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XXVIth IAP Annual Colloquium "Progenitors and environments of stellar explosions" June 28 to july 2, 2010, Paris |
| TOPICS COVERED |  |
- SN classification (observations and theory)
- SN rates as a function of host galaxy type/metallicity
- Properties of SNe host galaxies as compared to non-producing galaxies
- Nova rates
- Observational identification of SN progenitors; possible links with LBV
- Models of pre-explosive evolution of core collapse SN and GRBs
- Models of the progenitors of SN1987A, SN1993J and other peculiar SNe
- Models of binary evolution towards novae and SNIa
- Statistics and properties of host galaxies of GRBs
- Current and forthcoming surveys of SNe and GRBs
- Masses of progenitors of stellar black holes
- The "SN factory" in the Galactic center