The diversity of type 1a supernovae: evidence for systematics?

Benetti, Stefano; Cappellaro, Enrico; Mazzali, Paolo A; Turatto, Massimo; Altavilla, G; Bufano, Filomena; Elias-Rosa (Elias de la Rosa), Nancy; Kotak, R; Pignata, Giuliano; Salvo, Maria; Stanishev, Vallery

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The diversity of type 1a supernovae: evidence for systematics?

Date

2005

Authors

Benetti, Stefano

Cappellaro, Enrico

Mazzali, Paolo A

Turatto, Massimo

Altavilla, G

Bufano, Filomena

Elias-Rosa (Elias de la Rosa), Nancy

Kotak, R

Pignata, Giuliano

Salvo, Maria

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

The photometric and spectroscopic properties of 26 well-observed Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) were analyzed with the aim of exploring SN Ia diversity. The sample includes (Branch) normal SNe, as well as extreme events such as SN 1991T and SN 1991bg, while