X-ray Transient 080109
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Modjaz, M., et al. 2009. ApJ, 702, 226
Improved Dark Energy Constraints from ~100 New CfA Supernova Type Ia Light Curves
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Hicken, M., et al. 2009. ApJ, 700, 1097
CfA3: 185 Type Ia Supernova Light Curves from the CfA
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Hicken, M., et al. 2009. ApJ, 700, 331
Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First Four Years
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Foley, R. J., et al. 2009. AJ, 137, 3731
Blondin, S., et al. 2009. ApJ, 693, 207
(Erratum: Blondin, S., et al. 2017. ApJ, 844, 88)
2008
Properties of the ultraviolet flux of type Ia supernovae: an analysis with synthetic spectra of SN 2001ep and SN 2001eh
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Sauer, D. N., et al. 2008. MNRAS, 391, 1605
Type Ia Supernovae are Good Standard Candles in the Near Infrared: Evidence from PAIRITEL
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Wood-Vasey, W. M., et al. 2008. ApJ, 689, 377
Double-peaked Oxygen Lines Are not Rare in Nebular Spectra of Core-Collapse Supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Modjaz, M., et al. 2008. ApJ, 687, L9
Constraining Cosmic Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Foley, R. J., et al. 2008. ApJ, 684, 68
Blondin, S., et al. 2008. ApJ, 682, 724
Exploring the Outer Solar System with the ESSENCE Supernova Survey
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Becker, A. C., et al. 2008. ApJ, 682, L53
Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova using Light Echoes in the LMC
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Rest, A., et al. 2008. ApJ, 680, 1137
Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Matheson, T., et al. 2008. AJ, 135, 1598
Using Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis to Determine the Properties
and Distances of Type II-Plateau Supernovae: SNe 2005cs and 2006bp
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Dessart, L., et al. 2008. ApJ, 675, 644
2007
The Luminous and Carbon-Rich Supernova 2006gz: A Double Degenerate
Merger?
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Hicken, M., et al. 2007. ApJ, 669, L17
Towards More Precise Survey Photometry for PanSTARRS and LSST:
Measuring Directly the Optical Transmission Spectrum of the
Atmosphere
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Stubbs, C. W., et al. 2007. PASP, 119, 1163
Determining the Type, Redshift, and Age of a Supernova Spectrum
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Blondin, S. & Tonry, J. L. 2007. ApJ, 666, 1024. Download the Supernova Identification (SNID) code
here.
Scrutinizing Exotic Cosmological Models Using ESSENCE Supernova Data Combined with Other Cosmological Probes
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Davis, T. M., et al. 2007. ApJ, 666, 716
Observational Constraints on the Nature of Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey
[
ADS,
arXiv,
HAL]
Wood-Vasey, W. M., et al. 2007. ApJ, 666, 694
The ESSENCE Supernova Survey: Survey Optimization, Observations, and Supernova Photometry
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Miknaitis, G., et al. 2007. ApJ, 666, 674
(Proceedings) Determining the Type, Redshift, and Phase of a Supernova Spectrum
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S. & Tonry, J. L. 2007.
"The Multicoloured Landscape of Compact Objects and their Explosive Origins"
AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 924, pp. 312-321 (2007).
Early Ultraviolet, Optical, and X-Ray Observations of the Type IIP SN 2005cs in M51 with Swift
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Brown, P. J., et al. 2007. ApJ, 659, 1488
Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae from Near the Time of Explosion
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Garg, A., et al. 2007. AJ, 133, 403
2006
(Proceedings) Supernova Cosmology and the ESSENCE project
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Sollerman, J., et al. 2006.
Proceedings of the EPS-13 Conference "Beyond Einstein - Physics for the 21st Century". 11-15 July 2005. University of Bern, Switzerland. Editors: A.M. Cruise, L. Ouwehand. ESA-SP 637., id.14.1.
Early-Time Photometry and Spectroscopy of the Fast Evolving SN 2006aj Associated with GRB 060218
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Modjaz, M., et al. 2006, ApJ, 645, L21
Using Line Profiles to Test the Fraternity of Type Ia Supernovae at High and Low Redshifts
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., et al. 2006. AJ, 131, 1648
2005
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Nine High-Redshift ESSENCE Supernovae
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Krisciunas, K., et al. 2005. AJ, 130, 2453
Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First 2 Years
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Matheson, T., et al. 2005. AJ, 129, 2352
Extracting clean supernova spectra. Towards a quantitative analysis of high-redshift Type Ia supernova spectra
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Blondin, S., et al. 2005. A&A, 431, 757
(Proceedings) Evidence for dark energy from Type Ia supernovae
[
ADS,
pdf]
Leibundgut, B. & Blondin, S. 2005.
Proceedings of the 8th
International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground
Physics (TAUP), University of Washington, Seattle, September 2003.
2004
The Hubble Higher z Supernova Search: Supernovae to z ~ 1.6 and Constraints on Type Ia Progenitor Models
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Strolger, L.-G., et al. 2004. ApJ, 613, 200
Twenty-Three High-Redshift Supernovae from the Institute for Astronomy Deep Survey: Doubling the Supernova Sample at z > 0.7
[
ADS,
arXiv]
Barris, B. J., et al. 2004. ApJ, 602, 571
(Proceedings) Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae - Impacts on Cosmology
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pdf]
Blondin, S. 2004. Proceedings of the
IVth Marseille Cosmology
Conference, "Where Cosmology and Fundamental Physics Meet", Marseille,
France, 23-26 June 2003. Proceedings Frontier Group, 2004, Eds. V. Le Brun, S. Basa & A. Mazure.
