Type Ia Supernovae
Theory and Cosmology

A unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic research results in astronomy in recent decades.

J. C. Niemeyer (Edited by), J. W. Truran (Edited by)

9780521126533, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 January 2010

148 pages
24.4 x 17 x 0.8 cm, 0.25 kg

Review of the hardback: 'This is a unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic and controversial results in astronomy in recent decades. It makes fascinating reading for all researchers and graduate students.' Europe and Astronomy

Observations of distant supernovae have provided startling evidence that the expansion of the Universe may be accelerating, rather than decelerating. If this result is verified by future studies, it has profound implications for cosmology. The reliability of this finding and its implications for both the study of supernovae and cosmology are the subject of this exciting volume. Based on a conference at the University of Chicago, this timely volume, originally published in 2000, presents articles by leading experts on the theory of Type Ia supernovae, observational astronomy, and cosmology. It examines the observational data, the nature of the likely progenitor binary systems, the outburst mechanisms of Type Ia supernovae events, and the cosmological implications. This is a unique and wide-ranging review of one of the most dramatic and controversial results in astronomy in recent decades. It makes fascinating reading for all researchers and graduate students.

Part I. The Cosmological Observations: 1. Type Ia supernovae and their cosmological implications A.V. Filippenko and A. G. Riess
Part II. High Redshift Environments: 2. The Universe at z ~ 1: Implications for type Ia supernovae A. Dressler
3. Probable effects of interstellar extinction on searches for SNe at z ~ 1 D. G. York
Part III. Progenitor Models: 4. The progenitors of type Ia Supernova M. Livio
5. Type Ia supernova progenitors, models, and their cosmological signatures P. Ruiz-Lapuente et al.
6. Type Ia supernova progenitors, environmental effects, and cosmic supernova rates K. Nomoto et al.
Part IV. Explosion and Light Curve Modeling: 7. On the evolution of type Ia supernovae with redshift P. Höflich et al.
Part V. Cosmological Perspectives: 8. Why cosmologists believe the universe is accelerating M. S. Turner
9. The Sloan Digital sky survey and supernovae Ia J. A. Frieman
10. Type Ia supernovae and cosmology: can L = 0 models be salvaged? W. Hillebrandt.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB]