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Aleksandar Cikota

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US
Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Instrumentation
Research interest
Research interests include Physics, Astrophysics, Supernova, Astronomy, Polarization (electrochemistry), and Ejecta.
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citations
1,450
works
18
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Recent publications

An axisymmetric shock breakout indicated by prompt polarized emission from the type II supernova 2024ggi
Science Advances 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Revisiting the unification of tidal disruption events with polarimetry
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
JWST MIRI/Medium Resolution Spectrograph (MRS) Observations and Spectral Models of the Underluminous Type Ia Supernova 2022xkq
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 13position: middledoi
A JWST Medium-resolution MIRI Spectrum and Models of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx at +415 days
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
Evidence for bipolar explosions in Type IIP supernovae
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
1100 days in the life of the supernova 2018ibb
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2023cited by 38position: middledoi
JWST Low-resolution MIRI Spectral Observations of SN 2021aefx: High-density Burning in a Type Ia Supernova
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 26position: middledoi
Polarimetry of hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2023cited by 19position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of Type II supernovae
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
The core normal Type Ia supernova 2019np – an overall spherical explosion with an aspherical surface layer and an aspherical 56Ni core
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Linear and Circular Polarimetry of the Optically Bright Relativistic Tidal Disruption Event AT 2022cmc
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 6position: firstdoi
An Independent Determination of the Distance to Supernova SN 1987A by Means of the Light Echo AT 2019xis
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2023cited by 5position: firstdoi
The Type Icn SN 2021csp: Implications for the Origins of the Fastest Supernovae and the Fates of Wolf–Rayet Stars
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 85position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 2019ein rules out significant global asphericity of the ejecta
arXiv (Cornell University) 2022cited by 17position: middledoi
The interaction of supernova 2018evt with a substantial amount of circumstellar matter – An SN 1997cy-like event
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022cited by 13position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of the Thermonuclear Supernova SN 2021rhu: High Calcium Polarization 79 Days after Peak Luminosity
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 10position: middledoi
An imaging polarimetry survey of Type Ia supernovae: are peculiar extinction and polarization properties produced by circumstellar or interstellar matter?
Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) 2022cited by 8position: middledoi
Diversity of Dust Properties in External Galaxies Confirmed by Polarization Signals from Type II Supernovae
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2022cited by 3position: middledoi
The Interaction of Supernova 2018evt with a Substantial Amount of Circumstellar Matter -- An SN1997cy-like Event
arXiv (Cornell University) 2022cited by 1position: middledoi
Evidence for multiple origins of fast declining Type II supernovae from spectropolarimetry of SN 2013ej and SN 2017ahn
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2021cited by 22position: middledoi
Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 2019ein rules out significant global asphericity of the ejecta
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2021cited by 1position: middledoi
An imaging polarimetry survey of Type Ia supernovae: are peculiar extinction and polarization properties produced by circumstellar or interstellar matter?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2021cited by 0position: middledoi
The shape of SN 1993J re-analysed
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2020cited by 5position: middledoi
Compact binary mergers: R-process kilonovae and ultra-relativistic jets
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia) 2020cited by 0position: middle
Linear spectropolarimetry of 35 Type Ia supernovae with VLT/FORS: an analysis of the Si ii line polarization
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019cited by 74position: firstdoi
SN 2017gmr: An Energetic Type II-P Supernova with Asymmetries
The Astrophysical Journal 2019cited by 51position: middledoi
The aspherical explosion of the Type IIP SN 2017gmr
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters 2019cited by 33position: middledoi
The 3D shape of Type IIb SN 2011hs
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019cited by 16position: middledoi
A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source
Nature 2017cited by 866position: middledoi
The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation
Nature 2017cited by 241position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Justyn R. Maund · University of Sheffield14 papers (2019–2025) · 14 papers (2019–2025)Mattia Bulla · University of Ferrara13 papers (2019–2025) · 13 papers (2019–2025)J. C. Wheeler · National Institute of Standards and Technology10 papers (2019–2025)Lifan Wang · New York University10 papers (2019–2025)Yi Yang · University of California, Berkeley9 papers (2019–2025)Peter Höflich · Florida State University8 papers (2019–2023)A. V. Filippenko · University of California, Berkeley7 papers (2021–2025)Kishore C. Patra · University of California, Berkeley5 papers (2021–2025)T. Nagao · University of Turku5 papers (2019–2024)H. Kuncarayakti · University of Turku4 papers (2021–2024)P. Hoêflich · Florida State University3 papers (2022–2025)S. Mattila · University of Turku3 papers (2022–2024)A. Gal‐Yam · California Institute of Technology3 papers (2023–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2025)Sergiy S. Vasylyev · University of California, Berkeley3 papers (2022–2025)H. F. Stevance · University of Sheffield3 papers (2019–2020) · 3 papers (2019–2020) · 3 papers (2023–2025)