tipa -- 11/15/2007

A runaway collision in a young star cluster as the origin of the brightest supernova

• Authors: Simon Portegies Zwart (UvA) Edward P.J. van den Heuvel (UvA)

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: rotation and nitrogen enrichment as the key to understanding massive star evolution

• Authors: I. Hunter, I. Brott, D.J. Lennon, N. Langer, P.L. Dufton, C. Trundle, S.J. Smartt, A. de Koter, C.J. Evans, R.S.I. Ryans

On the Origin and Survival of UHE Cosmic-Ray Nuclei in GRBs and Hypernovae

• Authors: Xiang-Yu Wang, Soebur Razzaque, Peter Meszaros