Observations and Theory of Supernovae

Abstract

This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on the observations of supernovae and the theory of their explosion mechanisms. Journal articles and books are cited for the following topics: observations of the spectra, spectropolarimetry, and light curves of supernovae of various types, theory of thermonuclear explosions, core collapse, and radioactive decay, applications to cosmology, and possible connections to gamma-ray bursts.

AAPT/AJP Resource Letter, American Journal of Physics, in press, 19 pages, 208 references

References in corpus (3)

• Infrared Spectra of the Subluminous Type Ia Supernova 1999by
• The Progenitors of Subluminous Type Ia Supernovae
• Is the Compact Source at the Center of Cas A Pulsed?

Cited by in corpus (5)

• The Expansion Asymmetry and Age of the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant
• Effects of rotation on the revival of a stalled shock in supernova explosions
• Novae as a Mechanism for Producing Cavities around the Progenitors of SN 2002ic and Other SNe Ia
• Improving the Calibration of Type Ia Supernovae Using Late-time Lightcurves
• The expansion of the universe observed with supernovae