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Ken J. Shen
astro-ph.SRastro-ph.HEastro-ph.COastro-ph.GAastro-phastro-ph.IMastro-ph.EPCompact astrophysical objectshep-phHigh-energy astrophysics
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Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star
with Iair Arcavi, D. Andrew Howell, Daniel Kasen, Lars Bildsten +48
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Preprints & journals
77 papers in the corpus · 2007–2026Cell-based theoretical criteria on the onset and stability limit of thermonuclear detonation2610.18315v1 · Kazuya Iwata, Keiichi Maeda, Ken J. Shen2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Stellar activity in a post-merger Giant star2609.15652v2 · Hans Moritz Gunther, C. Melis, K. J. Shen et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The First Multi-Messenger Nova: External Shocks, TeV Photons, and Neutrinos in the Next Eruption of T CrB2609.06201v2 · E. Aydi, P. Craig, K. V. Sokolovsky et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
From Light to Sound: Spectroscopic Evolution & Sonification of the flaring Nova V612 Scuti2608.08257v1 · Pragati Acharya, Elias Aydi, Kirill V. Sokolovsky et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
A systematic survey for hypervelocity runaways from thermonuclear supernovae2606.11293v2 · Kareem El-Badry, Klaus Werner, Ken J. Shen et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Discovery of a runaway star likely ejected by a Type Iax Supernova2602.23900v1 · A. Bhat, M. Hollands, M. Dorsch et al.2026 · 2 citationsarXiv
Drawing the line between explosion and collapse in electron-capture supernovae -- I. Impact of conductive flame speeds and ignition conditions on the explosion mechanism2601.16918v1 · Alexander Holas, Samuel W. Jones, Friedrich K. Roepke et al.2026 · 3 citationsarXiv
Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae.41725779 · Aydi, Elias, Monnier, John D, Mérand, Antoine et al.2026 · 3 citationsNature astronomy. 2026;10(2):271-280
He-star donor pathway for the hypervelocity star D6-22511.11998v1 · Abinaya Swaruba Rajamuthukumar, Ruediger Pakmor, Stephen Justham et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Violent mergers can explain the inflated state of some of the fastest stars in the Galaxy2510.12197v1 · Aakash Bhat, Rudiger Pakmor, Ken J. Shen et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Violent mergers revisited: The origin of the fastest stars in the Galaxy2510.11781v2 · Rudiger Pakmor, Ken J. Shen, Aakash Bhat et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Carbon burning cannot explain puffy hypervelocity white dwarfs2507.15952v2 · Natsuko Yamaguchi, Kareem El-Badry, Tin Long Sunny Wong et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Double-offset Cassegrain telescopes for the Ultraviolet Type Ia (UVIa) mission concept2507.16006v1 · Fernando Cruz Aguirre, Keri Hoadley, Curtis McCully et al.2025 · 0 citations"Double-offset Cassegrain telescopes for the Ultraviolet Type Ia mission concept," J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 11(4) 042211 (17 July 2025)
Spectroscopic and kinematic analyses of a warm survivor of a D6 supernova2506.08081v1 · Mark A. Hollands, Ken. J. Shen, Roberto Raddi et al.2025 · 7 citationsarXiv
The Ultraviolet Type Ia Supernova CubeSat (UVIa): Science Motivation & Mission Concept2502.11957v2 · Keri Hoadley, Curtis McCully, Gillian Kyne et al.2025 · 0 citationsJournal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 11, Issue 4, 042221 (August 2025)
The Evolution of Hypervelocity Supernova Survivors and the Outcomes of Interacting Double White Dwarf Binaries2502.04451v1 · Ken J. Shen2025 · 16 citationsarXiv
A gravitational wave detectable candidate Type Ia supernova progenitor2411.19916v3 · Emma T. Chickles, Kevin B. Burdge, Joheen Chakraborty et al.2024 · 4 citationsarXiv
Non-LTE Synthetic Observables of a Multidimensional Model of Type Ia Supernovae2410.22276v2 · Samuel J. Boos, Luc Dessart, Ken J. Shen et al.2024 · 5 citationsarXiv
The Rise of Nova V1674 Herculis2410.16460v1 · Robert M. Quimby, Brian D. Metzger, Ken J. Shen et al.2024 · 7 citationsarXiv
Local two-dimensional simulations of the ignition of a helium shell detonation on a white dwarf by an impacting stream2408.10981v2 · Nethra Rajavel, Dean M. Townsley, Ken J. Shen2024 · 4 citationsarXiv
Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the supernova Ia hypervelocity runaway white dwarf J0927-63352408.08397v1 · Klaus Werner, Kareem El-Badry, Boris T. Gansicke et al.2024 · 8 citationsA&A 689, L6 (2024)
Supernova Shocks Cannot Explain the Inflated State of Hypervelocity Runaways from White Dwarf Binaries2407.03424v2 · Aakash Bhat, Evan B. Bauer, Rudiger Pakmor et al.2024 · 9 citationsA&A 693, A114 (2025)
Almost All Carbon/Oxygen White Dwarfs Can Host Double Detonations2405.19417v2 · Ken J. Shen, Samuel J. Boos, Dean M. Townsley2024 · 23 citationsarXiv
Type Ia Supernovae Can Arise from the Detonations of Both Stars in a Double Degenerate Binary2401.08011v2 · Samuel J. Boos, Dean M. Townsley, Ken J. Shen2024 · 29 citationsarXiv
Evidence for saturated and disrupted magnetic braking from samples of detached close binaries with M and K dwarfs2311.04309v1 · Diogo Belloni, Matthias R. Schreiber, Maxwell Moe et al.2023 · 23 citationsarXiv
Revisiting the classics: On the evolutionary origin of the "Fe II" and "He/N" spectral classes of novae2309.07097v2 · E. Aydi, L. Chomiuk, J. Strader et al.2023 · 19 citationsarXiv
SN 2022joj: A Peculiar Type Ia Supernova Possibly Driven by an Asymmetric Helium-shell Double Detonation2308.06319v2 · Chang Liu, Adam A. Miller, Samuel J. Boos et al.2023 · 11 citationsApJ 958 178 (2023)
SN 2022joj: A Potential Double Detonation with a Thin Helium shell2308.06334v1 · E. Padilla Gonzalez, D.A. Howell, G. Terreran et al.2023 · 13 citationsarXiv
The Q Branch Cooling Anomaly Can Be Explained by Mergers of White Dwarfs and Subgiant Stars2308.04559v2 · Ken J. Shen, Simon Blouin, Katelyn Breivik2023 · 27 citationsarXiv
No plateau observed in late-time near-infrared observations of the underluminous Type Ia supernova 2021qvv2306.12858v2 · O. Graur, E. Padilla Gonzalez, J. Burke et al.2023 · 5 citationsarXiv
Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis: Metallicity-Dependent Yields2306.12885v1 · James D Keegans, Marco Pignatari, Richard J Stancliffe et al.2023 · 16 citationsarXiv
The fastest stars in the Galaxy2306.03914v2 · Kareem El-Badry, Ken J. Shen, Vedant Chandra et al.2023 · 32 citationsarXiv
Catching a nova X-ray/UV flash in the visible? Early spectroscopy of the extremely slow Nova Velorum 2022 (Gaia22alz)2304.04306v1 · E. Aydi, L. Chomiuk, J. Miko\lajewska et al.2023 · 9 citationsarXiv
A Single Binary May Host Recurrent Thermonuclear Supernovae2212.12596v2 · Kaela J. Lee, Ken J. Shen2022 · 0 citationsarXiv
StaNdaRT: A repository of standardized test models and outputs for supernova radiative transfer2209.11671v3 · St'ephane Blondin, Sergei Blinnikov, Fionntan P. Callan et al.2022 · 30 citationsA&A 668, A163 (2022)
Searching for a Hypervelocity White Dwarf Companion: A Proper Motion Survey of SN 10062206.04095v1 · Joshua V. Shields, Wolfgang Kerzendorf, Matthew W. Hosek Jr. et al.2022 · 15 citationshttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac7950
The Late-Time Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae: Confronting Models with Observations2206.02812v2 · Vishal Tiwari, Or Graur, Robert Fisher et al.2022 · 15 citationsarXiv
Binary Interaction Dominates Mass Ejection in Classical Novae2205.06283v2 · Ken J. Shen, Eliot Quataert2022 · 43 citationsarXiv
Modelling the ionisation state of Type Ia supernovae in the nebular-phase2203.16561v1 · Luke J. Shingles, Andreas Flors, Stuart A. Sim et al.2022 · 17 citationsarXiv
The Circumstellar Environments of Double-Peaked, Calcium-strong Supernovae 2021gno and 2021inl2203.03785v1 · Wynn Jacobson-Gal'an, Padma Venkatraman, Raffaella Margutti et al.2022 · 31 citationsarXiv
X-ray emission from candidate stellar merger remnant TYC 2597-735-1 and its Blue Ring Nebula2202.05424v1 · Hans Moritz Gunther, Keri Hoadley, Maximilian N. Gunther et al.2022 · 1 citationarXiv
Impacts of Nuclear Reaction Rate Uncertainties on Sub-Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarf Detonations2112.06951v1 · Thomas Fitzpatrick, Ken J. Shen2021 · 0 citationsarXiv
Masses of White Dwarf Binary Companions to Type Ia Supernovae Measured from Runaway Velocities2112.03189v2 · Evan B. Bauer, Vedant Chandra, Ken J. Shen et al.2021 · 28 citationsarXiv
The SNIa Runaway LP 398-9: Detection of Circumstellar Material and Surface Rotation2110.06935v2 · Vedant Chandra, Hsiang-Chih Hwang, Nadia L. Zakamska et al.2021 · 16 citationsarXiv
Multi-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Calculations of Double Detonations of Sub-Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarfs2108.12435v2 · Ken J. Shen, Samuel J. Boos, Dean M. Townsley et al.2021 · 65 citationsarXiv
Birth of the ELMs: a ZTF survey for evolved cataclysmic variables turning into extremely low-mass white dwarfs2108.04255v3 · Kareem El-Badry, Hans-Walter Rix, Eliot Quataert et al.2021 · 47 citationsarXiv
Transients from the Cataclysmic Deaths of Cataclysmic Variables2108.04305v2 · Brian D. Metzger, Yossef Zenati, Laura Chomiuk et al.2021 · 20 citationsarXiv
8.9-hr Rotation in the Partly Burnt Runaway Stellar Remnant LP 40-365 (GD 492)2105.06480v1 · J. J. Hermes, Odelia Putterman, Mark A. Hollands et al.2021 · 13 citationsarXiv
LAMOST J0140355+392651: An evolved cataclysmic variable donor transitioning to become an extremely low mass white dwarf2104.07033v2 · Kareem El-Badry, Eliot Quataert, Hans-Walter Rix et al.2021 · 25 citationsarXiv
Multi-Dimensional Parameter Study of Double Detonation Type Ia Supernovae Originating from Thin-Helium-Shell White Dwarfs2101.12330v2 · Samuel J. Boos, Dean M. Townsley, Ken J. Shen et al.2021 · 67 citationsarXiv
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