De, Soma; Timmes, F. X.; Brown, Edward M.; Calder, Alan C.; Townsley, Dean M.; Athanassiadou, Themis; Chamulak, David A.; Hawley, Wendy; Jack, Dennis
(2014-06-01)
There is evidence that the peak brightness of a Type Ia supernova is affected by the electron fraction Ye at the time
of the explosion. The electron fraction is set by the aboriginal composition of the white dwarf and the ...