Anatomy of a Type1a Supernova Near Maxium

Top Spectrum is the complete synthetic spectrum (based on SN1994D at -2 days).

Bottom Spectrum is the contribution that ion makes to the synthetic spectrum

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These spectra were produced with the SYNOW spectrum synthesis code (Branch, Fischer).

See also Hatano et al. November 1999 AJ, 525:881-885