Explosions in the sky : the physics of Type Ia Supernovae from large astrophysical datasets

This thesis studies type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). We use this large, high-quality imaging and spectroscopic dataset to analyse the very earliest part of the SN Ia light curve, probing the ejecta structure, the postmaximum light curve, the 56Ni distrib...

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Main Author: Firth, Robert Elliot
Other Authors: Sullivan, Mark
Published: University of Southampton 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.714527