Spectral Properties of Type Ia Supernovae and Implications for Cosmology

Type Ia supernovae can, for a short period of time, reach the same brightness as an entire galaxy. They are responsible for the creation of a large fraction of all heavy elements and can be used, as standard candles, to prove that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Yet, we do not fully u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nordin, Jakob
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Fysikum 2011
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-56785
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