Type Ia Supernovae: Rates and Progenitors
Thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae are excellent distance indicators, due to their uniform peak brightness. They are also important contributors to the chemical evolution of galaxies since their explosions supply large amounts of iron peak elements to the interstellar medium. However, there is no...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6637 |