Thermonuclear Supernovae

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Type Ia Supernovae: Observational Overview....Pages 1-32
Supernova Theory: An Overview....Pages 33-51
Infrared and Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 53-64
Modeling the Lightcurves of Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 65-75
The Rate of Supernovae: Biases and Uncertainties....Pages 77-86
Statistical Studies of Supernovae....Pages 87-101
Correlation of SN Positions with Spiral Arms....Pages 103-109
Scenarios for Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 111-126
The DD Population in the Solar Neighborhood....Pages 127-146
Luminous Supersoft X-Ray Sources as Type Ia Progenitors....Pages 147-166
Pre-Explosion Evolution of Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 167-176
A Phenomenological Approach to the Formation of Massive CO White Dwarfs....Pages 177-186
The Merging of White Dwarfs....Pages 187-204
SNe Ia: On the Binary Progenitors and Expected Statistics....Pages 205-230
The Elusive Close Binary White Dwarfs....Pages 231-237
Radio Emission from Type Ia Supernovae: A Test of Symbiotic Star Progenitor Systems. the Case of SN1986G.....Pages 239-247
An Observational Limit on Circumstellar Hα from Supernova 1994D....Pages 249-255
The Paths to White Dwarf Explosion/Collapse....Pages 257-272
Low Mass SN Ia and the Late Light Curve....Pages 273-302
The Final Evolution of 8-10 M ⊙ Stars....Pages 303-311
Type Ia Supernovae: Flame Physics and Models....Pages 313-336
Turbulence and Thermonuclear Burning....Pages 337-348
Type Ia Supernovae: Nucleosynthesis and Constraints on Progenitors....Pages 349-378
Flame Instabilities and Models of White Dwarf Burning....Pages 379-388
SPH Simulations of Thermonuclear Supernovae....Pages 389-403
Thermonuclear Supernova Models....Pages 405-424
Helium and Carbon Detonations in Sub-Chandrasekhar White Dwarfs....Pages 425-440
Microscopic and Macroscopic Modeling of Thermonuclear Burning Fronts....Pages 441-456
Three-Dimensional Simulations of Core Ignition in Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Models....Pages 457-474
Three-Dimensional Combustion in Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 475-484
Nucleosynthesis in SNE Ia and Their Impact on Galactic Evolution....Pages 485-514
Gamma-Rays and X-Rays From Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 515-540
Integral and the Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 541-559
ASCA Observation of Supernova Remnants....Pages 561-570
Radiation Transport in Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 571-588
On the Correct Treatment of Expansion Opacity in Supernova Light Curve Calculations....Pages 589-605
Time Dependence and the Opacity of Type Ia SupernovÆ....Pages 607-625
NLTE Modeling of SNe Ia Near Maximum Light....Pages 627-646
Models of the Early-Time Spectra of SNe Ia Using a Monte Carlo Code....Pages 647-658
Explosion Models, Light Curves, Spectra and H o ....Pages 659-679
The Late-Time Emission of Thermonuclear Supernovae....Pages 681-704
Analysis of the Type Ia Supernova SN1994D....Pages 705-709
The Late-Time Spectrum of SN 1991bg....Pages 711-713
Type Ia Supernovae as Extragalactic Distance Indicators....Pages 715-734
Maximum Luminosities of Type Ia Supernovae from Cepheid Distances and the Value of H o ....Pages 735-747
Scheduled Discoveries of 7+ High-Redshift Supernovae:First Cosmology Results and Bounds on q 0 ....Pages 749-763
The High-Z SN Search....Pages 765-775
Observation of Cosmological Time Dilation Using Type Ia Supernovae as Clocks....Pages 777-784
The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z ~ 0.4....Pages 785-793
Type I Supernova Subclasses....Pages 795-820
Type Ib and Ic Supernovae: Models and Spectra....Pages 821-838
Type Ib-Ic-IIb-IIL Supernovae: Common Envelope Evolution, Instabilities, and Circumstellar Interaction....Pages 839-862
New Perspectives on Type Ic Supernovae....Pages 863-883
Concluding Remarks — or — What I Did on My Coffee Break....Pages 885-886
Back Matter....Pages 887-890