The ejected mass distribution of Type Ia supernovae: a significant rate of non-Chandrasekhar-mass progenitors
Date
2014-10-20
Authors
Scalzo, R. A.
Ruiter, A. J.
Sim, S. A.
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Oxford University Press
Abstract
The ejected mass distribution of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) directly probes progenitor evolutionary history and explosion mechanisms, with implications for their use as cosmological probes. Although the Chandrasekhar mass is a natural mass scale for the
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methods: statistical, supernovae: general, white dwarfs, dark energy
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Journal article