An asymptotic-giant-branch star in the progenitor system of a type la supernova

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6949, 2003, Pages 651-654

  Hamuy, Mario ^a   Phillips, M M ^b   Suntzeff, Nicholas B ^c   Maza, José ^d   Gonzalez L E ^d   Roth, Miguel ^b   Krisclunas, Kevin ^b   Morrell, Nidia ^b   Green, E M ^e   Persson, S E ^a   McCarthy, P J ^a  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; HYDROGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SUPERNOVA;

ASTRONOMY;

ELEMENT; HYDROGEN; SILICON; SULFUR;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; EXPLOSION; IONIZATION; LUMINANCE; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; SUN;

ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GASES; HYDROGEN;

EID: 0042991276     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01854     Document Type: Article

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