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Light Curves of Supernovae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Bruno Leibundgut*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
*
Present Address: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-8046 Garching bei München, Germany

Abstract

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Although emerging from a range of progenitor stars and the product of different explosion mechanisms the light curves of the various supernova types are shaped mainly by radioactive power. Core-collapse supernovae have in addition early peaks from shock breakout with a subsequent cooling phase and massive extended stars a recombination (plateau) phase. Variations occur mostly due to differences of the progenitor stars. While there appears to be a fair understanding of the light curves of SNell, new wrinkles are emerging for SNela. The photometry of SNe lb and SNe Ic remains unsatisfactory.

Type
Observations of Supernovae and the Cosmic Distance Scale
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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