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Constraints on the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova SN 2011fe/PTF11kly

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Type Ia supernovae (SNe) serve as a fundamental pillar of modern cosmology, owing to their large luminosity and a well-defined relationship between light-curve shape and peak brightness. The precision distance measurements enabled by SNe Ia first revealed the accelerating expansion of the universe, now widely believed (though hardly understood) to require the presence of a mysterious "dark" energy. General consensus holds that Type Ia SNe result from thermonuclear explosions of a white dwarf ...

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10.1038/nature10646

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
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Author
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2011Natur.480..348L More from this journal
Volume:
480
Issue:
7377
Pages:
348-350
Publication date:
2011-09-07
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EISSN:
1476-4687
ISSN:
0028-0836
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pubs:205407
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uuid:e9b82cde-0f59-4b27-b10d-ff18adeca425
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pubs:205407
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205407
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2013-02-20

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