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Dr Steven Williams

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2024
  2. Forthcoming

    Observations of type Ia supernova SN 2020nlb up to 600 days after explosion, and the distance to M85

    Williams, S. C., Kotak, R., Lundqvist, P., Mattila, S., Mazzali, P. A., Pastorello, A., Reguitti, A., Stritzinger, M. D., Fiore, A., Hook, I. M., Moran, S. & Salmaso, I., 1/01/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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  3. 2021
  4. Published

    The HST See Change Program: I. Survey Design, Pipeline, and Supernova Discoveries

    See Change, 7/05/2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 912, 2, 21 p., 87.

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  5. 2020
  6. Published

    The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968

    Kuin, N. P. M., Page, K. L., Mróz, P., Darnley, M. J., Shore, S. N., Osborne, J. P., Walter, F., Di Mille, F., Morrell, N., Munari, U., Bohlsen, T., Evans, A., Gehrz, R. D., Starrfield, S., Henze, M., Williams, S. C., Schwarz, G. J., Udalski, A., Szymański, M. K., Poleski, R., & 6 othersSoszyński, I., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Angeloni, R., Breeveld, A. A., Beardmore, A. P. & Skowron, J., 31/01/2020, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 491, 1, p. 655-679 25 p.

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  7. 2019
  8. Published
  9. Published

    AT 2017fvz: a nova in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822

    Healy, M. W., Darnley, M. J., Copperwheat, C. M., Filippenko, A. V., Henze, M., Hestenes, J. C., James, P. A., Page, K. L., Williams, S. C. & Zheng, W., 1/07/2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486, 3, p. 4334-4347 14 p.

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  10. Published

    Investigating the properties of stripped-envelope supernovae; what are the implications for their progenitors?

    Prentice, S. J., Ashall, C., James, P. A., Short, L., Mazzali, P. A., Bersier, D., Crowther, P. A., Barbarino, C., Chen, T-W., Copperwheat, C. M., Darnley, M. J., Denneau, L., Elias-Rosa, N., Fraser, M., Galbany, L., Gal-Yam, A., Harmanen, J., Howell, D. A., Hosseinzadeh, G., Inserra, C., & 25 othersKankare, E., Karamehmetoglu, E., Lamb, G. P., Limongi, M., Maguire, K., McCully, C., Olivares, F., Piascik, A. S., Pignata, G., Reichart, D. E., Rest, A., Reynolds, T., Rodríguez, Ó., Saario, J. L. O., Schulze, S., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Sollerman, J., Stalder, B., Sullivan, M., Taddia, F., Valenti, S., Vergani, S. D., Williams, S. C. & Young, D. R., 1/05/2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485, 2, p. 1559-1578 20 p.

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  11. Published

    A recurrent nova super-remnant in the Andromeda galaxy

    Darnley, M. J., Hounsell, R., O’Brien, T. J., Henze, M., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Shafter, A. W., Shara, M. M., Vaytet, N. M. H., Bode, M. F., Ciardullo, R., Davis, B. D., Galera-Rosillo, R., Harman, D. J., Harvey, E. J., Healy, M. W., Ness, J-U., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M. & Williams, S. C., 24/01/2019, In: Nature. 565, 7740, p. 460-463 4 p.

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  12. Published

    K2 Observations of SN 2018oh Reveal a Two-Component Rising Light Curve for a Type Ia Supernova

    Dimitriadis, G., Foley, R. J., Rest, A., Kasen, D., Piro, A. L., Polin, A., Jones, D. O., Villar, A., Narayan, G., Coulter, D. A., Kilpatrick, C. D., Pan, Y-C., Rojas-Bravo, C., Fox, O. D., Jha, S. W., Nugent, P. E., Riess, A. G., Scolnic, D., Drout, M. R., Barentsen, G., & 130 othersDotson, J., Gully-Santiago, M., Hedges, C., Cody, A. M., Barclay, T., Howell, S., Garnavich, P., Tucker, B. E., Shaya, E., Mushotzky, R., Olling, R. P., Margheim, S., Zenteno, A., Coughlin, J., Van Cleve, J. E., Cardoso, J. V. D. M., Larson, K. A., McCalmont-Everton, K. M., Peterson, C. A., Ross, S. E., Reedy, L. H., Osborne, D., McGinn, C., Kohnert, L., Migliorini, L., Wheaton, A., Spencer, B., Labonde, C., Castillo, G., Beerman, G., Steward, K., Hanley, M., Larsen, R., Gangopadhyay, R., Kloetzel, R., Weschler, T., Nystrom, V., Moffatt, J., Redick, M., Griest, K., Packard, M., Muszynski, M., Kampmeier, J., Bjella, R., Flynn, S., Elsaesser, B., Chambers, K. C., Flewelling, H. A., Huber, M. E., Magnier, E. A., Waters, C. Z., Schultz, A. S. B., Bulger, J., Lowe, T. B., Willman, M., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Points, S., Strampelli, G. M., Brimacombe, J., Chen, P., Munoz, J. A., Mutel, R. L., Shields, J., Vallely, P. J., Villanueva, S. . J., Li, W., Wang, X., Zhang, J., Lin, H., Mo, J., Zhao, X., Sai, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, K., Zhang, T., Wang, L., Zhang, J., Baron, E., DerKacy, J. M., Li, L., Chen, Z., Xiang, D., Rui, L., Wang, L., Huang, F., Li, X., Hosseinzadeh, G., Howell, D. A., Arcavi, I., Hiramatsu, D., Burke, J., Valenti, S., Tonry, J. L., Denneau, L., Heinze, A. N., Weiland, H., Stalder, B., Vinko, J., Sarneczky, K., Pa, A., Bodi, A., Bognar, Z., Csak, B., Cseh, B., Csornyei, G., Hanyecz, O., Ignacz, B., Kalup, C., Konyves-Toth, R., Kriskovics, L., Ordasi, A., Rajmon, I., Sodor, A., Szabo, R., Szakats, R., Zsidi, G., Williams, S. C., Nordin, J., Cartier, R., Frohmaier, C., Galbany, L., Gutierrez, C. P., Hook, I., Inserra, C., Smith, M., Sand, D. J., Andrews, J. E., Smith, N. & Bilinski, C., 1/01/2019, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 870, 16 p., L1.

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  13. Published

    Photometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Type Ia Supernova 2018oh with Early Excess Emission from the $Kepler$ 2 Observations

    Li, W., Wang, X., Vinkó, J., Mo, J., Hosseinzadeh, G., Sand, D. J., Zhang, J., Lin, H., Zhang, T., Wang, L., Zhang, J., Chen, Z., Xiang, D., Rui, L., Huang, F., Li, X., Zhang, X., Li, L., Baron, E., Derkacy, J. M., & 145 othersZhao, X., Sai, H., Zhang, K., Wang, L., Howell, D. A., McCully, C., Arcavi, I., Valenti, S., Hiramatsu, D., Burke, J., Rest, A., Garnavich, P., Tucker, B. E., Narayan, G., Shaya, E., Margheim, S., Zenteno, A., Villar, A., Dimitriadis, G., Foley, R. J., Pan, Y-C., Coulter, D. A., Fox, O. D., Jha, S. W., Jones, D. O., Kasen, D. N., Kilpatrick, C. D., Piro, A. L., Riess, A. G., Rojas-Bravo, C., Shappee, B. J., Holoien, T. W-S., Stanek, K. Z., Drout, M. R., Auchettl, K., Kochanek, C. S., Brown, J. S., Bose, S., Bersier, D., Brimacombe, J., Chen, P., Dong, S., Holmbo, S., Muñoz, J. A., Mutel, R. L., Post, R. S., Prieto, J. L., Shields, J., Tallon, D., Thompson, T. A., Vallely, P. J., Villanueva, S. . J., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Chambers, K. C., Flewelling, H. A., Huber, M. E., Magnier, E. A., Waters, C. Z., Schultz, A. S. B., Bulger, J., Lowe, T. B., Willman, M., Sárneczky, K., Pál, A., Wheeler, J. C., Bódi, A., Bognár, Z., Csák, B., Cseh, B., Csörnyei, G., Hanyecz, O., Ignácz, B., Kalup, C., Könyves-Tóth, R., Kriskovics, L., Ordasi, A., Rajmon, I., Sódor, A., Szabó, R., Szakáts, R., Zsidi, G., Milne, P., Andrews, J. E., Smith, N., Bilinski, C., Brown, P. J., Nordin, J., Williams, S. C., Galbany, L., Palmerio, J., Hook, I. M., Inserra, C., Maguire, K., Cartier, R., Razza, A., Gutiérrez, C. P., Hermes, J. J., Reding, J. S., Kaiser, B. C., Tonry, J. L., Heinze, A. N., Denneau, L., Weiland, H., Stalder, B., Barentsen, G., Dotson, J., Barclay, T., Gully-Santiago, M., Hedges, C., Cody, A. M., Howell, S., Coughlin, J., Van Cleve, J. E., Cardoso, J. V. D. M., Larson, K. A., McCalmont-Everton, K. M., Peterson, C. A., Ross, S. E., Reedy, L. H., Osborne, D., McGinn, C., Kohnert, L., Migliorini, L., Wheaton, A., Spencer, B., Labonde, C., Castillo, G., Beerman, G., Steward, K., Hanley, M., Larsen, R., Gangopadhyay, R., Kloetzel, R., Weschler, T., Nystrom, V., Moffatt, J., Redick, M., Griest, K., Packard, M., Muszynski, M., Kampmeier, J., Bjella, R., Flynn, S. & Elsaesser, B., 01/2019, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 870, 1, 33 p., 12.

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  14. 2018
  15. Published

    The Discovery of a Gravitationally Lensed Supernova Ia at Redshift 2.22

    Rubin, D., Hayden, B., Huang, X., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Barbary, K., Boone, K., Brodwin, M., Deustua, S. E., Dixon, S., Eisenhardt, P., Fruchter, A. S., Gonzalez, A. H., Goobar, A., Gupta, R. R., Hook, I., Jee, M. J., Kim, A. G., Kowalski, M., Lidman, C. E., & 15 othersLinder, E., Luther, K., Nordin, J., Pain, R., Perlmutter, S., Raha, Z., Rigault, M., Ruiz-Lapuente, P., Saunders, C. M., Sofiatti, C., Spadafora, A. L., Stanford, S. A., Stern, D., Suzuki, N. & Williams, S. C., 15/10/2018, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 866, 1, 16 p., 65.

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  16. Published

    Small vessels, dementia and chronic diseases - molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology

    Horsburgh, K., Wardlaw, J. M., van Agtmael, T., Allan, S. M., Ashford, M. L. J., Bath, P. M., Brown, R., Berwick, J., Cader, M. Z., Carare, R. O., Davis, J. B., Duncombe, J., Farr, T. D., Fowler, J. H., Goense, J., Granata, A., Hall, C. N., Hainsworth, A. H., Harvey, A., Hawkes, C. A., & 26 othersJoutel, A., Kalaria, R. N., Kehoe, P. G., Lawrence, C. B., Lockhart, A., Love, S., Macleod, M. R., Macrae, I. M., Markus, H. S., McCabe, C., McColl, B. W., Meakin, P. J., Miller, A., Nedergaard, M., O'Sullivan, M., Quinn, T. J., Rajani, R., Saksida, L. M., Smith, C., Smith, K. J., Touyz, R. M., Trueman, R. C., Wang, T., Williams, A., Williams, S. C. R. & Work, L. M., 30/04/2018, In: Clinical Science. 132, 8, p. 851-868 18 p.

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  17. Published

    Breaking the habit - the peculiar 2016 eruption of the unique recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a

    Henze, M., Darnley, M. J., Williams, S. C., Kato, M., Hachisu, I., Anupama, G. C., Arai, A., Boyd, D., Burke, D., Chinetti, K., Ciardullo, R., Cook, L. M., Cook, M. J., Erdman, P., Gao, X., Harris, B., Hartmann, D. H., Hornoch, K., Horst, J. C., Hounsell, R., & 53 othersHusar, D., Itagaki, K., Kabashima, F., Kafka, S., Kaur, A., Kiyota, S., Kojiguchi, N., Kucakova, H., Kuramoto, K., Maehara, H., Mantero, A., Masci, F. J., Matsumoto, K., Naito, H., Ness, J. -U., Nishiyama, K., Oksanen, A., Osborne, J. P., Page, K. L., Paunzen, E., Pavana, M., Pickard, R., Prieto-Arranz, J., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Sala, G., Sano, Y., Shafter, A. W., Sugiura, Y., Tan, H., Tordai, T., Vratil, J., Wagner, R. M., Watanabe, F., Williams, B. F., Bode, M. F., Bruno, A., Buchheim, B., Crawford, T., Goff, B., Hernanz, M., Igarashi, A. S., Jose, J., Motta, M., O'Brien, T. J., Oswalt, T., Poyner, G., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Sabo, R., Shara, M. M., Shears, J., Starkey, D., Starrfield, S. & Woodward, C. E., 16/04/2018, In: The Astrophysical Journal.

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  18. Published

    Polarimetry and Spectroscopy of the `Oxygen Flaring' DQ Herculis-like nova: V5668 Sagittarii (2015)

    Harvey, E. J., Redman, M. P., Darnley, M. J., Williams, S. C., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V. E., Fitzgerald, K. P. & Connor, E. G. P. O., 03/2018, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 611, 15 p., A3.

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  19. Published

    Multiwavelength observations of nova SMCN 2016-10a -- one of the brightest novae ever observed

    Aydi, E., Page, K. L., Kuin, N. P. M., Darnley, M. J., Walter, F. M., Mróz, P., Buckley, D., Mohamed, S., Whitelock, P., Woudt, P., Williams, S. C., Orio, M., Williams, R. E., Beardmore, A. P., Osborne, J. P., Kniazev, A., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Udalski, A., Strader, J. & Chomiuk, L., 21/02/2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474, 2, p. 2679-2705 27 p.

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  20. 2017
  21. Published

    Multiwavelength observations of the 2015 nova in the Local Group irregular dwarf galaxy IC 1613

    Williams, S. C., Darnley, M. J. & Henze, M., 1/12/2017, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472, 2, p. 1300-1314 15 p.

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  22. Published

    Inflows, Outflows, and a Giant Donor in the Remarkable Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a? - Hubble Space Telescope Photometry of the 2015 Eruption

    Darnley, M. J., Hounsell, R., Godon, P., Perley, D. A., Henze, M., Kuin, N. P. M., Williams, B. F., Williams, S. C., Bode, M. F., Harman, D. J., Hornoch, K., Link, M., Ness, J. -U., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Sion, E. M., Shafter, A. W. & Shara, M. M., 6/11/2017, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 849, 2, 17 p., 96.

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  23. Published

    No neon, but jets in the remarkable recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a? - Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopy of the 2015 eruption

    Darnley, M. J., Hounsell, R., Godon, P., Perley, D. A., Henze, M., Kuin, N. P. M., Williams, B. F., Williams, S. C., Bode, M. F., Harman, D. J., Hornoch, K., Link, M., Ness, J. -U., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Sion, E. M., Shafter, A. W. & Shara, M. M., 20/09/2017, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 847, 14 p., 35.

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  24. 2016
  25. Published

    M31N 2008-12a - the remarkable recurrent nova in M31: Pan-Chromatic observations of the 2015 eruption

    Darnley, M. J., Henze, M., Bode, M. F., Hachisu, I., Hernanz, M., Hornoch, K., Hounsell, R., Kato, M., Ness, J. -U., Osborne, J. P., Page, K. L., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Shafter, A. W., Shara, M. M., Steele, I. A., Williams, S. C., Arai, A., Arcavi, I., Barsukova, E. A., & 34 othersBoumis, P., Chen, T., Fabrika, S., Figueira, J., Gehrels, N., Godon, P., Goranskij, V. P., Harman, D. J., Hartmann, D. H., Hosseinzadeh, G., Horst, J. C., Itagaki, K., Jose, J., Kabashima, F., Kaur, A., Kawai, N., Kennea, J. A., Kiyota, S., Kucakova, H., Lau, K. M., Maehara, H., Naito, H., Nakajima, K., Nishiyama, K., O'Brien, T. J., Quimby, R., Sala, G., Sano, Y., Sion, E. M., Valeev, A. F., Watanabe, F., Watanabe, M., Williams, B. F. & Xu, Z., 20/12/2016, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 833, 2, 38 p., 149.

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  26. Published

    On the progenitors of local group novae. II. the red giant nova rate of M31

    Williams, S. C., Darnley, M. J., Bode, M. F. & Shafter, A. W., 28/01/2016, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 817, 2, 14 p., 143.

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  27. 2015
  28. Published

    A remarkable recurrent nova in M 31: the predicted 2014 outburst in X-rays with Swift

    Henze, M., Ness, J-U., Darnley, M. J., Bode, M. F., Williams, S. C., Shafter, A. W., Sala, G., Kato, M., Hachisu, I. & Hernanz, M., 1/08/2015, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 580, 46.

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  29. Published

    A remarkable recurrent nova in M31: discovery and optical/UV observations of the predicted 2014 eruption

    Darnley, M. J., Henze, M., Steele, I. A., Bode, M. F., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Shafter, A. W., Williams, S. C., Baer, D., Hachisu, I., Hernanz, M., Hornoch, K., Hounsell, R., Kato, M., Kiyota, S., Kučáková, H., Maehara, H., Ness, J-U., Piascik, A. S., Sala, G., & 3 othersSkillen, I., Smith, R. J. & Wolf, M., 1/08/2015, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 580, 23 p., 45.

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  30. Published

    A luminous red nova in M31 and its progenitor system

    Williams, S. C., Darnley, M. J., Bode, M. F. & Steele, I. A., 29/05/2015, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 805, 2, 6 p., L18.

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  31. Published

    Recurrent novae in M31

    Shafter, A. W., Henze, M., Rector, T. A., Schweizer, F., Hornoch, K., Orio, M., Pietsch, W., Darnley, M. J., Williams, S. C., Bode, M. F. & Bryan, J., 10/02/2015, In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 216, 2, 35 p., 34.

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  32. 2014
  33. Published

    On the progenitors of local group novae. I. the M31 catalog

    Williams, S. C., Darnley, M. J., Bode, M. F., Keen, A. & Shafter, A. W., 25/06/2014, In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 213, 1, 27 p., 10.

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  34. Published

    A remarkable recurrent nova in M 31: the X-ray observations

    Henze, M., Ness, J., Darnley, M. J., Bode, M. F., Williams, S. C., Shafter, A. W., Kato, M. & Hachisu, I., 1/03/2014, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 563, 5 p., L8.

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  35. Published

    A remarkable recurrent nova in M 31: the optical observations

    Darnley, M. J., Williams, S. C., Bode, M. F., Henze, M., Ness, J., Shafter, A. W., Hornoch, K. & Votruba, V., 1/03/2014, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 563, 4 p., L9.

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  36. 2013
  37. Published

    Rapid dust formation in novae: the speed-class formation timescale correlation eplained

    Williams, S. C., Bode, M. F., Darnley, M. J., Evans, A., Zubko, V. & Shafter, A. W., 25/10/2013, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 777, 2, 4 p., L32.

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