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Müller, B.; Janka, H.-T.; Marek, A.: A new multi-dimensional general relativistic neutrino hydrodynamics code for core-collapse supernovae - II. Relativistic explosion models of core-collapse supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal 756 (1), 84, pp. 1 - 22 (2012)

Noebauer, U. M.; Sim, S. A.; Kromer, M.; Röpke, F. K.; Hillebrandt, W.: Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics: methods, tests and application to type Ia supernova ejecta. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 425 (2), pp. 1430 - 1444 (2012)

Dilday, B.; Howell, D. A.; Cenko, S. B.; Silverman, J. M.; Nugent, P. E.; Sullivan, M.; Ben-Ami, S.; Bildsten, L.; Bolte, M.; Endl, M. et al.; Filippenko, A. V.; Gnat, O.; Horesh, A.; Hsiao, E.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Kirkman, D.; Maguire, K.; Marcy, G. W.; Moore, K.; Pan, Y.; Parrent, J. T.; Podsiadlowski, P.; Quimby, R. M.; Sternberg, A.; Suzuki, N.; Tytler, D. R.; Xu, D.; Bloom, J. S.; Gal-Yam, A.; Hook, I. M.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Law, N. M.; Ofek, E. O.; Polishook, D.; Poznanski, D.: PTF 11kx: a type Ia supernova with a symbiotic nova progenitor. Science 337 (6097), pp. 942 - 945 (2012)

Hanke, F.; Marek, A.; Müller, B.; Janka, H.-T.: Is strong SASI activity the key to successful neutrino-driven supernova explosions? The Astrophysical Journal 755 (2), 138, pp. 1 - 23 (2012)

Ibáñez, J. M.; Cordero-Carrión, I.; Miralles, J. A.: On numerical relativistic hydrodynamics and barotropic equations of state. Classical and Quantum Gravity 29 (15), 157001, pp. 1 - 6 (2012)

Kifonidis, K.; Müller, E.: On multigrid solution of the implicit equations of hydrodynamics - experiments for the compressible Euler equations in general coordinates. Astronomy & Astrophysics 544, A47, pp. 1 - 30 (2012)

Mazzali, P. A.; Hachinger, S.: The nebular spectra of the type Ia supernova 1991bg: further evidence of a non-standard explosion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 424 (4), pp. 2926 - 2935 (2012)

Meyer-Hofmeister, E.; Liu, B. F.; Meyer, F.: Coronae above accretion disks around black holes: the effect of Compton cooling. Astronomy & Astrophysics 544, A87, pp. 1 - 9 (2012)

Milone, A. P.; Marino, A. F.; Cassisi, S.; Piotto, G.; Bedin, L. R.; Anderson, J.; Allard, F.; Aparicio, A.; Bellini, A.; Buonanno, R. et al.; Monelli, M.; Pietrinferni, A.: The infrared eye of the wide-field camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope reveals multiple main sequences of very low mass stars in NGC 2808. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 754 (2), L34, pp. 1 - 6 (2012)

Pakmor, R.; Edelmann, P.; Röpke, F. K.; Hillebrandt, W.: Stellar GADGET: a smoothed particle hydrodynamics code for stellar astrophysics and its application to type Ia supernovae from white dwarf mergers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 424 (3), pp. 2222 - 2231 (2012)

Tanaka, M.; Kawabata, K. S.; Hattori, T.; Mazzali, P. A.; Aoki, K.; Iye, M.; Maeda, K.; Nomoto, K.; Pian, E.; Sasaki, T. et al.; Yamanaka, M.: Three-dimensional explosion geometry of stripped-envelope core-collapse supernovae - I. Spectropolarimetric observations. The Astrophysical Journal 754 (1), 63, pp. 1 - 10 (2012)

Norris, J. E.; Christlieb, N.; Bessell, M. S.; Asplund, M.; Eriksson, K.; Korn, A. J.: The oxygen abundance of the ultra-metal-poor star HE 0557–4840. The Astrophysical Journal 753 (2), 150, pp. 1 - 7 (2012)

Appourchaux, T.; Chaplin, W. J.; García, R. A.; Gruberbauer, M.; Verner, G. A.; Antia, H. M.; Benomar, O.; Campante, T. L.; Davies, G. R.; Deheuvels, S. et al.; Handberg, R.; Hekker, S.; Howe, R.; Régulo, C.; Salabert, D.; Bedding, T. R.; White, T. R.; Ballot, J.; Mathur, S.; Silva Aguirre, V.; Elsworth, Y. P.; Basu, S.; Gilliland, R. L.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Kjeldsen, H.; Uddin, K.; Stumpe, M. C.; Barclay, T.: Oscillation mode frequencies of 61 main-sequence and subgiant stars observed by Kepler. Astronomy & Astrophysics 543, A54, pp. 1 - 55 (2012)

Brown, P. J.; Dawson, K. S.; de Pasquale, M.; Gronwall, C.; Holland, S.; Immler, S.; Kuin, P.; Mazzali, P.; Milne, P.; Oates, S. et al.; Siegel, M.: A swift look at SN 2011fe: the earliest ultraviolet observations of a type Ia supernova. The Astrophysical Journal 753 (1), 22, pp. 1 - 9 (2012)

Bufano, F.; Pian, E.; Sollerman, J.; Benetti, S.; Pignata, G.; Valenti, S.; Covino, S.; D'Avanzo, P.; Malesani, D.; Cappellaro, E. et al.; Della Valle, M.; Fynbo, J.; Hjorth, J.; Mazzali, P. A.; Reichart, D. E.; Starling, R. L. C.; Turatto, M.; Vergani, S. D.; Wiersema, K.; Amati, L.; Bersier, D.; Campana, S.; Cano, Z.; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Chincarini, G.; D'Elia, V.; de Ugarte Postigo, A.; Deng, J.; Ferrero, P.; Filippenko, A. V.; Goldoni, P.; Gorosabel, J.; Greiner, J.; Hammer, F.; Jakobsson, P.; Kaper, L.; Kawabata, K. S.; Klose, S.; Levan, A. J.; Maeda, K.; Masetti, N.; Milvang-Jensen, B.; Mirabel, F. I.; Møller, P.; Nomoto, K.; Palazzi, E.; Piranomonte, S.; Salvaterra, R.; Stratta, G.; Tagliaferri, G.; Tanaka, M.; Tanvir, N. R.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.: The highly energetic expansion of SN 2010bh associated with GRB 100316D. The Astrophysical Journal 753 (1), 67, pp. 1 - 13 (2012)

Foley, R. J.; Kromer, M.; Marion, G. H.; Pignata, G.; Stritzinger, M. D.; Taubenberger, S.; Challis, P.; Filippenko, A. V.; Folatelli, G.; Hillebrandt, W. et al.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Kirshner, R. P.; Li, W.; Morrell, N. I.; Röpke, F. K.; Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F.; Seitenzahl, I. R.; Silverman, J. M.; Simcoe, R. A.; Berta, Z. K.; Ivarsen, K. M.; Newton, E. R.; Nysewander, M. C.; Reichart, D. E.: The first maximum-light ultraviolet through near-infrared spectrum of a type Ia supernova. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 753 (1), L5, pp. 1 - 6 (2012)

Meléndez, J.; Bergemann, M.; Cohen, J. G.; Endl, M.; Karakas, A. I.; Ramírez, I.; Cochran, W. D.; Yong, D.; MacQueen, P. J.; Kobayashi, C. et al.; Asplund, M.: The remarkable solar twin HIP 56948: a prime target in the quest for other Earths. Astronomy & Astrophysics 543, A29, pp. 1 - 27 (2012)

Nordlander, T.; Korn, A. J.; Richard, O.; Lind, K.: Atomic diffusion and mixing in old stars - III. Analysis of NGC 6397 stars under new constraints. The Astrophysical Journal 753 (1), 48, pp. 1 - 9 (2012)

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