Type Ia supernovae as stellar endpoints and cosmological tools

D. Andrew Howell ()
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D. Andrew Howell: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

Nature Communications, 2011, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Type Ia supernovae are thought to result from the explosion of white dwarf stars but a full understanding of their formation is lacking. In this review, Howell describes how large surveys are generating sufficient data to challenge and refine existing theories.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1344

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