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astro-ph1996
NLTE Effects in Modeling of Supernovae near Maximum Light
E. Baron, P. H. Hauschildt, P. Nugent +1
Supernovae, with their diversity of compositions, velocities, envelope masses, and interactions are good testing grounds for probing the importance of NLTE in expanding atmospheres…
astro-ph1996
Type Ia Supernovae as Extragalactic Distance Indicators
David Branch, Peter Nugent, Adam Fisher
Because Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are not perfect standard candles, it is important to be able to use distance-independent observables (DIOs) to define subsets of SNe Ia that are…