Geoffrey Chaucer

SN 2000cx

SN 2000cx

An unusual SN Ia. Both in light curves and spectra. The spectra are a bit 1991T-ish, but not the light curves. There seems to have been significant intrinsic polarization: polarization modulation of 0.3 % across Si II 6355 line from a 0.5 % continuum. Papers

  1. Li, W., Filippenko, A. V., et al. 2001, astro-ph/0107318
    The Unique Type Ia Supernova 2000cx in NGC 524
    ---the observational paper: light curves and spectra.

Images
  1. Early Spectral Evolution From Li et al.
  2. Late Spectral Evolution From Li et al.