Type Ia Supernovae: Where Are They Coming From and Where Will They Lead Us?

doi:10.1017/9781108553070.014

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Print publication year: 2019
Online publication date: April 2019

12 - Type Ia Supernovae: Where Are They Coming From and Where Will They Lead Us?

Edited by Giacomo Beccari, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Henri M. J. Boffin, European Southern Observatory, Garching
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108553070.014
pp 167-180

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The chapter presents a summary of the present-day understanding of Type Ia supernova progenitors, mostly discussing the observational approach. This chapter is to provide the nonspecialist with a sufficiently comprehensive view of where we stand.

Type Ia supernova
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12 - Type Ia Supernovae: Where Are They Coming From and Where Will They Lead Us?

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