Emission line diagnostics of the progenitors of type Ia supernova

In this dissertation, we consider the origin of thermonuclear supernovae, known by their observational classification as type Ia (hereafter SNe Ia). In particular, we develop an entirely new means to test the ``single-degenerate'' hypothesis, in which the progenitors of these tremendous ex...

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Main Author: Woods, Tyrone E.
Format: Others
Published: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2015
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Online Access:http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/18209/1/Woods_Tyrone_E.pdf
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-182096