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On the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Mario Livio
Mario Livio*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: mlivio@stsci.edu
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Abstract

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I propose two new means of identifying the main class of progenitors of Type Ia supernovae – single or double degenerate: (i) If the range of supernova properties is significantly determined by the range of viewing angles of non-spherically symmetric explosions, then the nature of the correlation between polarization and another property (for example, the velocity gradient) can be used to determine the geometry of the asymmetry and hence the nature of the progenitor, and (ii) in the double- but not in the single-degenerate case, the range in the observed properties (e.g., velocity gradients) is likely to increase with the amount of carbon seen in the ejecta.

Keywords

cosmology: observations — supernovae: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Issue S281: Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions , July 2011 , pp. 303 - 308
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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