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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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Fysikum
2011
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-56785 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7447-300-1 |