Spectral diversity of Type Ia supernovae

James, John; Davis, Tamara; Kim, Alex G

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Spectral diversity of Type Ia supernovae

Date

2006

Authors

James, John

Davis, Tamara

Kim, Alex G

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We use published spectroscopic and photometric data for eight Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) to construct a dispersion spectrum for this class of object, showing their diversity over the wavelength range 3700-7100 Å. We find that the B and V bands are the s