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The amount of $^{56}$Ni produced in type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosion is probably the most important physical parameter underlying the observed correlation of SN Ia luminosities with their light curves. Based on an empirical relation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bo Wang , Xiangcun Meng , Xiaofeng Wang , Zhanwen Han

Early observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe$\,$Ia) provide essential clues for understanding the progenitor system that gave rise to the terminal thermonuclear explosion. We present exquisite observations of SN$\,$2019yvq, the second…

We present the first large-scale effort of creating composite spectra of high-redshift type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and comparing them to low-redshift counterparts. Through the ESSENCE project, we have obtained 107 spectra of 88…

Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) are generally believed to be the result of the thermonuclear disruption of Chandrasekhar-mass carbon-oxygen white dwarfs, mainly because such thermonuclear explosions can account for the right amount of Ni-56,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Hillebrandt , J. C. Niemeyer , M. Reinecke

The properties of underluminous type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) of the 91bg subclass have yet to be theoretically understood. Here, we take a closer look at the structure of the dim SN Ia 2005bl. We infer the abundance and density profiles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-27 Stephan Hachinger , Paolo A. Mazzali , Stefan Taubenberger , Ruediger Pakmor , Wolfgang Hillebrandt

The increase in the number of Type Ia supernovae (SNe\,Ia) has demonstrated that the population shows larger diversity than has been assumed in the past. The reasons (e.g. parent population, explosion mechanism) for this diversity remain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 S. Dhawan , B. Leibundgut , J. Spyromilio , S. Blondin

We examine the possibility of evolution with redshift in the mean rest-frame ultraviolet (UV; <4500A) spectrum of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) sampling the redshift range 0<z<1.3. We find new evidence for a decrease with redshift in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. Sullivan , R. S. Ellis , D. A. Howell , A. Riess , P. E. Nugent , A. Gal-Yam

Observations show that Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) form a homogeneous class of objects. They share similar spectroscopic evolution, light-curve shapes, and peak absolute magnitudes. The slight departures from homogeneity that are observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Kim

Recent studies have demonstrated the diversity in type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) at early times and highlighted a need for a better understanding of the explosion physics as manifested by observations soon after explosion. To this end, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 M. R. Magee , S. A. Sim , R. Kotak , W. E. Kerzendorf

Type Ia supernovae have played a crucial role in the discovery of the dark energy, via the measurement of their light curves and the determination of the peak brightness via fitting templates to the observed lightcurve shape. Two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sebastien Bongard , E. Baron , G. Smadja , David Branch , Peter H. Hauschildt

The discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe using Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) has stimulated a tremendous amount of interest in the use of SNe Type Ia events as standard cosmological candles, and as a probe of the fundamental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 R. Fisher , D. Falta , G. Jordan , D. Lamb

We examine the relationship between three parameters of Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia): peak magnitude, rise time, and photospheric velocity at the time of peak brightness. The peak magnitude is corrected for extinction using an estimate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-23 WeiKang Zheng , Patrick L. Kelly , Alexei V. Filippenko

The luminosities of Type Ia supernovae (SNe), the thermonuclear explosions of white-dwarf stars, vary systematically with their intrinsic color and the rate at which they fade. From images taken with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Patrick L. Kelly , Alexei V. Filippenko , David L. Burke , Malcolm Hicken , Mohan Ganeshalingam , Weikang Zheng

Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) spectra are compared regarding the coefficient of the largest wavelet scale in their decomposition. Two distinct subgroups were identified and their occurrence is discussed in light of use of SNe Ia as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Vladan Arsenijevic

We present convincing evidence of unburned carbon at photospheric velocities in new observations of 5 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) obtained by the Nearby Supernova Factory. These SNe are identified by examining 346 spectra from 124 SNe…

Strong gravitational lensing magnifies the light from a background source, allowing us to study these sources in detail. Here, we study the spectra of a $z = 1.95$ lensed Type Ia supernova SN~Encore for its brightest Image A, taken 39 days…

We present a public, open-source relational database (we name kaepora) containing a sample of 4975 spectra of 777 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). Since we draw from many sources, we significantly improve the spectra by inspecting these data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 M. R. Siebert , R. J. Foley , D. O. Jones , R. Angulo , K. Davis , A. Duarte , E. Strasburger , M. Conlon , N. Kazmi , R. Nishimoto , M. Schubert , L. Sun , R. Tippens

The near-maximum spectra of most superluminous supernovae that are not dominated by interaction with a H-rich CSM (SLSN-I) are characterised by a blue spectral peak and a series of absorption lines which have been identified as OII.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 P. A. Mazzali , M. Sullivan , E. Pian , J. Greiner , D. A. Kann

The photometric and spectroscopic properties of 26 well observed Type Ia Supernovae (SNeIa) were analyzed with the aim to explore SNIa diversity. The sample includes (Branch-)normal SNe as well as extreme events like SNe 1991T and 1991bg,…

One of the major differences between various explosion scenarios of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is the remaining amount of unburned (C+O) material and its velocity distribution within the expanding ejecta. While oxygen absorption features…